Why the Perseverance rover couldn’t collect its first Martian sample
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Perseverance rover attempted to collect its first sample of Mars last week, but it seems the red planet wasn’t…
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Bennu is one of the most hazardous known asteroids in our solar system. Thanks to a visit by a NASA spacecraft, scientists…
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By Steve Almasy and Sonia Moghe, CNN Seven men and five women have been selected and sworn in as jurors in the R. Kelly federal trial in New York, a…
Continue Reading5th graders at Georgia school are sent home due to Covid-19
By Shawn Nottingham, CNN Fifth graders at one suburban Atlanta elementary school were sent home Wednesday for virtual learning due to high numbers of…
Continue Reading5th graders at Georgia school are sent home due to Covid-19
CNN By Shawn Nottingham, CNN Fifth graders at one suburban Atlanta elementary school were sent home Wednesday for virtual learning due to high…
Continue ReadingThey were forced to repeat first grade three times in the 1950s. Soon, Texas students might not even know about them
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Decades after Lupe Alemán was forced to repeat the first grade three times, her son is making it his life’s work to…
Continue ReadingA nationwide emergency alerts test is the reason you might be hearing alarms coming from your phone or TV
By Neelam Bohra and Justin Lear, CNN When alarm noises start coming from your radio, television, or cell phone, don’t worry. At 2:20 p.m. ET,…
Continue ReadingWildfire rips through Algeria, killing 65 people including soldiers
By Mostafa Salem and Francesco Pitzalis, CNN Forest fires in Algeria killed 65 people on Tuesday, including 28 soldiers deployed to help put out the…
Continue ReadingThe nightmare of Greece’s Evia, an island devoured by flames
By Eleni Giokos, CNN At times it feels like the air itself is burning here on Evia. The smell and taste of smoke is ever-present; ash falls from the…
Continue ReadingScientists say this invisible gas could seal our fate on climate change
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Slashing carbon dioxide emissions is critical to ending the climate crisis. But, for the first time, the UN climate change…
Continue ReadingCalifornia mandates vaccines or regular testing for teachers and school staff
By Kyung Lah, Cheri Mossburg, Sarah Moon and Ray Sanchez, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that teachers and other school…
Continue ReadingWhy wildfires happen: Debunking the myth that arson is to blame more than climate change
CNN, KTVN, TNLA, KRCR, KOVR By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Wildfires tearing across the Mediterranean have killed dozens of people and reduced entire…
Continue ReadingWhy wildfires happen: Debunking the myth that arson is to blame more than climate change
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Wildfires tearing across the Mediterranean have killed dozens of people and reduced entire villages to ash. Some leaders…
Continue ReadingGerman nurse accused of swapping Covid vaccines for saline solution
CNN, CDC By Hannah Ritchie, Nadine Schmidt and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse is being investigated by police in Germany for allegedly replacing Covid-19…
Continue ReadingGerman nurse accused of swapping Covid vaccines for saline solution
By Hannah Ritchie, Nadine Schmidt and Jack Guy, CNN A nurse is being investigated by police in Germany for allegedly replacing Covid-19 vaccines with…
Continue ReadingSame-Sex Marriage Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at same-sex marriage in the United States and worldwide. Facts: According to Pew Research Center, support…
Continue ReadingMarch on Washington Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the March on Washington, led by Martin Luther King Jr. and others, on August…
Continue ReadingJack Lew Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Treasury Secretary Jacob “Jack” Lew. Personal Birth date: August 29, 1955…
Continue ReadingGilad Shalit Abduction Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing of Hamas from…
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