New Orleans Jazz Fest cancels 2021 event due to Covid-19
By Kay Jones, Gregory Lemos and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Rising cases of Covid-19 in Louisiana have led to the cancellation of the New Orleans Jazz…
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Julie Bowen of ‘Modern Family’ helped rescue a hiker who fainted in a Utah national park
By Liam Reilly, CNN Actor Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” and her sister helped rescue a hiker when she fainted last week at Arches…
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6 members of a Florida church died of Covid-19 in 2 weeks, pastor says. On Sunday the church held a vaccination clinic
In just two weeks, six members of Impact Church in Jacksonville, Florida, died from Covid-19. All were unvaccinated, their pastor Pastor George Davis…
Continue Reading 2 dead, 3 wounded after man opens fire at New York City party
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…
Continue Reading California’s Dixie Fire now second-largest in state’s history
By Amanda Watts and Camille Furst, CNN The Dixie Fire in California, the largest wildfire currently burning in the country, has grown to become the…
Continue Reading 5 injured in New Orleans shooting on Bourbon Street
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,…
Continue Reading 6 members of a Florida church died of Covid-19 in 2 weeks, pastor says. On Sunday the church held a vaccination clinic
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…
Continue Reading Race against time: Inside ATF’s efforts to find shooters before they strike again
Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) are joining forces with local law enforcement in five major US…
Continue Reading At least 2 killed, 11 wounded in three overnight shootings in Chicago
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…
Continue Reading One killed, six injured in shooting at a Houston nightclub
By Camille Furst, CNN One person died and six others were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning at an after-hours bar in Houston, according to a…
Continue Reading One killed, six injured in shooting at a Houston nightclub
It began with a fight inside the Visions nightclub on FM 1960 near Treaschwig Road early…
Continue Reading Race against time: Inside ATF’s efforts to find shooters before they strike again
By Josh Campbell, CNN Gunfire in broad daylight along a busy street in the nation’s capital last month sent bystanders running. “The guns…
Continue Reading This teacher is still dealing with symptoms of long Covid. She’s going back to the classroom for her students
By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Halfway into a challenging school year of teaching second graders in-person with coronavirus safety protocols, a…
Continue Reading ‘The difference between life and death.’ Black leaders step up vaccine campaigns as Delta variant hits the unvaccinated
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Jeniffer Hall was hesitant to get vaccinated until early July when a Detroit pastor convinced her that she needed the…
Continue Reading FBI selects first Black woman to join a bureau SWAT team: ‘She has what it takes’
By Alaa Elassar, CNN An FBI agent in Puerto Rico is believed to be the first Black woman to be selected to train for any of the bureau’s SWAT…
Continue Reading Black real estate agent and his Black clients file lawsuit after being handcuffed by police during home showing
A Black real estate agent was showing a house to a Black man and his 15-year-old son in Wyoming, Michigan, when they were handcuffed by police. They…
Continue Reading More than 400 universities are requiring Covid-19 vaccines. But the murky threat of fake vaccination cards worries some students and experts
By Neelam Bohra and Justin Lear, CNN Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can voluntarily share their Covid-19 vaccine status…
Continue Reading The Sierra Nevada red fox is now protected and listed as an endangered species
By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Sierra Nevada red fox, a rare California species whose population is dramatically dwindling, has been listed as endangered.…
Continue Reading These 5 figures show how bad the US Covid-19 surge is. But experts say we can turn things around
A Virginia dad is chronicling his story of battling Covid-19 in a series of Facebook videos and says he made a mistake by not getting vaccinated.…
Continue Reading These 5 figures show how bad the US Covid-19 surge is. But experts say we can turn things around
By Christina Maxouris, CNN As the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations climbed and new infection numbers plummeted in spring, many Americans thought they…
Continue Reading Meet Truffles, the special kitty who wears glasses to help kids feel better about wearing theirs
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Nearly four years ago, Danielle Crull rescued a stray kitten from a forest in Pennsylvania. Now, that spunky kitty is changing…
Continue Reading A Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life following a shooting during a traffic stop
By Alta Spells and Claudia Dominguez, CNN One Chicago police officer is dead and another is fighting for his life after they were shot while…
Continue Reading A Black realtor was showing a home to a Black father and son. They were handcuffed by Michigan police
By Dakin Andone and Raja Razek, CNN A Black realtor was showing a house to a Black man and his 15-year-old son in a Michigan suburb last week when…
Continue Reading Two North Carolina men were killed by a train while mourning their brother killed in the same spot
By Melissa Alonso and Alaa Elassar, CNN Two men were mourning the loss of their brother, who had been struck by a light-rail train, when they were…
Continue Reading Divers found human remains and a submerged car in search for New Hampshire woman missing since 1978
By David Williams, CNN New Hampshire Fish and Game search divers found human remains on Friday in a submerged car believed to belong to a woman who…
Continue Reading Florida reports record high number of new Covid-19 cases this week
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) escalated his ongoing feud with President Joe Biden over Covid-19 regulations, taking a stab at the President’s memory…
Continue Reading What’s next for gymnastics great Simone Biles after Tokyo?
By Theresa Waldrop, CNN Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left Tokyo on Wednesday with her fame intact, but changed from the person she had been…
Continue Reading After latest suicide, the Vessel in New York City’s Hudson Yards ponders its future
By Eric Levenson, CNN In a December 2016 article for The Architect’s Newspaper, journalist Audrey Wachs noted a glaring issue with the Vessel,…
Continue Reading Michigan hospital ends relationship with Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins over his vaccine stance
By Dave Alsup and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Holland Hospital in western Michigan said it is ending its relationship with Minnesota Vikings quarterback…
Continue Reading He was committed to a Hawaii state hospital for nearly 3 years in a case of mistaken identity. Now he wants the record set straight, Hawaii Innocence Project says
By Chris Boyette and Andy Rose, CNN The Hawaii Innocence Project has filed a memo in support of a man they say was wrongly incarcerated at Hawaii…
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