In a new CNN special report “COVID WAR: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out,” CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta spoke to six leading US health officials about their experiences responding to the coronavirus pandemic over the past year. For the first time, free from the watchful eyes of the Trump White House, the top
Continue ReadingSouthwest agreed to buy 100 737 Max jets from Boeing, the largest order for the troubled jet since its grounding in 2019 following two fatal crashes. The company also agreed to options for an additional 155 of the planes. The 100 firm orders tops the previous order for 75 of the planes placed by Irish
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Desert Sands Unified School District’s middle and high school students headed back to campus on Monday after a long year of distance learning. “I am extremely excited. Everyone has worked so hard the whole year…all the teachers and staff to help get us back to school,” said Malia Boomer, Junior, Shadow Hills High School. “We’re
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Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Female surgeons in Canada have long faced gender-based referral biases that result in large pay gaps, and an inequitable and inefficient environment for patients, Canadian surgeons say, but with the urgency surrounding surgical backlogs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some say the time
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Jason Derulo and his girlfriend, model Jena Frumes, are expecting their first child. The “Ridin’ Solo” singer revealed he is set to become a dad, sharing a sentimental video on Instagram of the couple walking on a beach in the Bahamas. In the clip, the 31-year-old musician caresses and kisses Frumes’ burgeoning bump. It ends
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it has intercepted 30 suspected fraudulent COVID-19 tests from travellers seeking to enter the country since early January. “The CBSA is aware that fraudulent COVID-19 test results are being produced and that some travellers may attempt
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Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, is one of the most prominent government officials yet to publicly express support for reparations as a way to address the consequences of racism and inequality in America. “There are definitely merits to it in the sense that, if people have been harmed by laws,
Continue Reading One student is dead and another is missing after a collegiate crew club boat capsized with five students aboard during practice Sunday morning, according to Iowa State University. The body of one student was recovered from Little Wall Lake by a dive team Sunday, a press release from the university said. The dive team was
Continue Reading It’s been nearly five years since Hassan heard from his family, and he is terrified that he will forget them. He has one photograph of his father and nothing but fading memories from his past. He tries his hardest to hold on to the image in his head of his mother and siblings, but it
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Brasil ya supera las 312.000 muertes. México reveló que el número de muertos por covid-19 sería casi 60% más alto de lo que se ha informado oficialmente. Argentina va a diferir la aplicación de la segunda dosis de la vacuna. Así comienza la semana del 29 de marzo en algunos de los
Continue ReadingAustralian broadcaster 9 News suffered a cyberattack that forced a number of live shows off air on Sunday, as the country’s federal parliament also reported an attack on its computer network. “A cyber-attack on our systems has disrupted live broadcasts today however, we have put processes in place to ensure we’re able to resume our
Continue Reading(CNN Español) — Brasil ya supera las 312.000 muertes. México reveló que el número de muertos por covid-19 sería casi 60% más alto de lo que se ha informado oficialmente. Argentina va a diferir la aplicación de la segunda dosis de la vacuna. Así comienza la semana del 29 de marzo en algunos de los
Continue Reading Lady Gaga’s boyfriend went big for her 35th birthday on Sunday. The singer and actress shared a photo of her embracing a huge floral arrangement over the weekend on her verified Instagram account. “When your bf sends you all the flowers in Rome for your birthday,” the caption read. “I love you honey. I can’t
Continue Reading For the first time in 40 years, Wessam Hafez, a senior pilot at the Suez Canal, is not going to work. Traffic outside the canal that runs outside his house has stopped. “No ships, no pilots,” he told CNN. “When the canal is closed not only the global economy is affected but everyone who works
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Palm Springs hit 90° on Sunday. The average high temperature this time of year is 81°. A trough of low pressure in the Pacific Northwest will push southeast throughout Monday. This trough will strengthen onshore westerly winds today through tonight. Winds expecting to reach the desert later tonight. Areas to the west will feel cooling
Continue Reading In 1608, Jamestown colonists executed a man named Capt. George Kendall, who had been accused of spying for Spain. It was the first recorded execution in what would later become the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the first for the fledgling American colonies. Over the next 400 years, more than 1,300 people would be executed in
Continue Reading One in five Colorado high school students say it is “sort of easy” or “very easy” to access a handgun, a study found. New research, published Monday in The Journal of Pediatrics, analyzed 2019 data collected in Colorado as part of the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey — an anonymous survey of more than 46,500 high
Continue Reading No longer working under the Trump administration, leading US health officials have revealed to CNN the challenges they faced during the nation’s fight against Covid-19 over the past year, including tension behind closed doors and a lack of preparedness. Here are some of the most haunting revelations from CNN’s new documentary, “COVID WAR: The Pandemic
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Dr. Jose Romero didn’t foresee this. After months of careful planning, meetings and consultation that took over most weekends of the late fall and winter, the chair of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices thought his group had a good framework in place. It was clear from the
Continue ReadingDespite the signing of the Doha agreement last February that called for a full drawdown of US troops and personnel from Afghanistan by May 1, the Department of Defense issued nearly a billion dollars in contracts to 17 different companies related to work in Afghanistan past the withdrawal date. There are currently some 18,000 contractors
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