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Denmark becomes first EU country to lift all Covid-19 restrictions

February 1, 2022 5:37 AM CNN Newsource

By Scott McLean, Livvy Doherty and Lauren Kent, CNN Denmark has lifted all Covid-19 restrictions within the country, with coronavirus no longer…

Tesla recall: ‘Full Self-Driving’ software runs stop signs

February 1, 2022 4:16 AM Associated Press

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 vehicles because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them…

‘I’m just tired of being terrorized like my grandparents were’: More than a dozen HBCUs got bomb threats on the 1st day of Black History Month

February 1, 2022 6:35 AM CNN Newsource

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Holly Yan and Paul P. Murphy, CNN A growing number of historically Black colleges and universities have had to lock down or…

Mexico rated ‘very high’ risk for travel by the CDC

January 31, 2022 2:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Marnie Hunter and Forrest Brown, CNN After more than six months in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s lower-risk Level 3…

Increasing flood costs over next three decades will mainly impact people of color, study shows

January 31, 2022 9:00 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN The United States is already spending tens of billions of dollars a year on flood damage as hurricanes get more intense, sea…

Truckers and protesters against Covid-19 mandates block a border crossing. Others tried to take meals away from the homeless in Ottawa, shelter says

January 31, 2022 11:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Paula Newton and Holly Yan, CNN What started as a convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates has snowballed into a blockade in the Canadian…

Federal judge rejects plea deal on hate crime charges in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing over sentencing concerns

January 30, 2022 11:09 PM CNN Newsource

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Angela Barajas and Melissa Alonso, CNN A federal judge Monday rejected the plea deal reached by prosecutors and Travis…

Spotify makes public platform rules that cover Covid-19 misinformation. Will it be enough?

January 30, 2022 4:28 PM CNN Newsource

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Spotify responded to criticism it has received regarding Covid-19 content Sunday after a number of prominent artists…

Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA and correspondent for ‘Extra,’ dead at 30

January 30, 2022 7:39 PM CNN Newsource

By Alaa Elassar, Liam Reilly and Mirna Alsharif, CNN Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst died Sunday morning, said her family and the New York Police…

Mail began to pile up at a home. The local mail carrier noticed and saved a woman’s life

January 28, 2022 4:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Sara Smart, CNN A New Hampshire postal worker is now a local hero after she helped save a woman’s life. Newmarket mail carrier Kayla…

Gun used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha shootings to be destroyed

January 28, 2022 11:59 AM CNN Newsource

By Brad Parks, CNN The gun that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings will be destroyed, Kenosha County Assistant District…

Texas sues Biden administration to halt program that reunites Central American children with parents in U.S.

January 28, 2022 4:03 PM Texas Tribune

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and seven other attorneys general filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal judge to halt a Biden administration…

Top US general warns of ‘horrific’ outcome if Russian forces ‘unleashed’ on Ukraine

January 28, 2022 1:38 PM CNN

CNN By Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned a Russian invasion of…

Apple Music trolls Spotify by calling itself ‘the home of Neil Young’

January 28, 2022 11:05 AM CNN

CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young’s music from its service, Apple Music trolled…

An Arizona hiker fell 700 feet to his death while trying to take a photo

January 28, 2022 9:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Michelle Watson, CNN A hiker in Arizona slipped and fell hundreds of feet to his death Monday after trying to take a photo in Lost Dutchman State…

Pentagon commits to do more to prevent civilian deaths in military operations

January 27, 2022 2:59 PM CNN Newsource

By Ellie Kaufman and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US military has committed to doing more to prevent civilian deaths following the release of a damning…

Stormy Daniels testifies on Avenatti: ‘He lied to me and betrayed me’

January 27, 2022 4:17 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren del Valle, CNN Stormy Daniels, an adult-film actress who was allegedly defrauded by Michael Avenatti, testified Thursday in federal court…

Dozens of students were mistakenly told they got a full ride scholarship. The university plans ‘to make it right’

January 27, 2022 4:33 PM CNN Newsource

By Alisha Ebrahimji, Paradise Afshar and Amanda Jackson, CNN Parker Christensen, a high school senior from Newaygo, Michigan, received a notification…

A police officer completed a DoorDash order after arresting the delivery driver

January 27, 2022 2:05 PM CNN Newsource

By David Williams, CNN An official escort for her lunch was not what Anastasia Elsinger ordered from DoorDash on Tuesday, but that’s what she…

Biden commits to nominating nation’s first Black female Supreme Court justice as he honors retiring Breyer

January 27, 2022 9:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Ariane de Vogue, Kate Sullivan and Betsy Klein, CNN President Joe Biden committed to nominating the nation’s first Black female Supreme…

Oklahoma death row inmate who requested firing squad is executed by lethal injection

January 27, 2022 12:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Amanda Watts, CNN An Oklahoma death row inmate who had requested execution by firing squad was executed by lethal injection on Thursday, according…

US economy grew 5.7% in 2021 in rebound from 2020 recession

January 27, 2022 6:46 AM Associated Press

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan’s presidency,…

Mexican town protects forest from avocado growers, cartels

January 27, 2022 7:03 AM Associated Press

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press CHERAN, Mexico (AP) — Regular citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the…

A rocket booster could crash into the moon in the next few weeks

January 27, 2022 6:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt and Ashley Strickland, CNN A rogue rocket booster could collide with the moon in the next few weeks, according to space experts, an…

US and NATO responses fail to address Russia’s main concerns, says Foreign Minister Lavrov

January 27, 2022 7:46 AM CNN

Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty weighs in on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aspirations to ‘evict the US from Europe,’ as Fiona…

Russia and Ukraine agree to continue ceasefire talks

January 26, 2022 7:15 PM CNN Newsource

By Yulia Shevchenko, Jennifer Deaton, Lindsay Isaac, Helen Regan and Kara Fox, CNN Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agreed that a permanent…

A second local investigation into the death of a Georgia teen found in a rolled-up gym mat has closed with no charges filed

January 26, 2022 8:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A second local investigation into the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager who was found…