By Rosa Flores, Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Ray Sanchez, CNN The hulking pile of concrete and twisted steel rises from the ground — a heap of mangled air conditioning units, razor-sharp metal bars, shattered walls and balconies and now-browning palm fronds that had once been the thriving Champlain Towers South. In the gray and
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Last month, 130 people died of Covid-19 in Maryland. None of them were vaccinated, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. In addition, unvaccinated people made up 95% of new Covid-19 cases in the state and 93% of new Covid-19 hospitalizations, Hogan said at a news conference Wednesday. The connection between vaccination
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Health experts are worried about growing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among young adults as the Delta variant continues to spread across the U.S.
Continue Reading By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN The Oakland and Denver zoos will be among the first to start vaccinating tigers, bears and other mammals susceptible to coronavirus infections with a new animal Covid-19 vaccine from animal health company Zoetis. The vaccine requires two doses and was first administered to gorillas in the San Diego
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN As some states move toward banning critical race theory from public schools, the president of the second-largest teachers’ union in the country has vowed to defend teachers against any backlash. “Mark my words: Our union will defend any member who gets in trouble for teaching honest history,” Randi Weingarten, president of
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By Omar Jimenez and Carma Hassan, CNN Darnella Frazier, the teen who recorded George Floyd’s murder, said Tuesday that her uncle died in a car crash involving Minneapolis Police. Frazier identified her uncle as Leneal Lamont Frazier in a Facebook post, saying she is “so hurt” and “nothing feels real.” “Minneapolis police has cost my
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Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown provides an update on after two ATF agents were shot in Chicago.
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By Holly Yan and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN After an arduous battle for tenure at the University of North Carolina, Nikole Hannah-Jones explained why she rejected an eventual tenure offer from her alma mater and will instead teach at Howard University. “I don’t want to force myself into an institution that doesn’t seem to appreciate what
Continue Reading Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones explains her decision to decline the University of North Carolina’s offer of tenure and a teaching position in favor of accepting a faculty role at Howard University.
Continue Reading By Carma Hassan, CNN Two Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents and one Chicago police officer were shot while they were in a car early Wednesday, Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said. They suffered non-life-threatening injuries, said Brown. One of the ATF agents was shot in the hand, the other was hit in
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By Gregory Lemos and Jason Hanna, CNN A boat from Cuba capsized in the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search in which nine people were still missing Wednesday after 13 were rescued, the US Coast Guard said. Crews of two Coast Guard cutters still were searching for the missing on Wednesday, the
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Through long hours, severe weather, looming danger and even loss within their own community, first responders have continually returned to the site of a Florida building collapse. There were about 200 search and rescue personnel at the scene Tuesday evening. Nearly two weeks after the overnight collapse of the Champlain Towers
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By Brisa Colon, CNN A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Southern California was vandalized with a swastika and other “horrific” graffiti that police are investigating as a hate crime, officials said. Officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to King Park on Friday around 3:20 p.m. following reports the statue was
Continue ReadingCNN’s Ben Wedeman reports from Lebanon where residents grow increasingly frustrated at politicians while they search for medicine, gasoline, food and other essential items as inflation continues to rise.
Continue ReadingVery hot temperatures remain for much of the drought-stricken West as Texas sees heavy rain and flooding. Elsa, downgraded from a hurricane, is on track to impact much of the South. CNN meteorologist Tyler Mauldin has all the details.
Continue ReadingBrooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will win the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, CNN projects. CNN’s Anderson Cooper and analyst Harry Enten discuss.
Continue ReadingElsa strengthened to a hurricane and is expected to make landfall over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. CNN’s Tom Sater reports.
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CNN’s Rosa Flores got an up-close view of the Surfside, Florida, condo collapse site as search and rescue teams race to find individuals in the rubble.
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN We’re still learning the fulls extent of the damage from that massive ransomware attack that may have compromised as many as 1,500 businesses. 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
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