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By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The polarization surrounding mask mandates is deepening as some state and local officials spar on how to approach face coverings protocols in schools, a debate unfolding as more children contract Covid-19. In Florida, which has the second-highest rate of new cases per capita after Louisiana, children’s hospitals and staff are “overwhelmed,”
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By Amy Woodyatt and Jennifer Hauser, CNN Failure to act now on climate change will result in “catastrophic” consequences for the world, the leader of the United Nation’s next climate talks has warned. “I don’t think there’s any other word for it,” Alok Sharma, the British minister in charge of the 26th UN Climate Change
Continue Reading By Neelam Bohra and Justin Lear, CNN Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can voluntarily share their Covid-19 vaccine status with administration, but those who show up on campus unvaccinated or choose not to disclose their vaccination status will have to get tested for coronavirus weekly. When apprehensive students started approaching
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Sierra Nevada red fox, a rare California species whose population is dramatically dwindling, has been listed as endangered. The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced in a news release Monday that the fox population in Sierra Nevada, which only consists of about 18 to 39 individuals, will receive protection
Continue ReadingBy Theresa Waldrop, CNN Gymnastics superstar Simone Biles left Tokyo on Wednesday with her fame intact, but changed from the person she had been before the games. Suffering from the twisties — a mental condition in which gymnasts lose the sense of where their bodies are in midair — Biles stunned the world by withdrawing
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN When filmmakers were invited to document Eliud Kipchoge’s second attempt to run a marathon in under two hours, it was the runner, rather than the run, that captured their imagination. Amid the bluster and noise that often surrounds professional sport, they found that Kipchoge’s quiet, contemplative demeanor was unique — the
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate voted to break a filibuster Saturday and advance a massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package after months of furious negotiations, clearing a major hurdle for President Joe Biden’s agenda even as it will soon face an uncertain future in the House. Eighteen GOP senators
Continue Reading By Alaa Elassar, CNN Nearly four years ago, Danielle Crull rescued a stray kitten from a forest in Pennsylvania. Now, that spunky kitty is changing hundreds of lives by helping children with eye problems feel more confident about wearing glasses and eye patches. Truffles, now famous for her glamorous glasses — which range from sparkling
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Dos incendios forestales en el norte de California destruyeron decenas de hogares, dejaron personas desaparecidas o heridas y provocaron evacuaciones el jueves. Todo sucedió en menos de 48 horas. El Dixie, el incendio activo más grande de California, ha destruido “más de 100 casas” y está en camino de dañar más
Continue Reading By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The war against Covid-19 is changing, putting into stark relief the deepening divide between countries that have the weapons to fight the virus and those that don’t. As concerns mount over the highly contagious Delta variant, wealthy nations are tightening their grip on vaccine arsenals, while desperate people elsewhere in the
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running out of time and friends as he stares down the prospect of being the first New York governor impeached in more than 100 years — with his own party leading the way. Days after state Attorney General Letitia James, also a Democrat, released a detailed report
Continue ReadingRita Glavin, the personal attorney for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, appeared on CNN to forcefully push back against allegations that her client sexually harassed 11 women.
Continue ReadingBy Jack Guy, CNN A fast track and new developments in running shoe design have seen a number of records broken at the Tokyo Olympics, but a leading sports scientist has warned athletes that they could be entering into a “Faustian bargain.” Among the record breakers were Norway’s Karsten Warholm, who set a world record
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda (CNN) — La entrenadora de pentatlón moderno de Alemania, Kim Raisner, fue descalificada de Tokio 2020 por golpear a un caballo, dijo la Federación de Pentatlón Moderno (UIPM) en un comunicado el sábado. El incidente ocurrió cuando Raisner intentaba ayudar a la pentatleta moderna Annika Schleu, antes de su ronda de salto
Continue ReadingA draft letter reportedly circulated late last year by Donald Trump-loyalist Jeffrey Clark at the Justice Department shows the lengths his allies were willing to go to overturn the presidential election. CNN’s Jessica Schneider reports.
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A fire broke out at 2:05 p.m. in Indio on King Street. CAL-FIRE says it destroyed an outbuilding behind a home on King street, but the home did not sustain any damage. Firefighters on scene also reported multiple palm trees went up in flames. Some power lines were threatened, but no outages were reported. The
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Palm Springs police are investigating an unattended death they responded to on Friday, July 30 around 8:17 p.m. Today, police announced they had ruled the death a homicide. An investigation remains underway.
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Los incendios, las sequías, las lluvias torrenciales y las inundaciones devastadoras muestran, según expertos, los impactos que el cambio climático ya está teniendo a lo largo y ancho del planeta. No todos los países enfrentan los mismos riesgos ni están igual de preparados frente a la crisis climática. Un índice elaborado por
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CAL-FIRE officials said that a brush fire in Thermal is 95% contained. Tyler street was closed between Avenue 66 and Avenue 62, but it had reopened as of Monday morning. What’s being called the “Tyler Fire” started at 12:30 p.m Saturday afternoon on Tyler street and Avenue 66 in Thermal. The Palm Springs and Cathedral
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Ikea is famous for the Swedish meatballs served at its stores’ cafeterias. Now, it’s turning those meatballs customers love into … scented candles. Ikea is offering meatball-scented candles as a prize in a sweepstakes event for “Ikea Family” loyalty club members to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the free loyalty
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