5 things to know for January 18: Covid, Texas synagogue, voting rights, Ukraine, 5G
Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm discusses the declining Covid-19 case numbers in the Northeast and what to expect with the Omicron…
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As Omicron sweeps the country, New York state offers a glimmer of hope
By Mallika Kallingal, CNN As the Omicron variant sweeps the country — pressing many hospitals into crisis mode — data from New York is…
Continue Reading As Omicron sweeps the country, New York state offers a glimmer of hope
Intensive care units across the country are filling up with Covid-19 patients, and hospitals are struggling to keep up due to…
Continue Reading Mayor says fire is contained in Passaic, New Jersey, with no major injuries or evacuations
By Mallika Kallingal, Melissa Alonso and Laura Ly, CNN Firefighters battled a massive, 11-alarm fire Friday night at a chlorine manufacturing plant…
Continue Reading The ruling against Prince Andrew is another win for the Child Victims Act’s lookback window
By Eric Levenson, CNN In his ruling that a child sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew can move ahead, Judge Lewis Kaplan took several pages to…
Continue Reading Portland police investigate ‘dirty hippy’ meme in training document making light of violence against protesters
By Andy Rose, CNN The Portland Police Bureau is conducting an internal investigation into a training presentation for dealing with mass protests that…
Continue Reading Dramatic video shows an officer fatally shoot a man who was driving a backhoe into homes and cars
By Caroll Alvarado, CNN Dramatic video released Thursday by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General shows the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man…
Continue Reading Dramatic video shows an officer fatally shoot a man who was driving a backhoe into homes and cars
Police shot and killed a 20-year-old man in Vineland, New Jersey after he drove a construction backhoe into cars and…
Continue Reading Report says Chicago city government failed to respond appropriately to the victim of a wrongful police raid
By Omar Jimenez and Emma Tucker, CNN A new report from the Chicago Inspector General found the city government failed to respond appropriately to the…
Continue Reading Judge sets tentative sentencing date for convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell
By Mallika Kallingal and Brian Vitagliano, CNN Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell will be sentenced in June after being found guilty last…
Continue Reading A 74-year-old woman spent 27 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit. This week she was exonerated
Joyce Watkins, a 74-year-old woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece, was exonerated this week after spending 27 years in…
Continue Reading A 74-year-old woman spent 27 years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit. This week she was exonerated
By Sara Smart and Paradise Afshar, CNN A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was…
Continue Reading Labor shortages could cause delays in clearing North Carolina roads after weekend’s winter storm, the state says
By Jason Hanna, CNN Labor shortages could mean North Carolina road crews won’t be able to clear roads of snow and ice as fast as usual if a…
Continue Reading A Fresno man has been charged with the murder of his missing girlfriend. Her body has still not been found
By Dakin Andone, CNN Authorities in Fresno County, California, have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering his missing girlfriend, whose body has…
Continue Reading Here’s how several states are preparing for the weekend winter storm
By Amanda Watts and Jennifer Henderson, CNN As a massive winter storm takes aim starting Friday at much of the eastern US, officials from the…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Christmas parade suspect will go to trial, judge decides
By Carma Hassan, CNN A judge has determined that Darrell Brooks, the man accused of careening his SUV into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin,…
Continue Reading A judge shamed and fined a cancer patient for his unkept yard and said if jail time was an option, she’d order it
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A father and son appeared for an online court appointment for a citation they received for their unkept yard in Michigan,…
Continue Reading A judge shamed and fined a cancer patient for his unkept yard and said if jail time was an option, she’d order it
Captured on Zoom, a district judge in Hamtramck, Michigan berated a 72-year-old cancer patient for his overgrown landscaping, despite his…
Continue Reading 3 teens taken to the hospital after presumed fentanyl exposure at Connecticut school
By Amanda Watts, CNN A 13-year-old male is in grave condition after he overdosed at his Hartford, Connecticut, school on Thursday from a presumed…
Continue Reading Federal judge denies preliminary injunction, allowing execution of two Oklahoma death row inmates to proceed
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN Two Oklahoma death row inmates are set to be executed by lethal injection in the coming weeks after a federal court denied…
Continue Reading Prosecutors say three women assaulted Delta security officer in New York after being denied boarding
By Kristina Sgueglia, CNN Prosecutors say three “belligerent” women were indicted for allegedly punching and kicking a Delta security…
Continue Reading Atlanta zoo euthanizes Choomba, 59-year-old gorilla, after health decline
By Melissa Alonso, CNN Choomba, “one of the founding members of the gorilla population at Zoo Atlanta,” was euthanized Thursday at 59,…
Continue Reading Here’s how several states are preparing for the weekend winter storm
Powerful winter storm prepares to bring rain, snow, and ice to much of the East. Snow and ice can potentially reach southern cities like Atlanta. CNN…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 14: Covid-19, Capitol riot, Inflation, Russia, Extreme weather
Europe needs to invest in Ukraine’s defense to keep the democracy safe from Russia’s aggression, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 14: Covid-19, Capitol riot, Inflation, Russia, Extreme weather
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra explains President Joe Biden’s plan to require private insurance companies to pay for the cost of…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 14: Covid-19, Capitol riot, Inflation, Russia, Extreme weather
The Justice Department has charged 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy related to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, including the leader of…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 14: Covid-19, Capitol riot, Inflation, Russia, Extreme weather
Americans are struggling to keep up with rising prices as inflation grows at fastest annual pace in 40 years. Vanessa Yurkevich…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for January 14: Covid-19, Capitol riot, Inflation, Russia, Extreme weather
By AJ Willingham, CNN Australia’s immigration minister has once again canceled tennis star Novak Djokovic’s visa, staying in strict…
Continue Reading Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby indicted on charges of perjury and making false statements on mortgage applications
By Laura Studley, Laura Dolan and Mallika Kallingal, CNN The chief prosecutor for the city of Baltimore has been indicted by a federal grand jury on…
Continue Reading West Virginia governor says he’s feeling better after his Covid-19 diagnosis and credits vaccine with saving his life
By Raja Razek, Chris Boyette and Christine Sever, CNN West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said he was feeling better on Thursday, two days after a…
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