By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story SHREWSBURY (WBZ) — Shrewsbury High School’s mascot will remain the Colonials despite a long debate. The Shrewsbury School Committee received more emails from the community on the mascot than any other, and that includes teaching during a pandemic. On Wednesday night, the Shrewsbury school board
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The side of a building collapsed Thursday afternoon in the Druid Hill neighborhood of Baltimore. The Baltimore City Fire Department said the collapse happened at a vacant house around 12:30 on the 500 block of McMechan Street. No injuries were reported, and
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By Ashley Strickland, Megan Marples and Sarah Molano, CNN It’s the summer of new solar power on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency conducted their third spacewalk in just over a week and installed a second new solar array outside the space station on
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, Megan Marples and Sarah Molano, CNN It’s the summer of new solar power on the International Space Station. Astronauts Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency conducted their third spacewalk in just over a week and installed a second new solar array outside the space station on
Continue Reading Tour NASA’s Johnson Space Center where everything from food, to space suits, to exercise routines are being designed so humans can survive in space.
Continue ReadingCNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to Thailand, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Thailand has recorded over 1,700 deaths and more than 229,000 cases of Covid-19 as of June 24. All travelers must quarantine for 14 days in an Alternative
Continue ReadingBy Manu Raju, CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent GOP opposition is hardening over a massive infrastructure plan and a revamp of policing laws, scrambling the prospects of two of President Joe Biden’s top domestic priorities at a crucial juncture on Capitol Hill. Republicans are pushing back at Biden’s efforts to tie a bipartisan Senate deal on
Continue Reading Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted on April 20 of second-degree unintentional murder, second degree manslaughter and third-degree murder in the 2020 death of George Floyd.
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Three whistleblowers are urging the Biden administration to do more to vaccinate immigrants in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention amid mounting criticism over the agency’s response to the pandemic within its facilities, according to a letter obtained by CNN. Friday’s letter comes as Vice President Kamala Harris visited the US-Mexico border
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cdeinocencio (CNN) — Los ataques hacia niños que se identifican como transgénero siguen sucediendo. A principios de abril, Arkansas se convirtió en el primer estado en prohibir la atención de reafirmación de género que incluye los bloqueadores de la pubertad y los tratamientos hormonales en menores de 18 años. Virginia Occidental firmó una ley que
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Ray Sanchez, CNN [Breaking news update, posted at 3:58 p.m. ET] Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year, was sentenced Friday to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin, in a light gray suit and tie and white shirt, spoke briefly before
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By Moira Ritter, CNN Business An anchor for GB News, a newly-launched TV channel in Britain that has been compared to Fox News in the US, said he is taking a break after just two weeks on the job. At the end of his regular program Thursday, Andrew Neil, who also serves as chairman of
Continue ReadingCNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on how Fox News host Laura Ingraham conducted an interview with a Capitol rioter who seemed to downplay the attack.
Continue ReadingCNN’s Brianna Keilar rolls the tape on how Fox News host Laura Ingraham conducted an interview with a Capitol rioter who seemed to downplay the attack.
Continue ReadingBy Donald Judd and Kate Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden named Jessica Stern as the US Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons on Friday, reinstating a position that existed under the Obama administration but was not filled by President Donald Trump/ Stern currently serves as executive director of OutRight Action International,
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s still not fully clear what caused an oceanfront condo tower in Surfside, Florida, to partially collapse, sending some units in the 12-story building plummeting to the ground. Experts are still looking to determine the exact contributing factors that led to the catastrophe. But from what investigators know, the building appears
Continue Reading Heartbreak and hope near Miami today, as rescuers continue to search for survivors in the rubble of a condo building that partially collapsed. At least four people have died, 159 others still unaccounted for and still no update on the cause.
Continue Reading George Floyd’s daughter Gianna gives her impact statement at the sentencing trial of Derek Chauvin.
Continue Reading George Floyd’s family spoke in court Friday during the sentencing hearing for his killer, former police officer Derek Chauvin. The first to speak was Floyd’s seven-year-old daughter, Gianna, on video. “I ask about him all the time,” she said. “I want to play with him, have fun, go to the playground.” Someone in the video
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