US zoos giving special animal coronavirus vaccine to tigers, bears and gorillas
By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The Oakland and Denver zoos will be among the first to start vaccinating tigers, bears and other mammals…
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(PKG) HEALTH MINUTE: VACCINE HESITANCY AMONG YOUNG ADULTS
Health experts are worried about growing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among young adults as the Delta variant continues to spread across the…
Continue ReadingOne of the largest teachers’ unions will defend educators who teach ‘honest history’
By Nicole Chavez, CNN As some states move toward banning critical race theory from public schools, the president of the second-largest…
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St. Charles gives $100,000 to help Crook County Fire & Rescue buy an ambulance
St. Charles Health System said Wednesday it is donating $100,000 to Crook County Fire & Rescue to help the district with its purchase of two new,…
Continue ReadingDarnella Frazier’s uncle died in crash involving Minneapolis police, she says
By Omar Jimenez and Carma Hassan, CNN Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded George Floyd’s murder, said Tuesday that her uncle died in a car…
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Gov. Brown directs state agencies to conserve water due to drought conditions
Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order Wednesday directing state agencies to curtail nonessential water use, implement water conservation measures…
Continue ReadingThis national park is turning away visitors due to overcrowding
An influx of visitors is forcing Arches National Park in Utah to temporarily shut its gates almost daily. And disappointed visitors aren’t the only…
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Oregon Highway 58 closed for semi-truck removal after fatal crash; lane closure to follow
After Wednesday’s full closure, repairs to damage from a fatal semi-truck crash will close one lane of a section of Oregon Highway 58, the Willamette…
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Cascade Lakes Relay returns in-person July 30-31, seeks foundation charity partners
oming back strong with all the vibes of empowerment and community, the annual Cascade Lakes Relay (“CLR”) will proceed in-person July 30 and 31,…
Continue ReadingMars Ingenuity helicopter completes its toughest flight yet
The unsung heroes of commercial space flight testing … are real dummies. Jeremy Roth…
Continue ReadingMars Ingenuity helicopter completes its toughest flight yet
By Katie Hunt, CNN Ingenuity, the helicopter that accompanied the Perseverance rover on its Mars mission, has undertaken its ninth and “most…
Continue ReadingOfficials provide update on the ATF agent shooting in Chicago
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown provides an update on after two ATF agents were shot in…
Continue ReadingNikole Hannah-Jones: The burden to change systems can’t always be on the people excluded from those systems
By Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After an arduous battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones explained why she…
Continue ReadingNikole Hannah-Jones explains decision to reject UNC tenure offer
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains her decision to decline the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a…
Continue Reading2 ATF agents and a police officer shot in Chicago
By Carma Hassan, CNN Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in a car…
Continue Reading9 people are missing and 13 rescued after a boat from Cuba capsized off Key West, Coast Guard says
By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN A boat from Cuba capsized in the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search in which nine people…
Continue ReadingZambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, buried amid controversy over site
By Nimi Princewill, CNN, and Reuters Authorities in Zambia held a state funeral Wednesday for the country’s first president and independence…
Continue ReadingDutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries fighting for his life after shooting
By Emmet Lyons and Rosanne Roobeek, CNN; with reporting by Reuters Celebrity Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, known for his investigative work…
Continue ReadingSpanish police arrest three over suspected homophobic killing
By Al Goodman, CNN Spanish police have arrested three people over the killing of a male nursing assistant in a suspected homophobic attack that…
Continue ReadingOne variant, many approaches to masks
By Tara John, CNN WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The Delta variant, a more transmissible and possibly more dangerous strain, now makes up more than half…
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