By Amanda Jackson, CNN After missing out on holiday gatherings last year, many people had been planning for months to celebrate Christmas with loved ones. Now, with the surge of Covid-19 cases, some are canceling those plans just days away from the holiday. The new coronavirus strain, Omicron, is contributing to the rise in cases,
Continue Reading
By David Williams, CNN Physics professor Vinod Menon doesn’t get much mail at the office, so when The City College of New York (CCNY) returned to in-person classes this semester, he was greeted with some junk mail and a nondescript package in a battered cardboard box. Menon, the chairman of the physics department, at first
Continue Reading By David Williams, CNN Physics professor Vinod Menon doesn’t get much mail at the office, so when The City College of New York (CCNY) returned to in-person classes this semester, he was greeted with some junk mail and a nondescript package in a battered cardboard box. Menon, the chairman of the physics department, at first
Continue Reading
By Ashley Vaughan, CNN It’s the season of giving! Even if you are low on funds, you can still make an impact. Here are four ways you can spread goodwill during the holidays without spending a dime. The gift of life The American Red Cross is experiencing its worst blood shortage in more than a
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN Two officers investigated for policy violations related to Manuel Ellis’ death in March 2020 have been exonerated and cleared to return to work, according to a news release from the Tacoma Police Department. Ellis was a Black man who died while in police custody, CNN previously reported. He could be heard
Continue Reading
By Kay Jones, CNN McDonald’s has settled a lawsuit filed by a Black franchise owner that alleged the company steered him toward less profitable restaurants in lower-income, predominantly Black neighborhoods because of his race. Retired Major League Baseball player Herbert Washington filed the civil suit in Ohio in February, as CNN reported at the time.
Continue Reading
By Erika Ryan, CNN New York City’s wildlife is thriving, and that’s thanks to devoted scientists and activists who have spent decades bolstering robust wildlife habitats in the city’s five boroughs. Helen Forgione, Natural Areas Conservancy‘s senior ecologist, is one of those scientists. For more than 30 years, she’s dedicated her career to restoring New
Continue Reading By Erika Ryan, CNN New York City’s wildlife is thriving, and that’s thanks to devoted scientists and activists who have spent decades bolstering robust wildlife habitats in the city’s five boroughs. Helen Forgione, Natural Areas Conservancy‘s senior ecologist, is one of those scientists. For more than 30 years, she’s dedicated her career to restoring New
Continue Reading
By Pervaiz Shallwani and Mark Morales, CNN The New York Police Department has seen an increase in the number of officers calling out sick, including fully vaccinated officers, according to numbers shared with CNN by a senior NYPD official, as the Covid-19 Omicron variant has sent virus infection rates soaring across New York City and
Continue Reading By Pervaiz Shallwani and Mark Morales, CNN The New York Police Department has seen an increase in the number of officers calling out sick, including fully vaccinated officers, according to numbers shared with CNN by a senior NYPD official, as the Covid-19 Omicron variant has sent virus infection rates soaring across New York City and
Continue Reading
By Gregory Lemos, Kay Jones and Jason Hanna, CNN New Orleans’ district attorney on Monday ordered his office’s civil rights division to review all cases prosecuted by a one-time assistant district attorney who is now a judge on unpaid leave after a video with racist language recorded at her home surfaced. The division will review
Continue Reading
By Faith Karimi, CNN Andy Corren could not bring his mother’s far-flung friends and family together for a funeral after her death this month. So the writer and talent manager did the next best thing: He wrote a brutally honest obituary to let them know that his “plus-sized Jewish lady redneck” mom had died. In
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Andy Corren could not bring his mother’s far-flung friends and family together for a funeral after her death this month. So the writer and talent manager did the next best thing: He wrote a brutally honest obituary to let them know that his “plus-sized Jewish lady redneck” mom had died. In
Continue Reading
By Raja Razek, CNN A Kentucky man who allegedly attended an ISIS training camp where he received weapons and physical training is being charged in the US with providing material support to the group, the Justice Department said Monday in a news release. Mirsad Hariz Adem Ramic, 31, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, a US-Bosnian dual
Continue Reading
By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official first day of winter. 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 By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official first day of winter. 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 By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official first day of winter. 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 By Andrew Torgan, CNN Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official first day of winter. 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
By Eric Levenson, Sarah Moon and Ray Sanchez, CNN Jurors in the manslaughter trial of Kim Potter, the White former Minnesota police officer who says she mistook her firearm for her Taser and fatally shot Daunte Wright, concluded deliberations for the day Tuesday after earlier asking what they should do if they can’t reach a
Continue Reading
By Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell‘s sex trafficking trial asked the judge three questions Tuesday related to testimony from the women who form the core of the case against her. Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate, has pleaded not guilty to six federal counts, including sex trafficking of
Continue Reading