April 2021

Trump repeats election lies and insults McConnell in front of RNC donors in Palm Beach

April 11, 2021 9:28 AM CNN Newsource

Former President Donald Trump repeated familiar lies about the 2020 election and insulted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Saturday when…

Arkansas’ GOP governor says Trump’s attacks on party leaders are ‘divisive’ and ‘not helpful’

April 11, 2021 9:26 AM CNN Newsource

Arkansas’ Republican governor on Sunday knocked former President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on top party leaders as…

eBay removes a listing selling art created in a Japanese American concentration camp

April 11, 2021 9:05 AM CNN Newsource

At first glance, the drawings seem innocuous. Each of the 20 black and white sketches artfully depicts a natural landscape. Pine trees and mountains…

Iran calls blackout at Natanz nuclear facility sabotage, ‘nuclear terrorism’

April 11, 2021 9:04 AM Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of “nuclear terrorism,” raising…

Tennessee man spends 175 days in the hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

April 11, 2021 8:34 AM CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A Tennessee man needed a double lung transplant while…

‘We cannot go back to normal’: Boston’s Mayor Kim Janey sees a mandate for racial equity in post-Covid era

April 11, 2021 8:06 AM CNN

For 200 years, Boston has been led by an unbroken string of White men — until now. Kim Janey, a Black woman who traces her roots in the city…

The little-known history of the Black ‘Concrete Cowboy’

April 11, 2021 7:45 AM CNN Newsource

In Philadelphia, a Black cowboy in a white undershirt and a gold chain wrangles a wayward horse. Teens pile hay and clean up manure near brick row…

How we get to herd immunity

April 11, 2021 7:31 AM CNN

When losing soldiers flee a battlefield — or people migrate in search of a better life — they are voting with their feet. “Foot…

Losing a long-term spouse can be deadly, studies show

April 11, 2021 7:27 AM CNN Newsource

The world has joined Queen Elizabeth II in sorrow over the loss Friday of her husband of seven decades, Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, just…

A Honolulu hotel is on lockdown after shots were fired from a room, police say

April 11, 2021 7:13 AM CNN Newsource

An armed man barricaded inside a hotel in Hawaii has forced an hourslong lockdown, Honolulu police said. A call about shots fired at The Kahala Hotel…

Start your week smart: Capitol officer, Prince Philip, South Carolina, Robert Durst, China

April 11, 2021 7:05 AM CNN Newsource

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Will corporate earnings be strong enough to justify the record stocks rally?

April 11, 2021 6:39 AM CNN Newsource

The Dow and S&P 500 are at record highs thanks to Wall Street optimism about Covid-19 vaccines, federal government stimulus, a rebounding global…

Real Madrid goes top of La Liga with El Clasico victory over Barcelona

April 11, 2021 6:32 AM CNN Newsource

Real Madrid weathered bitter winds and driving rain to defeat Barcelona 2-1 in an action-packed El Clasico on Saturday. The win, which came courtesy…

How a Georgia pastor practiced what he preached by accepting LGBTQ members into his Southern Baptist church

April 11, 2021 5:14 AM CNN Newsource

During his Easter sermon last weekend, Pastor Jim Conrad preached a message of love and acceptance from the pulpit of his church. Over the past…

He built a website showing open Covid-19 vaccine appointments across the US. Some call it a lifesaver

April 11, 2021 5:06 AM CNN Newsource

For weeks, Nick Muerdter had been hearing about his coworkers’ concerns and frustrations as they tried to navigate complicated and evolving…

For many sufferers of long Covid, proving they are sick is a big part of the battle

April 11, 2021 4:44 AM CNN Newsource

Lyth Hishmeh kept feeling ill months after contracting coronavirus a year ago in March. He had chest pain and couldn’t concentrate. At 26 years…

Covid-19 hospitalizations among younger people are rising in the US — especially in one region

April 11, 2021 4:35 AM CNN Newsource

The US just hit a record high of about 4.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines reported administered in one day, according to data published Saturday…

Two Utah deputies were shot in an altercation with a man near sheriff’s office

April 11, 2021 4:15 AM CNN Newsource

Two Salt Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were shot near the sheriff’s office building Saturday morning by a man during an altercation,…

Pentagon police officer charged in shooting deaths last week may face new charges over a 2020 incident

April 11, 2021 3:11 AM CNN Newsource

The Pentagon police officer who was charged with two counts of murder Friday may be facing charges related to an incident in 2020 in which he pointed…

Like the George Floyd witnesses, he saw police kill a man. Now, he’s part of the system, demanding change

April 11, 2021 2:06 AM CNN Newsource

Watching eyewitnesses in Derek Chauvin’s trial express their grief, anger, fear and helplessness at seeing George Floyd beg for his life,…

Veteran Iowa State trooper shot and killed in line of duty by barricaded man, officials say

April 11, 2021 1:17 AM CNN Newsource

A 27-year-veteran of the Iowa State Patrol was shot and killed by a man who had earlier assaulted a police officer, Iowa Department of Public Safety…

Inside the case that bankrupted the Klan

April 11, 2021 12:40 AM CNN Newsource

At first, Cecelia Perry thought she knew what happened to her younger brother when he failed to return from a late-night trip to a service station on…

Books that touched on race were among the most challenged as inappropriate for libraries in 2020

April 11, 2021 12:00 AM CNN Newsource

Books that talked about racism and racial justice — or told the stories of people of color or the LGBTQ community — were among the most…

Downtown El Paso begins to reopen as pandemic eases

April 10, 2021 11:08 PM Wil Herren

EL PASO, Texas — As the Borderland begins to round another corner of the pandemic, downtown El Paso is slowly opening its doors and streets to…

Motorist critically injured in east El Paso crash

April 10, 2021 10:48 PM Kate Bieri

EL PASO, Texas — A motorist has life-threatening injuries after a crash in east El Paso Saturday evening, fire department dispatchers confirmed. The…

Search for missing LSU student has been narrowed down to one part of Mississippi River, university says

April 10, 2021 9:17 PM CNN Newsource

The search for a Louisiana State University freshman missing since Tuesday has been narrowed down to one section of the Mississippi River, the school…

Sixth victim dies days after mass shooting in South Carolina, coroner says

April 10, 2021 9:09 PM CNN Newsource

The sixth victim of a shooting in Rock Hill, South Carolina, earlier this week has died, the York County coroner announced Saturday. Robert Shook, an…