Month: August 2021

By Amanda Jackson, CNN In just two weeks, six members of a Florida church died from Covid-19. All were unvaccinated, their pastor said. Now the church is hosting a vaccination clinic. Pastor George Davis at Impact Church in Jacksonville addressed members during Sunday’s service and said the past week had been very difficult. “We’ve had

By Christina Maxouris, CNN As the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations climbed and new infection numbers plummeted in spring, many Americans thought they were in for a carefree summer. But lagging vaccinations and a highly contagious new variant dragged the US back into a vicious Covid-19 surge — one that’s prompted new mask mandates and measures

By Liam Reilly and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Two people were killed and three others wounded when a gunman opened fire at a party in New York City early Sunday, police said. Officers responded after receiving multiple calls reporting gunshots on Wortman Avenue in Brooklyn at around 12:30 a.m., the New York City Police Department said.

By Kay Jones, Amir Vera and Alta Spells, CNN Five people were taken to a hospital after a shooting on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Sunday, city police said. The shooting took place in the 700 block of Bourbon Street, where crime scene tape could still be seen late Sunday morning. The New Orleans

By Josh Campbell, CNN Gunfire in broad daylight along a busy street in the nation’s capital last month sent bystanders running. “The guns were shooting all over,” one eyewitness told CNN’s Jim Acosta. “It sounded like a war zone.” Just days before, a shooting outside a Nationals baseball game caused widespread panic throughout the stadium

By Alta Spells and Dakin Andone, CNN Three shootings in Chicago overnight killed two people, including a Chicago police officer, and left at least 11 others wounded, according to Chicago police. Two mass shootings — which CNN defines as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, excluding the shooter or shooters —