Orlando residents asked to limit water usage to help Covid-19 patients
By Rebekah Riess and Christina Maxouris, CNN Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is asking residents to conserve water because liquid oxygen, used to treat the…
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Iowa woman who struck 2 children with her car sentenced to 25 years in prison for hate crimes
By Christina Carrega and Douglas S. Wood, CNN An Iowa woman was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison on Thursday for trying to kill two children…
Continue Reading It’s the first day of San Francisco’s vaccine mandate. But some businesses had a requirement weeks ago
By Dan Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood has been asking customers to provide proof of…
Continue Reading Richard Sackler says his family and Purdue Pharma are not to blame for US opioid crisis
Lauren del Valle, CNN During hours-long testimony in a Purdue Pharma federal bankruptcy proceeding on Wednesday, former company president Richard…
Continue Reading Florida Board of Education orders Broward, Alachua counties to allow mask opt-out in 48 hours or start losing funding
The Miami Dade County Public School Board voted to implement a mask mandate without parental opt outs, except with an excuse from a health care…
Continue Reading Florida Board of Education orders Broward, Alachua counties to allow mask opt-out in 48 hours or start losing funding
Battle to forbid schools from requiring masks shows no sign of slowing down in Florida and…
Continue Reading Georgia’s governor signs order letting businesses ignore local Covid-19 rules
A “tsunami” of patients. That’s how one doctor described the rush of people coming into his downtown Atlanta, Georgia emergency room during this…
Continue Reading Georgia’s governor signs order letting businesses ignore local Covid-19 rules
By Devon M. Sayers, Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday allowing businesses to disregard…
Continue Reading Florida Board of Education orders Broward, Alachua counties to allow mask opt-out in 48 hours or start losing funding
By Mallory Simon, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN The Florida State Board of Education has sent an order to Broward and Alachua…
Continue Reading Judge orders that Larry Nassar’s prison funds be turned over to victim restitution
By Laura Ly, CNN A judge has ordered that Larry Nassar’s prison funds be turned over to the government and put toward victim restitution,…
Continue Reading The youngest orca at SeaWorld San Diego just died suddenly
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN The youngest orca at SeaWorld San Diego died at the animal theme park from an illness, leaving those who cared for her…
Continue Reading Former teammate arrested in 2006 murder of University of Miami football player Bryan Pata, authorities say
By Mallika Kallingal and Rebekah Riess, CNN Florida authorities announced an arrest Thursday in the fatal shooting of a University of Miami football…
Continue Reading Asian Americans reported being targeted at least 4,500 times this year
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Potri Ranka Manis says she was trying to handout free face masks on the New York City subway when she was assaulted and called…
Continue Reading ‘These people were in bad, bad shape.’ A look inside of a Florida library converted to a Covid-19 treatment site
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The scene at the Jacksonville main public library was haunting, Louis Lopez recalled. As he waited for a Covid-19 monoclonal…
Continue Reading Hundreds of cases are being reviewed after police officers involved were relieved of duty over racist and anti-Semitic messages
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Two former officers with the Torrance Police Department were charged Thursday with vandalism for allegedly spray-painting an…
Continue Reading Judge says case against former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson can go to trial
Fmr. school resource officer accused of not entering high school when a gunman was killing students and teachers broke into tears after a court…
Continue Reading Judge says case against former Parkland school resource officer Scot Peterson can go to trial
By Rebekah Riess and Melissa Alonso, CNN A Florida judge ruled Thursday that a case may proceed against former Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy…
Continue Reading R. Kelly’s physician testifies the singer had herpes since at least 2007 as prosecutors allege he knowingly infected people
By Sonia Moghe, CNN R. Kelly’s personal physician of 25 years took the stand Thursday to testify about his treatment of the singer’s…
Continue Reading California DOJ to investigate fired officer’s role in Oscar Grant’s 2009 killing
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The California Department of Justice will launch an independent review into a former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)…
Continue Reading Local mask mandates allowed for now after Texas Supreme Court rejects Gov. Abbott’s request to intervene
By Kay Jones and Andy Rose, CNN The Supreme Court of Texas refused Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to intervene Thursday in the case of mask…
Continue Reading This California school district will require all eligible students to be vaccinated by mid-November
By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Culver City Unified School District plans to require all eligible students aged 12 and older to be vaccinated against…
Continue Reading Initial autopsy fails to reveal what killed a family and their dog on a hiking trail near Yosemite
By Cheri Mossburg and David Williams, CNN The mystery surrounding the deaths of a couple, their baby daughter and the family dog found on a hiking…
Continue Reading Initial autopsy fails to reveal what killed a family and their dog on a hiking trail near Yosemite
Crime scene tape blocks off the trail where the bodies of John Gerrish, Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter and the family dog were…
Continue Reading Why the jump in the Native American population may be one of the hardest to explain
By Nicole Chavez and Harmeet Kaur, CNN The Native American population grew to its largest size in generations after years of fighting for an accurate…
Continue Reading Colorado governor rescinds 1864 order encouraging the massacre of Native Americans
By Leah Asmelash, CNN More than 150 years ago, leaders in Colorado issued proclamations urging citizens to kill Native Americans in the area. That…
Continue Reading ‘WitchTok’: Amid uncertainty, a new fascination with astrology and the occult bubbles up
By Neelam Bohra and AJ Willingham One August evening, hundreds of people used a Sharpie pen to write their greatest desire on a single bay leaf.…
Continue Reading Facing a bus driver shortage, this Delaware school will pay parents to take their kids to school
By Melissa Alonso, CNN A Delaware school is offering parents cash to drive their children to campus for the year to help offset the bus driver…
Continue Reading Facing a bus driver shortage, this Delaware school will pay parents to take their kids to school
As the Covid surge worsens and children head back to school, arguments over wearing masks are turning…
Continue Reading A Texas school superintendent speaks out after parents accosted 2 teachers over masks
CNN’s Rosa Flores takes a closer look at incidents erupting across the county as the argument over wearing masks…
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Texas health officials warn of full ICUs as state grapples with worsening Covid-19 surge
By Travis Caldwell, CNN The latest surge in Covid-19 hospitalizations this summer is having a deepening effect in Texas, a state that has seen its…
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