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CNN By Amanda Jackson, CNN A child in North Texas died earlier this month after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a city splash pad, officials announced on Monday. The child was hospitalized September 5 with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal infection caused by an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, according to a
Continue Reading By Leah Asmelash, CNN How much would you pay for an Oreo cookie? For some, the answer could be thousands of dollars — as one hard-to-find Oreo cookie featuring a rare Pokémon is fetching a hefty price tag on eBay. The new Oreo collaboration with Pokemon debuted earlier this month, with cookies featuring various Pokémon
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN The suspect in the killing of Deputy Josh Moyers has been apprehended after a five-day manhunt in northeast Florida, the Nassau County sheriff said Tuesday. “We got our man. It’s a great day in Nassau County,” Sheriff Bill Leeper said at a news conference. “He’s in custody and
Continue Reading By Amir Vera, CNN The MacArthur Foundation announced its class of 2021 Tuesday that includes an anti-racist author, a civil rights activist and a computational virologist. Colloquially known as the “genius grant,” MacArthur fellows are awarded a $625,000, no-strings-attached grant paid out over five years. Since 1981, 1,061 people have been named MacArthur Fellows, according
Continue Reading By Ryan Young, Emma Tucker and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The city is seeing a violent spike in crime, a troubling trend that experts say is largely due to socioeconomic issues exacerbated by the pandemic and one that led the police chief to resign from his position last month. Gun violence incidents in Shreveport have increased
Continue Reading CNN, KSLA, WLS By Ryan Young, Emma Tucker and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The city is seeing a violent spike in crime, a troubling trend that experts say is largely due to socioeconomic issues exacerbated by the pandemic and one that led the police chief to resign from his position last month. Gun violence incidents in
Continue Reading CNN, WFTS, NOMADIC STATIK , YOUTUBE,MOAB POLICE DEPARTMENT, NORTH PORT POLICE DEPARTMENT,, CNN, CNN, WFTS, Nomadic Statik / YouTube,Moab Police Department, North Port Police Department, By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN While the FBI is adjusting its sails in the search for Gabby Petito‘s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, people across the country are delivering flowers to the Laundrie
Continue Reading By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN While the FBI is adjusting its sails in the search for Gabby Petito‘s fiancé, Brian Laundrie, people across the country are delivering flowers to the Laundrie home in North Port, Florida, in an effort to honor Petito’s life. Those within the community are hand-delivering flowers to the home, but those from
Continue Reading CNN, KOVR, WSB, WGCL, WXIA By Ryan Young and Jason Morris, CNN Officials in Georgia will be required to release accused criminals from jail while they’re awaiting indictment because of a backlog of cases that grew during the pandemic, according to the Fulton County District Attorney. Suspects who’ve been charged with crimes in Georgia are
Continue Reading By Ryan Young and Jason Morris, CNN Officials in Georgia will be required to release accused criminals from jail while they’re awaiting indictment because of a backlog of cases that grew during the pandemic, according to the Fulton County District Attorney. Suspects who’ve been charged with crimes in Georgia are entitled to bond if they’re
Continue Reading By Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne Arundel
Continue Reading CNN By Kiely Westhoff and Jason Hanna, CNN A man who killed five employees of Maryland’s Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to spend the rest of his life in jail, prosecutors say. Jarrod Ramos was sentenced to five life sentences without parole, plus one life sentence, plus 345 years, according to Anne
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The National Inventors Hall of Fame lineup is full of familiar faces: Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, the Wright brothers and Eli Whitney, along with many other mostly White men. Joining them in the next class of inductees are two Black women inventors who changed the way we work and see.
Continue Reading By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN A Connecticut doctor’s state physician and surgeon license has been suspended for providing blank, signed exemption forms related to the Covid-19 vaccine, Covid testing, general vaccines and medical opposition to wearing facial masks, the state Department of Public Health said. Connecticut’s Medical Examining Board suspended the license through a unanimous decision
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Stella Chan, CNN Los Angeles County will dismiss about 58,000 more marijuana convictions dating back more than three decades, an action spurred in part by the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana a few years ago, the county district attorney said Monday. This will bring the total number of felony and misdemeanor
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson and Madeline Holcombe, CNN An attorney for Gabby Petito’s family expressed skepticism Tuesday that the parents of her fiancé Brian Laundrie would help in the FBI’s ongoing search for him. “The Laundries did not help us find Gabby. They’re sure not going to help us find Brian,” family attorney Richard Stafford said.
Continue Reading CNN, WABC, WFTS By Jason Hanna, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Reports that Brian Laundrie camped with his family this month before Gabby Petito was reported missing appear to clarify a timeline of his movements after he returned to Florida without his fiancée, who eventually was found dead in Wyoming. The Laundrie family stayed
Continue Reading By Artemis Moshtaghian, Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN Hundreds of unvaccinated health care workers across New York were suspended Tuesday and could soon lose their jobs entirely as the state’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers went into effect overnight. As of Monday evening, 92% of hospital staff, 92% of nursing home staff,
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, CNN Prosecutors and attorneys are praising several victims of R. Kelly for testifying at his trial. After the singer was found guilty Monday of federal crimes that could land him in prison for decades, some of those victims were speaking out again. Jerhonda Pace, the first victim to testify, posted a statement
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A man who police believe entered the apartment of an Orlando woman before she went missing was found dead at an apartment complex in Seminole County on Monday, Orange County Sheriff John Mina said. Miya Marcano,19, was last seen at about 5 p.m. on Friday at the Arden Villas Luxury Apartments
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