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Authorities reported heavy damage after an explosion at a residential building in Aurora

3 injured in explosion at Aurora, Colorado apartment building, forcing hundreds of residents from their homes

By Raja Razek and Dakin Andone, CNN Hundreds of people will need to find new homes after an explosion at their apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, Saturday that injured at least three people, according to Aurora Fire Rescue. Fire crews responded to the building along East Alameda Avenue after “reports of smoke conditions” on Saturday,

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In a 2020 survey

From an old convent to rooms for rent, schools are desperate to find affordable housing for struggling staff

CNN By David Culver and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Shanika Whiten has devoted over two decades to working for the Los Angeles Unified School District. But recent soaring inflation, combined with the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, have put the 42-year-old special education assistant — and countless teachers and school staff across the US —

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In a 2020 survey

From an old convent to rooms for rent, schools are desperate to find affordable housing for struggling staff

By David Culver and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Shanika Whiten has devoted over two decades to working for the Los Angeles Unified School District. But recent soaring inflation, combined with the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, have put the 42-year-old special education assistant — and countless teachers and school staff across the US — under

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Brittany Martin

A verbal encounter with police at a Black Lives Matter protest led pregnant activist to 4-year prison sentence

By Nicole Chavez and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Lawyers are pushing for a judge to reconsider the prison sentence of a South Carolina activist who was convicted for “breach of peace,” aggravated over remarks she made to police during racial justice protests in 2020. Brittany Martin, a 34-year-old Black woman, is expecting a baby later this

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A Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers has filed a federal lawsuit

By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Attorneys for Michael Jennings, a Black pastor arrested while watering his neighbor’s flowers, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Friday alleging that the three Childersburg, Alabama, police officers who arrested him violated his rights under the First and Fourth amendments. In the lawsuit, Jennings’ attorneys also claimed false arrest. Jennings

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City officials said the lab which found elevated arsenic levels in the water has since retracted those results

NYC officials say water at public housing development cleared for drinking after lab retracts incorrect results that found high arsenic levels

By Liam Reilly and Christina Maxouris, CNN New York City officials say the water at a Manhattan public housing complex has been cleared for drinking after a lab which had claimed there were high levels of arsenic later said those results were incorrect and issued a retraction. Last week, Fabien Levy, press secretary to New

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Surveillance video provided by the school district showed a confrontation between its former elementary school principal and an 11-year-old student.

Former California principal charged after shoving special needs student to the ground, authorities say

CNN, KFSN By Caroll Alvarado, CNN A former principal in California was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday for “cruelty to child by endangering health” after he was caught on camera aggressively shoving a student with special needs to the ground, according to local authorities and court documents. Earlier this week the Fresno Unified School District

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Right After Torrance/Redondo Beach is closed due to sewage discharge. Pictured is the Torrance Beach coastline.

Los Angeles County closes beach due to sewage discharge, recommends not swimming at others

By Topher Gauk-Roger, CNN The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is recommending residents avoid swimming and surfing at multiple ocean beaches because of sewage discharge. Closure signs have been posted at RAT (Right After Torrance/Redondo) Beach in the southernmost section of Torrance Beach, and that closure will remain in effect until bacterial levels

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Surveillance video provided by the school district showed a confrontation between its former elementary school principal and an 11-year-old student.

Former California principal charged after shoving special needs student to the ground, authorities say

KFSN By Caroll Alvarado, CNN A former principal in California was charged with a misdemeanor Wednesday for “cruelty to child by endangering health” after he was caught on camera aggressively shoving a student with special needs to the ground, according to local authorities and court documents. Earlier this week the Fresno Unified School District released

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