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CNN By Miguel Marquez, CNN There’s a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US. Transportation, translation and a trusted source of vaccine information have been among the barriers, but public health workers and a new initiative are working to overcome that. El Milagro Clinic in McAllen, Texas, has played
Continue Reading By Miguel Marquez, CNN There’s a Herculean effort to ensure that the most vulnerable get inoculated across the US. Transportation, translation and a trusted source of vaccine information have been among the barriers, but public health workers and a new initiative are working to overcome that. El Milagro Clinic in McAllen, Texas, has played a
Continue Reading By Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN Hoping to help curb what officials are calling an “extraordinary shortage” of substitute teachers across the state, the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission announced a new rule temporarily dropping the bachelor’s degree requirement to become licensed in some cases. The temporary rule, which is set to expire
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN Two US Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting Tuesday at a facility in Memphis, Tennessee, according to the federal officials. The suspect, who was also a postal employee, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Lisa-Anne Culp, a spokesperson for the FBI’s office in Memphis. There is
Continue Reading By Amir Vera and Melissa Alonso, CNN Federal prosecutors say they and the FBI are investigating an officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department after body camera video showed him kicking a handcuffed man in the head during an arrest. Sgt. Eric Huxley has already been criminally charged at the state level and could face
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN Minnetonka, a popular Minnesota-based shoe brand known for its moccasins, has apologized to Native communities across the country for profiting off of designs inspired by Native culture. The apology from Minnetonka came on Monday, celebrated as Indigenous People’s Day in the state. “We first publicly acknowledged our appropriation in the summer
Continue Reading CNN, KUTV, KSL, WFTS By Madeline Holcombe, CNN There is now a clearer picture of what happened to Gabby Petito after a coroner said Tuesday that she died by strangulation. But many questions remain unanswered. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue had previously ruled Petito’s death a homicide, and though the cause was revealed, he
Continue Reading By Emma Tucker, CNN Police chiefs in the largest cities across the country are leaving at an alarming rate since the beginning of 2020, a trend experts say creates a gap in leadership that serves as a hurdle in implementing criminal justice reform and long-lasting cultural change within their departments. Since January 2020, there have
Continue Reading CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Boston Marathon, run from Hopkinton to Boston. The finish line is in front of the Boston Public Library on Boylston Street. April 17, 2023 – The 127th Boston Marathon takes place. The winners are Evans Chebet of Kenya in the men’s division and Hellen Obiri of Kenya
Continue Reading CNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky Mountain
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN On Sunday, Nicole Sperry said her final goodbyes to her 10-year-old daughter, who died from Covid-19. Less than 24 hours later, she was behind a podium combating misinformation from parents at a Virginia school board meeting. At a Chesapeake Public School District meeting in September, parents and community members denied the
Continue Reading CNN, KTRK By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Emma Tucker and Ryan Young, CNN Following weeks of turmoil over his relationship with city leaders and rank-and-file police officers, embattled Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was suspended by the city manager Monday night and told that city officials intend to “terminate his employment.” In a statement released
Continue Reading By Sonia Moghe, CNN A federal judge has temporarily allowed health care workers in New York to apply for religious exemptions to the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, according to an order. US District Judge David Hurd made the ruling on Tuesday, granting a preliminary injunction that allows health care workers to apply for religious exemptions
Continue Reading CNN, HLN By Amanda Jackson, CNN For two years, an elk was seen with a tire around its neck. Now, after several attempts, wildlife officials have freed the animal of the rubber hindrance. The bull elk was first spotted by a Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) officer in 2019 conducting a population survey of Rocky
Continue Reading CNN By Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN Wisconsin parents are suing two school districts over their Covid-19 mitigation efforts, arguing that the systems failed to protect their children from getting infected. The first lawsuit was filed in federal court last week by Shannon Jensen against the Waukesha School District, the Waukesha Board of Education,
Continue Reading KSBY By Alexandra Meeks and Joe Sutton, CNN The Alisal Fire near Santa Barbara, California, has quickly exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders and warnings. The fire began Monday afternoon near the Alisal Reservoir and now covers approximately 8,000 acres, fire officials said. It was 0% contained as of late Tuesday, according to InciWeb, a
Continue Reading WTVD, TWITTER, CNN By Claire Colbert, CNN The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill announced Sunday, World Mental Health Day, it is canceling classes Tuesday to observe what it called a “Wellness Day.” In a message posted from Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz, the university said it is “taking a moment to acknowledge and reflect on
Continue Reading KUSI, PANCHO ESPINOZA, ANDREW POLLATH, ONSCENETV, YUMA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, CNN By Cheri Mossburg and Steve Almasy, CNN At least two people died when a twin-engine Cessna crashed in a Southern California neighborhood on Monday afternoon, officials said. “We do have multiple confirmed fatalities, we do not know exactly how many,” said Justin Matsushita, deputy
Continue Reading WCCO, SMITH FAMILY, CNN By Amir Vera and Raja Razek, CNN US Marshal task force members were justified in the fatal shooting of Winston Smith in June, Donald F. Ryan, Crow Wing County attorney and chief prosecutor, wrote in a letter to Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman. Members of the North Star Fugitive Task Force
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe and Eric Levenson, CNN Gabby Petito’s cause of death was ruled to be strangulation and the manner of death was homicide, Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue said on Tuesday. In particular, the cause of death was “manual strangulation/throttling,” according to the coroner’s verdict, a legal document Blue filed on October 5
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