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By Dakin Andone, CNN Over the weekend, at least five metro Atlanta school districts announced they would shift to remote learning for the first week of the new year as students return to school after a holiday break that saw the Omicron variant spread even further out of control. The announcements came days after six

By Amir Vera, Sharif Paget and Joe Sutton, CNN One of the three missing people from the Marshall Fire in Colorado has been accounted for, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said in a news conference Sunday. The Marshall Fire tore through Boulder County on Thursday, leveling subdivisions and charring more than 6,000 acres. The missing

By Alaa Elassar and Joe Sutton, CNN A massive sewage spill has led to the temporary closure of all swimming areas at beaches in the Southern California city of Long Beach. City officials announced the spill in a news release Friday, confirming millions of gallons of untreated sewage was discharged into the Dominguez Channel, a

By Liam Reilly and Laura Studley, CNN An off-duty New York City Police Department officer was shot in the head while sleeping in his car on New Year’s Day, police announced at a news conference Saturday. Officials said it was unclear whether the officer was the intended target. The bullet was fired from a significant

By Julia M. Chan, CNN When it came to people, Betty White loved to make them laugh. When it came to animals, she loved to lend them a helping hand. A lifelong animal lover, White — who died Friday at age 99 — said her parents instilled in her a compassion for all creatures great

By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN America’s oldest folk parade returns Sunday after coronavirus shut down the New Year’s Day tradition that has come under scrutiny for racist and other offensive costumes worn by some participants throughout the years. Thousands are expected to attend and participate in Philadelphia’s time-honored Mummers Parade despite rising Covid-19 cases, locally and

By Leah Asmelash, CNN “No worries,” “at the end of the day,” “you’re on mute,” and the dreaded “supply chain”: These are the phrases thousands of English speakers have finally heard enough of. They and several others make up Lake Superior State University’s Banished Words List, an annual list amassed from submissions around the world,

By Alanne Orjoux, CNN There was no winner in the first Powerball drawing of 2022… which is why I’m still here at my job, writing this story. But hey! The jackpot rolls over to an estimated $522 million for Monday, so we all have another chance at champagne wishes and caviar dreams. If you still

By John Blake, CNN He’s been called a “racist P.O.S.” and accused of indoctrinating students. He lost the job he loved. The constant attacks have reduced him to tears. Matt Hawn has become a focal point of one of this past year’s biggest racial controversies. The former public high school teacher in Tennessee was thrust