With 4 months left in 2021, here’s where the US stands with Covid-19
CNN By Amir Vera and Deidre McPhillips, CNN September marks a year and a half since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Covid-19…
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When hospitals run out of beds, here’s how they ration care
CNN By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Hospitals across the United States have been facing a crisis. As of Monday morning, more than 96,000 hospital beds are…
Continue ReadingWashington Post: GOP congressman threatened US embassy staff in trying to enter Afghanistan
CNN By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin threatened US embassy staff in Tajikistan, outraged that they would not assist…
Continue ReadingWhen school isn’t safe: ‘You feel like you are sending your child into a lion’s den’
CNN, KPRC By Maggie Fox, CNN What finally did it for Nathan, the parent of a young child at a small Catholic school in California, was the seating…
Continue ReadingDwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wants to drink tequila with his lookalike
CNN By Marianne Garvey, CNN Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson wants to toss one back with his now famous doppelgänger. Last week, Alabama patrol…
Continue ReadingHazy ‘Hump Day,’ cool temperatures
Good morning, Central Oregon! Happy ‘Hump Day’ and first day of September. Most of the region woke up to frost and haze as temperatures this morning…
Continue ReadingDemocrats break ranks to back $24 billion boost to Pentagon budget
CNN By Jeremy Herb, Daniella Diaz, Melanie Zanona and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN More than a dozen Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee joined…
Continue ReadingNew York declares a state of emergency as the Northeast is slammed by flooding from Ida’s remnants
CNN By Jennifer Gray, Brandon Miller and Taylor Ward, CNN New York declared a state of emergency early Thursday morning as the Northeast region was…
Continue ReadingA mother and her four daughters were separated at the border in 2018. This is what they lost
CNN By Catherine E. Shoichet, Madeleine Stix and Ana Maria Luengo-Romero, CNN Casandra shouts to her sister as she races to her bedroom. “She…
Continue ReadingWomen stage protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul
AFP, DOD, POOL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, CNN By Nathan Hodge, Mia Alberti and Celine Alkhaldi, CNN A group of Afghan women activists staged a small protest…
Continue ReadingAfter Hurricane Ida, here’s how to get help and stay safe in the difficult weeks ahead
CNN By Holly Yan, CNN Hurricane Ida victims returning to damaged homes face a torrent of challenges — if they’re lucky enough to have a…
Continue Reading100,000 more could die from Covid-19 in US by December
CNN, KMOV By Tara John, CNN While hospitals around the United States report oxygen shortages as they treat primarily unvaccinated Americans, a recent…
Continue ReadingBiden’s first August as president shreds his momentum and tosses daunting new challenges in his path
CNN By Kevin Liptak and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden tried twice last month to get to his beach house on the Delaware coast. He never made…
Continue ReadingAir Force commander details final hours before last US planes left Afghanistan
CNN, JOSHUA RODRIGUEZ, AFPTV, MIRIAM WELLS By Oren Liebermann and Devan Cole, CNN The Air Force commander who helped oversee the final withdrawal of…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 1: Afghanistan, ​​Ida, coronavirus, western wildfires, Syria
CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A controversial Texas law that bans abortions at six weeks is now in effect after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 1: Afghanistan, ​​Ida, coronavirus, western wildfires, Syria
CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A controversial Texas law that bans abortions at six weeks is now in effect after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 1: Afghanistan, ​​Ida, coronavirus, western wildfires, Syria
CNN, HLN, WDSU By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A controversial Texas law that bans abortions at six weeks is now in effect after the Supreme Court and a federal…
Continue Reading5 things to know for September 1: Afghanistan, ​​Ida, coronavirus, western wildfires, Syria
CNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN A controversial Texas law that bans abortions at six weeks is now in effect after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals…
Continue ReadingThe Kabul airlift has ended, but a US operation to get 14,000 people off a base in Germany is far from over
CNN By Atika Shubert, CNN From his office window, Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson can see a daily football match organized by the Afghan children who are…
Continue ReadingTexas 6-week abortion ban takes effect after Supreme Court inaction
CNN By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday…
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