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A Covid-19 vaccine mandate won’t force staff at this rural Missouri hospital to get the shot, CEO says. It will make them quit

By Elle Reeve, Samantha Guff, Lacey Russell and Dakin Andone, CNN Dr. Randy Tobler, CEO of Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri, has struggled to retain staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, losing 10 of his 57 nurses in the main hospital and three rural health clinics. So Tobler can’t afford to alienate any more health

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Florida's teacher shortage has worsened since the start of the school year

Florida is short more than 5,000 teachers, education group says. The pandemic and low pay are to blame

By Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Florida’s teacher shortage has worsened since the start of the school year, with vacancies for teachers surging to more than 5,000, according to updated data from the Florida Education Association. There are also more than 4,000 openings for other school staff positions, according to FEA President Andrew Spar. The organization released

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Miami City Manager Art Noriega has suspended Police Chief Art Acevedo "with the intent to terminate his employment

Miami’s rock star police chief suspended, likely to be fired after falling out with city leaders, cops

By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Emma Tucker and Ryan Young, CNN Following weeks of turmoil over his relationship with city leaders and rank-and-file police officers, embattled Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo was suspended by the city manager Monday night and told that city officials intend to “terminate his employment.” In a statement released to the

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Ongoing conflict between parents and schools over virus mitigation for children in the classroom has gone to court in Wisconsin

Wisconsin parents file lawsuits against school districts over their children’s Covid-19 infections

By Madeline Holcombe and Raja Razek, CNN Wisconsin parents are suing two school districts over their Covid-19 mitigation efforts, arguing that the systems failed to protect their children from getting infected. The first lawsuit was filed in federal court last week by Shannon Jensen against the Waukesha School District, the Waukesha Board of Education, a

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The suspect in a Colorado supermarket shooting that claimed 10 lives has been declared incompetent to stand trial by evaluators

Prosecutors granted second hearing after evaluators find Colorado supermarket mass shooting suspect incompetent to stand trial

By Kay Jones, CNN The suspect in a Colorado supermarket shooting that claimed 10 lives has been declared incompetent to stand trial by evaluators, court documents state. But prosecutors in the case were granted a second hearing to evaluate Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa’s competency to be tried in the March 22 mass shooting. Judge Ingrid

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Remains found in a San Bernardino County desert earlier this month belong to Lauren Cho

Investigators find unidentified human remains while searching for Lauren Cho, who’s been missing since June

By Claire Colbert, CNN Authorities in Southern California found “unidentified human remains” Saturday during their search for Lauren Cho, who was reported missing in June, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (SBSD) said in a press release. It could be weeks before an identity and cause of death are revealed, said the SBSD. The remains

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