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By AJ Willingham, CNN The Georgia Bulldogs won their first Division I football title since the 1980 season, toppling the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 in the College Football Playoff National Championship last night. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get

By Chris Boyette, Raja Razek, Amir Vera, Holly Yan and Adrienne Broaddus, CNN For the first time in a week, Chicago students are expected back in classrooms Wednesday after the city and teachers struck a deal over Covid-19 safety measures. Negotiators for the Chicago Teachers Union and the city reached a tentative agreement late Monday,

By Devon M. Sayers, CNN State authorities in North Carolina are investigating the killing of​ a man Saturday by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy, who told authorities the person had jumped on his vehicle. The man killed was identified by the Fayetteville Police Department as Jason Walker, a 37-year-old Black man. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office

By Claudia Dominguez and Joe Sutton, CNN An Indiana lawmaker is apologizing for saying teachers should exercise impartiality when teaching about Nazism or fascism. During a committee hearing Wednesday on legislation regarding how certain lessons are taught in school, state senator and bill co-author Scott Baldwin said, “I have no problem with the education system

By Kelly McCleary, Amir Vera and Liam Reilly, CNN All 17 victims from a fire in a Bronx apartment building on Sunday died of smoke inhalation, according to the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME). The manner of death was determined to be an accident for them all, said OCME director

By Raja Razek, CNN Sixteen top US universities, including Duke, Vanderbilt and Northwestern, are being sued by five former students claiming those schools may be involved in antitrust violations in the way those institutions worked together in determining financial aid awards for students, according to the lawsuit filed in a US District Court in Illinois.

By Sonia Moghe, CNN Prosecutors have agreed to dismiss separate perjury counts Ghislaine Maxwell faces at sentencing if she is unsuccessful in getting a new trial “in light of the victims’ significant interests in bringing closure to this matter and avoiding the trauma of testifying again,” according to a court filing on Monday. The filing

By Amir Vera and Josh Campbell, CNN A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit from 13 Los Angeles Police Department employees who protested against the city’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, testing and reporting requirements. Los Angeles City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti approved an ordinance in August requiring all city employees to be vaccinated by