‘I’m hanging by a thread’
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN One schoolteacher says she’s been badly injured twice by students. Another says she’s so…
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5 things to know for Dec. 17: SCOTUS, Coronavirus, Kentucky, Afghanistan, Facebook
Another round of severe weather is possible today for the Southern Plains while the Pacific Northwest braces for more rain and snow. CNN…
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By AJ Willingham, CNN Economic disaster averted: Yesterday, President Joe Biden signed the debt limit increase passed by Congress earlier this week,…
Continue Reading Lawsuit claims radio host Dave Ramsey discouraged working from home by employees during pandemic
By Amy Simonson, CNN Author, radio host and prominent evangelical Christian Dave Ramsey told the employees at his financial advice company Ramsey…
Continue Reading Gun industry stakeholders sue NY attorney general over state public nuisance gun law
By Sonia Moghe, CNN More than a dozen gun industry stakeholders sued the New York State Attorney General, challenging the constitutionality of a…
Continue Reading Astroworld Festival victims died from ‘compression asphyxia,’ medical examiner says
By Rosa Flores and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The 10 Astroworld Festival victims died from “compression asphyxia” in what was determined to…
Continue Reading Federal judge rejects Purdue Pharma’s settlement of opioid lawsuits over legal protections for members of Sackler family
By Rob Frehse and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN A federal judge has overturned the opioid settlement of more than $4 billion that gave the Sackler family…
Continue Reading Probe finds Chicago mayor didn’t conceal info about botched raid of naked woman’s home, but ‘failed to recognize the seriousness’
By Emma Tucker, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot did not purposefully conceal any information about a botched raid in 2019 at a social worker’s…
Continue Reading 2 suspects charged in shooting that wounded a Baltimore police officer as well as a separate shooting that killed a man
By Amy Simonson, Amir Vera, Gregory Lemos, Leslie Holland and Kay Jones, CNN Two suspects are in custody and have been charged in the ambush shooting…
Continue Reading 2 suspects charged in shooting that wounded a Baltimore police officer as well as a separate shooting that killed a man
A Baltimore police officer was ambushed in the early morning hours when an assailant “apparently walked up somewhere from the rear of the [police]…
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FDA says abortion pills can be sent by mail
(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it is lifting a requirement that patients seeking medication…
Continue Reading Final suspect in Barnard freshman’s murder case pleads guilty
By Sonia Moghe, CNN A third teen pleaded guilty in the death of Barnard College freshman Tessa Majors as her father watched on in court, marking the…
Continue Reading Workers at candle factory hit by massive Kentucky tornado file class-action lawsuit against employer
By Nick Valencia, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Melissa Alonso, CNN A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Mayfield Consumer Products on behalf of…
Continue Reading Keechant Sewell seen as ‘absolutely ready’ to succeed as NYPD’s top cop
New York City will get its first female police commissioner to lead the nation’s largest police department, after Mayor-elect Eric Adams picked…
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By Peter Nickeas, CNN When Keechant Sewell became the first Black woman to oversee Nassau County’s detective division 15 months ago, she said…
Continue Reading Former officer Kim Potter tells court she’ll testify at her manslaughter trial
Prosecution rests in Kim Potter…
Continue Reading Former officer Kim Potter tells court she’ll testify at her manslaughter trial
By Ray Sanchez and Carma Hassan, CNN Kim Potter, the former officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in suburban Minneapolis,…
Continue Reading Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense opens its case with testimony from former assistant and memory expert
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN A former assistant and an expert on false memories testified for Ghislaine Maxwell’s defense on…
Continue Reading Dallas nonprofit helps refugee women stitch together a bright future
Vickery Trading Company is using sewing to help refugee women from around the world get a fresh start as the resettle in the…
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By Lauren Lee, CNN When refugees arrive in the US, they face unique challenges. “They’ve been dumped in a new country where they…
Continue Reading Claudette Colvin’s juvenile record has been expunged, 66 years after she was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a White person
By Pamela Kirkland and Dakin Andone, CNN The juvenile court records of Claudette Colvin, a civil rights pioneer who refused in 1955 to give up her…
Continue Reading 3 companies charged with negligence in Southern California oil spill
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Three companies have been accused of illegally discharging about 25,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off the…
Continue Reading A 90-year-old was serving life for marijuana despite serious illness. Now he’s going home
By Casey Tolan, CNN In a dramatic reversal, a 90-year-old, seriously ill federal inmate serving life in prison for a nonviolent marijuana trafficking…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
By AJ Willingham, CNN If the metaverse actually does become widely accepted, what will we wear in it? Industry leaders are looking forward into our…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for Dec. 16: Covid, software, Biden, condo collapse, extreme weather
An extreme tornado and high wind event impacted parts of the Midwest yesterday. Today the tornado threat is over, but the high winds remain. CNN…
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Super Typhoon Rai makes landfall in the Philippines, bringing heavy rain, high winds, storm surge, and landslides. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on whether is it safe to gather indoors and to travel this holiday…
Continue Reading A Louisiana judge is on unpaid leave and facing pressure to resign after a home video with racist language surfaced
Judge faces criticism over video that includes racist…
Continue Reading A Louisiana judge is on unpaid leave and facing pressure to resign after a home video with racist language surfaced
A judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, is taking a leave of absence and facing calls for her resignation after a video with racist language recorded at her…
Continue Reading A Louisiana judge is on unpaid leave and facing pressure to resign after a home video with racist language surfaced
By Ryan Young, Maria Cartaya, Alta Spells and Tina Burnside, CNN A judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, is taking a leave of absence and facing calls for…
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