Tropical Depression Fred eyes Florida Gulf coast
Fred lost steam over Hispaniola, and was downgraded to a tropical depression. CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri explains how it could restrengthen.
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‘Jeopardy!’ announces Mayim Bialik and Mike Richards as permanent new hosts
The new season of “Jeopardy!” will debut with two new hosts, executive producer Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik, replacing the late Alex Trebek. CNN’s Pamela Brown reports.
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 12: Covid-19, Congress, cyberattack, economy, Afghanistan
By AJ Willingham, CNN Federal wildland firefighters could see big benefits from the bipartisan infrastructure package, including higher pay and more permanent options for seasonal positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 12: Covid-19, Congress, cyberattack, economy, Afghanistan
By AJ Willingham, CNN Federal wildland firefighters could see big benefits from the bipartisan infrastructure package, including higher pay and more permanent options for seasonal positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 12: Covid-19, Congress, cyberattack, economy, Afghanistan
By AJ Willingham, CNN Federal wildland firefighters could see big benefits from the bipartisan infrastructure package, including higher pay and more permanent options for seasonal positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to
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Chicago remembers a fallen officer: ‘A small part of every one of us died when we lost Ella’
By Madeline Holcombe, CNN A crowd of Chicago residents gathered Wednesday evening to remember of Ella French, a Chicago police officer fatally shot during a traffic stop. “Officer French died in service to our great city,” said Philip Cline, the Executive Director at Chicago Police Memorial Foundation. “A small part of every one of us
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California man allegedly confesses to killing his children, refers to QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories
By Alexandra Meeks, Josh Campbell and Travis Caldwell, CNN A California man confessed to killing his two young children, allegedly telling an FBI investigator he thought they were “going to grow into monsters so he had to kill them,” according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Matthew Taylor Coleman, a 40-year-old Santa Barbara surfing school
Continue Reading California man allegedly confesses to killing his children, refers to QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories
By Alexandra Meeks, Josh Campbell and Travis Caldwell, CNN A California man confessed to killing his two young children, allegedly telling an FBI investigator he thought they were “going to grow into monsters so he had to kill them,” according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday. Matthew Taylor Coleman, a 40-year-old Santa Barbara surfing school
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Atlanta mother alleges Black students were assigned to elementary school classes based on race
By Rebekah Riess and Gregory Lemos, CNN A mother in Atlanta has filed a civil rights complaint with the US Department of Education alleging her children’s elementary school placed Black students in separate classrooms from their peers based on their race. Kila Posey, the mother of two Black children enrolled in Mary Lin Elementary School
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Rising Covid-19 case numbers in classrooms cause school districts to go virtual, change mask rules
By Mallory Simon, CNN Schools across the country are grappling with growing Covid-19 case numbers, forcing districts to rethink their strategies for masking or having to switch to virtual learning. Some schools in Mississippi, Indiana, and Georgia have already been forced to return to virtual. Some are hoping to return to in-person learning when case
Continue ReadingSchool mask debate in Tennessee grows heated as local board requires masks in elementary schools
By Rebekah Riess and Dakin Andone, CNN Heated arguments spilled into the parking lot Tuesday night after a school board in a suburban Tennessee county approved a temporary requirement for masks in elementary schools due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During a special session that night, the Board of Education in Williamson County, just south of
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Scientists say this invisible gas could seal our fate on climate change
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Slashing carbon dioxide emissions is critical to ending the climate crisis. But, for the first time, the UN climate change report emphasized the need to control a more insidious culprit: methane, an invisible, odorless gas with more than 80 times more warming power in the near-term than carbon dioxide. According to
Continue Reading Scientists say this invisible gas could seal our fate on climate change
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Slashing carbon dioxide emissions is critical to ending the climate crisis. But, for the first time, the UN climate change report emphasized the need to control a more insidious culprit: methane, an invisible, odorless gas with more than 80 times more warming power in the near-term than carbon dioxide. According to
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5 things to know for August 12: Covid-19, Congress, cyberattack, economy, Afghanistan
By AJ Willingham, CNN Federal wildland firefighters could see big benefits from the bipartisan infrastructure package, including higher pay and more permanent options for seasonal positions. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to
Continue Reading A 14-year-old girl spent 5 days on oxygen at a Missouri hospital, illustrating the growing problem of children not being vaccinated for Covid-19
By Amir Vera and Gary Tuchman, CNN Angel Baker’s 14-year-old daughter, Marionna, had to be put on oxygen for five days after contracting Covid-19. Baker told CNN Marionna’s symptoms began July 26 with complaints of headaches and feeling tired. Things kicked into high gear on August 2 when she said she couldn’t breathe. But after
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Florida mother who has been living in daughter’s ICU room tears up at the sight of her child walking
By Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN It was just a few trips around a hospital bed but for Agnes Velasquez, seeing her 15-year-old daughter off a ventilator and able to walk a little brought tears to her eyes. It was the first time Paulina had walked since she was hospitalized with Covid-19. “It was
Continue ReadingVandals replaced rainbow flags with Confederate ones at Virginia Tech campus ministry
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Methodist ministry at Virginia Tech has been flying rainbow pride flags for years and vandals tearing them down has been an ongoing issue. But in the latest incident, instead of just tearing them down, the vandals replaced them with Confederate flags. Wesley at Virginia Tech, a
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5 things to know for September 28: Covid-19, Afghanistan, Congress, China, R. Kelly
By AJ Willingham, CNN There’s still two more months of the Atlantic hurricane season, and we’re already running out of names for storms. What happens after that? A whole new set of names, starting with Adria, Braylen, Caridad, Deshawn and so on. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On
Continue Reading Jury has been selected for R. Kelly’s federal trial
By Steve Almasy and Sonia Moghe, CNN Seven men and five women have been selected and sworn in as jurors in the R. Kelly federal trial in New York, a spokesperson for the US Department of Justice said Wednesday. Opening statements and testimony begin August 18. Jurors will remain anonymous and partially sequestered. Kelly faces
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5th graders at Georgia school are sent home due to Covid-19
By Shawn Nottingham, CNN Fifth graders at one suburban Atlanta elementary school were sent home Wednesday for virtual learning due to high numbers of positive Covid-19 cases, according to a school district email sent to parents and obtained by CNN. “This morning, based on our district protocols and at the guidance of the Department of
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