Teacher continues lessons from her hospital bed after unexpected surgery
Stephany Hume is the type of teacher we all wish we’d had in elementary school. With the coronavirus pandemic, Hume said, one of her goals as a…
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A South Carolina professor who died last year left $350,000 to the school she worked at
A professor who died last year left $350,000 to the university where she worked for more than four decades. Linda Hill worked an assistant professor…
Continue Reading More than 900 Mayo Clinic staff members diagnosed with Covid-19 in Midwest over two weeks
More than 900 staff members across the Midwest Mayo Clinic system have been diagnosed with Covid-19 over the last 14 days, a spokesperson told CNN.…
Continue Reading Naya Rivera’s ex-husband and estate file wrongful-death suit on behalf of the actress’ son
Naya Rivera’s ex-husband and estate have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday in the wake of the actress’s death. Rivera died in July…
Continue Reading The African continent surpasses 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases amid signs of fresh surge
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The African continent has surpassed 2 million confirmed cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up…
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‘Just ridiculous’: CNN speaks to Georgia voter the Trump campaign falsely accused of casting ballot in the name of a dead woman
President Donald Trump’s campaign and Fox News host Tucker Carlson alleged last week that a vote cast by a Georgia woman named Deborah Jean…
Continue Reading Dashcam video provides details of fatal law enforcement shooting of two Florida teens
Four days after a sheriff’s deputy fatally shot two Black teenagers in the coastal Florida city of Cocoa, prompting a state investigation and…
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Dashcam video provides details of fatal law enforcement shooting of two Florida teens
Four days after a sheriff’s deputy fatally shot two Black teenagers in the coastal Florida city of Cocoa, prompting a state investigation and…
Continue Reading Sacramento County declares racism a public health crisis
Sacramento County this week became the latest local government to declare racism a public health crisis. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors…
Continue Reading Over a quarter-million Americans have now been killed by Covid-19
NEW YORK, NY — The confirmed U.S. death toll from coronavirus now tops 250,000, the highest in world, by the Johns Hopkins University’s…
Continue Reading Police seek suspect after human remains discovered in rural southern Colorado
Colorado authorities have issued a warrant for homicide in connection with the discovery of human remains in rural southern Colorado, police said…
Continue Reading New York Mets infielder Robinson Canó suspended for entire 2021 MLB season
Major League Baseball (MLB) announced Wednesday that New York Mets second baseman Robinson Canó will be suspended without pay for the entire 2021…
Continue Reading Russian spacewalk helps prepare space station for new module
Two cosmonauts, both from the Russian space agency Roscosmos, conducted a spacewalk outside of the International Space Station on Wednesday. Sergey…
Continue Reading NYC schools will close after the city reached a 3% Covid positivity rate threshold
New York City is closing down its public school buildings starting on Thursday after the city’s 7-day average reached the 3% positive testing…
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NYC schools will close after the city reached a 3% Covid positivity rate threshold
New York City is closing down its public school buildings starting on Thursday after the city’s 7-day average reached the 3% positive testing…
Continue Reading Ben Watkins, a former ‘MasterChef Junior’ contestant, dies of cancer at 14
After a year of fighting a rare form of cancer, former “MasterChef Junior” star Ben Watkins died this week at the age of 14, his family…
Continue Reading First all-Black crew to make history officiating an NFL game
An NFL game will feature an all-Black officiating crew for the first time in the league’s history. The crew, which will officiate the November…
Continue Reading US Postal Service’s ‘Operation Santa’ letter campaign goes digital in 108th year
In its 108th year, the US Postal Service’s annual “Operation Santa” letter writing campaign is going digital — and expanding…
Continue Reading Star merger created rare Blue Ring Nebula
Astronomers were surprised when they discovered what appeared to be a star surrounded by an ultraviolet ring 16 years ago. It became known as the…
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Nation’s largest school district in NYC abruptly switching to full remote learning as virus surges
NEW YORK, NY — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a…
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Federal judge says U.S. can’t turn away unaccompanied migrant children using public health law
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from turning back unaccompanied migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico…
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Federal judge tears into Trump administration over its handling of DACA
NEW YORK, NY — A federal judge in New York who ruled over the weekend that the new DACA rules were invalid tore into the Trump administration…
Continue Reading First NYC housing complex bought by and for the LGBTQ+ community opens
New York City’s first LGBTQ+ owned and run housing complex opened in Queens on Friday, 30 years after the owner said she first conceived the…
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Boeing’s 737 Max gets approval to fly passengers again
WASHINGTON, DC — The Federal Aviation Administration issued an order Wednesday that paved the way for the troubled Boeing 737 Max to carry…
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‘They pointed their guns at us and started shooting’
Sometime after midnight on October 21, Elisha Sunday Ibanga answered a phone call from his older brother’s number. The person on the other end…
Continue Reading Virginia police chief, whose department filed felony charges against Black legislator in a Confederate monument vandalism case, has been fired
A Virginia police chief has been fired after charges were dropped against Senator L. Louise Lucas and 17 others in the partial dismantling of a…
Continue Reading How a long-shot candidate tossed out the DA accused of mishandling the Ahmaud Arbery case
Keith Higgins knew he faced long odds when he entered the race. It’s hard to run as an independent candidate in Georgia. It’s even harder…
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U.S. judge approves request to drop drug trafficking charges against Mexico’s former defense secretary
NEW YORK, NY — A U.S. judge has granted the Department of Justice’s request to drop the drug trafficking and money laundering case against former…
Continue Reading Dinosaurs would have continued to thrive had it not been for the asteroid, researchers say
Dinosaurs were doing well and could have continued to dominate Planet Earth if they had not been wiped out by an asteroid, new research has found.…
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