The Sierra Nevada red fox is now protected and listed as an endangered species
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Sierra Nevada red fox, a rare California species whose population is dramatically dwindling, has been listed as endangered.…
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These 5 figures show how bad the US Covid-19 surge is. But experts say we can turn things around
By Christina Maxouris, CNN As the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations climbed and new infection numbers plummeted in spring, many Americans thought they…
Continue ReadingThese 5 figures show how bad the US Covid-19 surge is. But experts say we can turn things around
A Virginia dad is chronicling his story of battling Covid-19 in a series of Facebook videos and says he made a mistake by not getting vaccinated.…
Continue ReadingMeet Truffles, the special kitty who wears glasses to help kids feel better about wearing theirs
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Nearly four years ago, Danielle Crull rescued a stray kitten from a forest in Pennsylvania. Now, that spunky kitty is changing…
Continue ReadingA Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life following a shooting during a traffic stop
By Alta Spells and Claudia Dominguez, CNN One Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life after they were shot while…
Continue Reading‘A Band-Aid over a gaping hole’: Booster shots for the rich world won’t end the pandemic, experts warn
By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The war against Covid-19 is changing, putting into stark relief the deepening divide between countries that have the weapons…
Continue ReadingThe beheading of a diplomat’s daughter shows how badly Pakistan is failing its women
By Sophia Saifi, CNN Few cases of femicide make headlines in Pakistan, but the beheading of an ambassador’s daughter promises to test a legal…
Continue ReadingA Black realtor was showing a home to a Black father and son. They were handcuffed by Michigan police
By Dakin Andone and Raja Razek, CNN A Black realtor was showing a house to a Black man and his 15-year-old son in a Michigan suburb last week when…
Continue ReadingTwo North Carolina men were killed by a train while mourning their brother killed in the same spot
By Melissa Alonso and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two men were mourning the loss of their brother, who had been struck by a light-rail train, when they were…
Continue ReadingDivers found human remains and a submerged car in search for New Hampshire woman missing since 1978
By David Williams, CNN New Hampshire Fish and Game search divers found human remains on Friday in a submerged car believed to belong to a woman who…
Continue Reading28,000-year-old lion cub looks like it’s just sleeping
By Ashley Strickland, CNN We are driven by discovery. As a kid, I devoured stories about the arduous efforts to reveal the past (and I still do).…
Continue ReadingFlorida reports record high number of new Covid-19 cases this week
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) escalated his ongoing feud with President Joe Biden over Covid-19 regulations, taking a stab at the President’s memory…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next for gymnastics great Simone Biles after Tokyo?
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left Tokyo on Wednesday with her fame intact, but changed from the person she had been…
Continue ReadingAfter latest suicide, the Vessel in New York City’s Hudson Yards ponders its future
By Eric Levenson, CNN In a December 2016 article for The Architect’s Newspaper, journalist Audrey Wachs noted a glaring issue with the Vessel,…
Continue ReadingTwo men arrested in US over alleged plot to kill Myanmar’s UN ambassador
By Helen Regan and Jamie Crawford, CNN Two Myanmar citizens have been charged in New York with allegedly plotting to kill or injure Myanmar’s…
Continue ReadingMichigan hospital ends relationship with Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins over his vaccine stance
By Dave Alsup and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Holland Hospital in western Michigan said it is ending its relationship with Minnesota Vikings quarterback…
Continue ReadingHe was committed to a Hawaii state hospital for nearly 3 years in a case of mistaken identity. Now he wants the record set straight, Hawaii Innocence Project says
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN The Hawaii Innocence Project has filed a memo in support of a man they say was wrongly incarcerated at Hawaii…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order on masks in schools faces first legal challenges over constitutionality
By Rosa Flores and Christina Maxouris, CNN Two different lawsuits have been filed against Gov. Ron DeSantis over his executive order on masks in…
Continue ReadingA Trump-era policy that shut out top Chinese students could be hurting America more than Beijing
By Julia Hollingsworth, Yong Xiong and David Culver, CNN When Dennis Hu came home to China for the 2020 Lunar New Year, he thought it would be a…
Continue ReadingPerseverance rover’s first attempt to collect Martian sample didn’t go as planned
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Attempting firsts on Mars is hard, even if you’re an incredibly capable and advanced robot like the Perseverance…
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