91 wildfires are now burning across the US, with Oregon’s Bootleg Fire growing to over 400,000 acres
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A Covid-19 outbreak in Provincetown helped change the CDC’s mask guidance. Here’s what residents learned and how they’re responding
As the Delta variant surges around the country, Corporate America is taking a stand on vaccinations. Johnny Taylor, president and CEO of the Society…
Continue ReadingUS vaccination rate hits the highest pace in weeks
CNN’s Harry Enten looks at the data around the Covid-19 vaccine that shows that you have a 25 times greater chance of dying from Covid-19 if you are…
Continue ReadingWhere ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ at first wasn’t welcome
CNN By Breeanna Hare, CNN When “Welcome Back, Kotter” debuted on September 9, 1975, on ABC, viewers were charmed by the sitcom and its…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 2: Coronavirus, infrastructure, climate, Taliban, Myanmar
Samantha Ramsdell has captured a huge audience on TikTok for her larger-than-life mouth which now holds a Guinness World…
Continue ReadingWhy Tyson’s employee vaccine requirement stands out
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Continue ReadingWhite House frustrated with ‘hyperbolic’ and ‘irresponsible’ Delta variant coverage, sources say
Oliver Darcy says the Biden White House is “very frustrated” at news outlets for “overly focusing” on so-called breakthrough cases of Covid and…
Continue ReadingDemocrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tells CNN’s Jake Tapper the House should reconvene to help extend the recently-expired nationwide eviction…
Continue ReadingDemocrats increase pressure on party leadership to act on eviction moratorium as White House shifts focus to federal aid
By Devan Cole and Kevin Liptak, CNN Congressional Democrats are increasing pressure on their party’s leadership to act on the now-expired…
Continue ReadingTaliban threaten to seize first provincial capital as fighting intensifies across Afghanistan
US intelligence assessments paint an increasingly bleak picture in Afghanistan as the Taliban advance across the country and pose a potential threat…
Continue ReadingWoman who lost unvaccinated fiancé to Covid-19: ‘I would take a bad reaction over having to bury my husband’
Jessica DuPreez, a Las Vegas mom, tells CNN’s Phil Mattingly that one of the last text messages her fiancé, 39-year-old Michael Freedy, sent her…
Continue ReadingA stranded orca was freed from a rocky coastline in Alaska after being stuck for hours
By Alaa Elassar and Andy Rose, CNN An orca that became stranded on a rocky beach in Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, Thursday morning was freed with…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrat sleeps on Capitol steps as she blasts lawmakers over expiring eviction moratorium
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease…
Continue ReadingSome vaccinated Americans have lost their patience with those refusing the shot as Covid-19 cases surge and mandates return
A Pennsylvania mom says she was hesitant about the Covid-19 vaccine with not knowing its effects but credits prayer and doing research for changing…
Continue ReadingSome vaccinated Americans have lost their patience with those refusing the shot as Covid-19 cases surge and mandates return
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Continue ReadingVideo shows Texas sheriff’s deputy on top of teen and then detaining mother during police encounter
Video shows a Kaufman County, Texas, sheriff’s deputy on top of an 18-year-old woman saying “I can’t breathe.” The incident is under…
Continue ReadingUS comes in last in health care rankings of high-income countries
CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN The US once again ranked last in access to health care, equity and outcomes among high-income countries, despite spending a…
Continue ReadingSee GOP lawmaker’s reaction when he’s confronted over insurrection remarks
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) confronted Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) over his comparison of the Capitol insurrection to a tourist…
Continue ReadingSome vaccinated Americans have lost their patience with those refusing the shot as Covid-19 cases surge and mandates return
As stricter rules and mask mandates return, frustration is building particularly among those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus. CNN’s Dan…
Continue ReadingWildfires in southern Turkey leave four dead
CNN’s Arwa Damon reports from Manavgat, Turkey, where wildfires have killed four…
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