Inside the border crisis
The US is on track to encounter more than 2 million migrants at the US-Mexico border by the end of the fiscal year, according to internal government…
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The whitewashing of Arab Americans impacted by Covid-19 is a catastrophic public health issue, experts say
Dr. Raed Al-Naser was on the front lines at Sharp Grossmont Hospital in San Diego when patients first started coming in with symptoms of Covid-19.…
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A rare interstellar comet reveals its secrets and 5 other top space and science stories this week
Coming soon: Watch out for the upcoming launch of Wonder Theory, the first-ever CNN space and science newsletter. Subscribe here and be among the…
Continue Reading A juvenile has been arrested following a videotaped attack against an Asian couple in Tacoma, Washington
A 15-year-old is under arrest in Tacoma, Washington, for an apparent attack on an Asian couple seen in a cell phone video that was circulated on…
Continue Reading Capitol attack shatters sense of calm, raising fresh questions about security
The alert of another violent attack on the US Capitol grounds sent shockwaves through Washington, DC, Friday — shattering the sense of relative…
Continue Reading ACLU warns ‘a lot can go wrong’ with digital vaccine passports
The American Civil Liberties Union says plans to roll out a standardized vaccine passport must account for social inequalities and privacy rights.…
Continue Reading Seattle police to remove concrete barriers around precinct that was temporarily vacated during George Floyd protests
The Seattle Police Department has announced plans to remove concrete barriers around the East Precinct, the center of the city’s Capitol Hill…
Continue Reading 3 people killed and 4 injured in a Wilmington, North Carolina shooting, police say
Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting overnight in Wilmington, North Carolina, police said. Word of the shooting was…
Continue Reading 3 people killed and 4 injured in a Wilmington shooting, police say
Three people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting overnight in Wilmington, North Carolina, police said. Word of the shooting was…
Continue Reading Passenger train carrying 490 derails in Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens
A busy passenger train carrying 490 people has derailed in a tunnel in eastern Taiwan, killing at least 50 and injuring dozens more, authorities…
Continue Reading Teen helps adoptable dogs stand out with handmade bow ties
It started four years ago with a small donation. Darius Brown dropped off about 25 handmade bow ties at New York City’s ASPCA animal shelter.…
Continue Reading Arizona stuns UConn, sets up national championship game with Stanford
Of the teams competing in the NCAA women’s basketball Final Four, just one of them — Arizona — was on this stage for the first…
Continue Reading An 8-year-old cancer survivor sold over 30,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. She’s using proceeds to help ‘fellow childhood cancer warriors’
An 8-year-old cancer survivor in San Bernardino, California, is using some of the proceeds from her Girl Scout cookie sales to give back to others…
Continue Reading April the Giraffe, who became a worldwide sensation for giving birth in 2017, has died
April the Giraffe, who became an internet celebrity by giving birth on a YouTube livestream in 2017, has died at the age of 20. The beloved animal…
Continue Reading The gates were locked, a boy dying in a woman’s arms inside. This is what police have learned about the mass shooting in Orange, California
When police were finally able to enter the courtyard of the business complex in Orange, California — where four people were fatally shot…
Continue Reading PGA Tour plans to keep its season-ending Tour Championship in Georgia
The Tour Championship, which features the richest prize in golf, will be played in Atlanta as scheduled this September, the PGA Tour said in a…
Continue Reading MLB moving All-Star Game from Georgia after state passes new restrictive voting laws
Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia’s…
Continue Reading Salman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’
Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in…
Continue Reading How a Bay Area clinic is helping provide vaccines to people experiencing homelessness
While some people nationwide have successfully booked their vaccine appointments online, many others — including people who are experiencing…
Continue Reading Top homicide detective says Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd was ‘totally unnecessary’
The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective testified that kneeling on George Floyd’s neck after he had been handcuffed…
Continue Reading Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy in what the department says was an ‘armed confrontation’
Chicago police shot and killed a 13-year-old boy on the city’s West side early Monday morning and haven’t provided many details about the…
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Car rams U.S. Capitol barricade – 1 officer dead, 1 hurt; driver killed
WASHINGTON, DC — A Capitol Police officer was killed and another was injured Friday after a man rammed a car into the two officers at a barricade…
Continue Reading Must-watch ‘Full Circle’ moments this week
Every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 6 p.m. ET, Anderson Cooper hosts a digital show streaming live around the world covering the stories that…
Continue Reading Biden orders White House flags lowered to half-staff after Capitol Police officer killed
President Joe Biden has been receiving ongoing briefings from his homeland security adviser following an attack on the US Capitol that killed Capitol…
Continue Reading Major League Baseball has postponed the rest of the Mets-Nationals series due to Covid-19
The two remaining games of the Washington Nationals’ season-opening series with the New York Mets have been postponed due to Covid-19 concerns…
Continue Reading Attack on Jewish family is under investigation by NYPD Hate Crime Task Force
An attack on a Jewish family in Manhattan on Wednesday is being investigated by the New York Police Department Hate Crime Task Force, Police…
Continue Reading How to stop a killing like that of George Floyd from ever happening again
First there was the agonizing video, showing Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin grinding his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly…
Continue Reading 7 detention officers fired, 1 resigns, after an in-custody death in a Texas jail
COLLIN COUNTY, Texas — Seven detention officers in Texas have been fired, and an eighth has resigned, following the death in custody of Marvin…
Continue Reading What it’s like to attend ‘Space Club’ with astronauts and planetary explorers
When NASA astronaut Leland Melvin was in fifth grade, he found his calling to be a scientist — by blowing up his living room. He calls it…
Continue Reading Detroit community crowd-funds the only Black-owned grocery store in the city
When Raphael Wright thought about what he could do to build back his community in Detroit, he realized that food sovereignty, or the ability for a…
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