Vietnamese island Phu Quoc reopening to tourism
By Reuters Vietnam plans to reopen the beach-fringed island of Phu Quoc to foreign tourists from next month, authorities said, as the country looks…
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Man charged in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in a barrage of gunfire at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina
By Rebekah Riess, Giovanna Van Leeuwen and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a 3-year-old boy in North…
Continue Reading A Kentucky man says he paid Covid-19 no attention. Now he has it and he wants you to know it’s no joke
CNN’s Miguel Marquez speaks to an unvaccinated Covid-19 patient who says he didn’t pay attention to the coronavirus before he ended up in the…
Continue Reading A Kentucky man says he paid Covid-19 no attention. Now he has it and he wants you to know it’s no joke
By Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Billy Couch didn’t think much about Covid-19 until he got it and it sent him to the hospital. The…
Continue Reading Ex-Marine sharpshooter accused of killing 4 was searching for a non-existent girl who he believed needed help, sheriff says
By Gregory Lemos and Amir Vera, CNN The ex-Marine accused of killing four people, including an infant, outside Lakeland, Florida, was looking for a…
Continue Reading Biden unveils sweeping vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
WASHINGTON, DC — In his most forceful pandemic actions and words, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new federal vaccine…
Continue Reading Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up
By AMY TAXIN and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to…
Continue Reading Minnesota county attorney to stop prosecuting non-public safety traffic stops in honor of Philando Castile
By Amir Vera and Christina Carrega, CNN Traffic stops for expired tags and broken tail lights will no longer be prosecuted in Ramsey County,…
Continue Reading Los Angeles school board votes to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for eligible students age 12 and over
By Dakin Andone, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN All eligible students attending Los Angeles Unified public schools — the nation’s…
Continue Reading U.S. jobless claims reach a pandemic low as economy recovers
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to…
Continue Reading Police are investigating after flags at a 9/11 memorial were knocked over or broken
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Police are investigating after some American flags placed at a 9/11 memorial in Boston were knocked…
Continue Reading Covid-19 is crushing this corner of rural America. Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treason
By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff and Deborah Brunswick, CNN It felt like Covid-19 was closing in around us during the five days in August this CNN crew…
Continue Reading Covid-19 is crushing this corner of rural America. Getting the vaccine can still feel like an act of treason
CNN’s Elle Reeve revisits Carter County, Missouri, where Covid-19 is moving through towns of unvaccinated…
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His wife was in the ICU with Covid-19, so he stood outside for 10 days with a sign saying, ‘I love you’
By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN For 10 days, Gary Crane stood outside of his wife’s ICU room holding a simple reminder of his love for her. Donna…
Continue Reading After two teachers died of Covid-19 in one week, a Texas school district implements mask mandate
By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district that closed for a week after two junior high school teachers died from Covid-19 within a few days, is…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis files emergency appeal on school mask mandates
By Mallory Simon, CNN Lawyers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have filed an emergency appeal with the First District Court of Appeals in Florida in…
Continue Reading Cuba begins vaccinating children as young as two for Covid-19
Patrick Oppmann The Cuban government has begun to vaccinate children as young as two years old for COVID-19, the island’s state media reported,…
Continue Reading Pumpkin season is upon us: Why we seem to embrace fall earlier every year
By Leah Asmelash, CNN The week after Labor Day has historically represented the unofficial start of fall, and though most leaves have retained their…
Continue Reading North Carolina sounds alarm that nearly half of state’s middle and high school Covid-19 clusters tied to sports
By Mallory Simon, CNN Forty-five percent of all Covid-19 clusters in North Carolina’s middle and high schools since July have been among sports…
Continue Reading The remains of 2 more World Trade Center victims from 9/11 have been identified
By Jason Hanna, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Days before the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, New York…
Continue Reading The remains of 2 more World Trade Center victims from 9/11 have been identified
Nearly 20 years to the day — the US was attacked on our own soil. On this anniversary, the events of 9/11 may cause more distress in many Americans.…
Continue Reading Kentucky hospital pushed to its limits as lawmakers extend state of emergency due to Covid-19 surge
By Amir Vera, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Vera Middleton wishes she had gotten the Covid-19 vaccine. The 66-year-old great-grandmother from…
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Fast hiring: UPS to hire 100,000, many in 30 minutes or less
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Besides packages, UPS is promising to deliver something else fast: job offers. The Atlanta-based…
Continue Reading Los Angeles school board votes to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for eligible students age 12 and over
Today, President Biden will outline his strategy to curb the Delta variant and increase…
Continue Reading Biden to announce that all federal workers must be vaccinated, with no testing option
Hospitals across Kentucky are so full with Covid-19 patients, almost the entire system is stretched to the limit. CNN’s Miguel Marquez…
Continue Reading Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk despite smoke, alarm on space station
By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue…
Continue Reading The head of Russia’s space agency is jealous of US billionaires
CNN’s Kristin Fisher spoke to Dmitry Rogozin in his first interview with western media since becoming the head of Roscomos, Russia’s space agency.…
Continue Reading ‘Dog bone’ asteroid spied by astronomers in new photos
By Ashley Strickland, CNN New images are shining a spotlight on a game of fetch that’s out of this world. Astronomers have captured the most…
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Flight takes about 200, including Americans, out of Kabul
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An estimated 200 foreigners, including Americans, have left Kabul on an international…
Continue Reading Tropical Depression Mindy dropping heavy rain in parts of Georgia and South Carolina
Depression Mindy made landfall as a Tropical Storm over the Florida panhandle Wednesday night bringing heavy rain bands into the Southeast. CNN…
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