By Nicole Chavez, CNN More than a half a century has passed since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial calling for freedom and equality — and the fight for social justice appears to be far from over. Activists and athletes fighting for equality in the Black, Latino,
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By Toby Lyles and Will Mullery, CNN Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 94 years ago. Coretta Scott King and musician Stevie Wonder fought for years to make it a federal holiday. Wonder told CNN that they
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Jewish communities across the United States once again find themselves on edge in the wake of another attack on worshippers at a synagogue, this time at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, where a man interrupted Saturday’s Shabbat service and held four people hostage for hours. No hostages were killed and
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hi, my name is Alexandra Meeks and I’m your new 5 Things writer. Thank you for sharing your mornings with me! I’m excited to catch you up with the latest news, so let’s get started. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hi, my name is Alexandra Meeks and I’m your new 5 Things writer. Thank you for sharing your mornings with me! I’m excited to catch you up with the latest news, so let’s get started. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hi, my name is Alexandra Meeks and I’m your new 5 Things writer. Thank you for sharing your mornings with me! I’m excited to catch you up with the latest news, so let’s get started. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hi, my name is Alexandra Meeks and I’m your new 5 Things writer. Thank you for sharing your mornings with me! I’m excited to catch you up with the latest news, so let’s get started. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Hi, my name is Alexandra Meeks and I’m your new 5 Things writer. Thank you for sharing your mornings with me! I’m excited to catch you up with the latest news, so let’s get started. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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By Charbel Mallo, Celine Alkhaldi, Sarah Sirgany and Kareem Khadder, CNN The Saudi led-coalition fighting in Yemen launched airstrikes on the Yemeni capital on Monday, shortly after Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a deadly drone attack in the United Arab Emirates. “In response to the threat and military necessity, airstrikes began on Sana’a,” Saudi
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By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At an office building in China’s capital on Sunday, masked Covid control personnel lugged boxes of pillows and bedding through the closely guarded entrance for white collar workers stuck inside, preparing for what may be days of lockdown as Beijing rushes to prevent the spread of Omicron ahead
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By Megan Marples and Ashley Strickland, CNN “Owoooo!” Wolves are associated with howling at the moon — a common myth that’s become widely accepted over the ages. Despite the fictional tale, it hasn’t stopped people from connecting the moon with the furry animals. The first full moon of the year is known as the wolf
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By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie
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By Holly Yan, CNN Behind Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s warm, disarming smile is a leader who’s willing to attack an armed man holding his congregants hostage. On Saturday, a stranger knocked on the door of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. The rabbi, assuming the stranger needed shelter from the cold, invited him in and made
Continue Reading By Eliott C. McLaughlin, Travis Caldwell, Kacey Cherry and Amir Vera, CNN As the FBI investigates the Colleyville, Texas, hostage standoff as terror-related, the rabbi who was officiating services at the synagogue recalled Monday tossing a chair at the armed intruder before he and his congregants escaped. Recounting Saturday’s “terrifying” encounter to CBS, Rabbi Charlie
Continue Reading By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau At an office building in China’s capital on Sunday, masked Covid control personnel lugged boxes of pillows and bedding through the closely guarded entrance for white collar workers stuck inside, preparing for what may be days of lockdown as Beijing rushes to prevent the spread of Omicron ahead
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By Helen Regan, CNN The eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga on Saturday was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts. Dramatic images from space captured the eruption in real time, as a huge plume of ash, gas and steam was spewed up to 20
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By Brad Lendon, CNN One of the most powerful weapons in the US Navy’s arsenal made a rare port call in Guam over the weekend, sending a message to allies and foes amid increasing tensions in the Indo-Pacific, analysts said. The USS Nevada, an Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine carrying 20 Trident ballistic missiles and dozens of
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By Kiely Westhoff and Amanda Watts, CNN A 13-year-old boy who was found unconscious after a presumed fentanyl exposure at his Hartford, Connecticut, school last week has died, police said. The boy died Saturday at approximately 5:35 p.m. Two other male students who were also taken to a nearby hospital on Thursday were later released,
Continue Reading By Kiely Westhoff and Amanda Watts, CNN A 13-year-old boy who was found unconscious after a presumed fentanyl exposure at his Hartford, Connecticut, school last week has died, police said. The boy died Saturday at approximately 5:35 p.m. Two other male students who were also taken to a nearby hospital on Thursday were later released,
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By Gawon Bae and Junko Ogura, CNN North Korea conducted its fourth missile test of the year on Monday, firing two projectiles into the ocean off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. North Korea said Tuesday it was test-firing “tactical guided missiles,” which are short-range ballistic
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