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According to preliminary year-end data provided to CNN by the FBI

Intentional killings of law enforcement officers reach 20-year high, FBI says

January 13, 2022 11:46 AM CNN Newsource

By Emma Tucker and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Last year saw the highest number of law enforcement officers who were intentionally killed in the line of duty since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, an increase that comes as a rise in gun violence and homicides continues across the country. According to preliminary year-end data

Firefighters battle the Windy Fire in the Sequoia National Forest in California on September 22

2021 was 45th year in a row with a warmer-than-normal global temperature

January 13, 2022 11:11 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez The last 45 years have all been above the 20th century average for global temperature, new data shows, as Earth continues its relentless warming due to heat-trapping fossil fuel emissions. Twin reports released Thursday from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found 2021 was the sixth warmest year on record,

An icefish colony discovered in Antarctica is world’s largest fish breeding ground

January 13, 2022 10:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Katie Hunt, CNN A breeding colony of 60 million fish has been discovered in Antarctica’s ice-covered Weddell Sea — a unique and previously unknown ecosystem that covers an area the size of Malta. The fascinating find shows how little is known about the ocean depths. The vast colony, believed to be the world’s largest,

Astronomers have detected a second exomoon candidate (depicted in blue) orbiting a giant exoplanet (right) more than 5

Massive object could be an interstellar moon, a rare find

January 13, 2022 10:01 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Astronomers may have found a moon that’s completely different from anything in our solar system. It’s only the second space object discovered that may be an exomoon, or a moon outside of our solar system. The giant moon was found orbiting a Jupiter-size planet called Kepler 1708b, located 5,500 light-years from

The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant is forcing some US schools to halt in-person learning because of high case rates and teacher absences.

Some major school districts shift to remote learning because of staffing shortages and Omicron spread

January 13, 2022 9:49 AM CNN Newsource

By Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant is forcing some US schools to halt in-person learning because of high case rates and teacher absences. The vast majority of schools are operating as normal. But at least 2,141 schools were not offering in-person learning as of Thursday,

Some major school districts shift to remote learning because of staffing shortages and Omicron spread

January 13, 2022 9:49 AM CNN

By Jason Hanna and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN The spread of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant is forcing some US schools to halt in-person learning because of high case rates and teacher absences. The vast majority of schools are operating as normal. But at least 2,141 schools were not offering in-person learning as of Thursday,

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic and Omicron variant

January 13, 2022 8:56 AM CNN

Irish police launch murder investigation after woman killed while jogging

January 13, 2022 7:51 AM CNN Newsource

By Amy Cassidy, CNN Irish police have launched a murder investigation after a 23-year-old school teacher was killed while running along a canal path Wednesday. Ashling Murphy, 23, from Tullamore, central Ireland, was found beaten to death at around 4 p.m. local time (11 a.m. ET) on the Grand Canal Way at Cappincur in Tullamore,

Ray Rice Fast Facts

January 13, 2022 6:51 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of former NFL running back Ray Rice, who played six seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Personal Birth date: January 22, 1987 Birth place: New Rochelle, New York Birth name: Raymell Maurice Rice Father: Conrad Reed Mother: Janet Rice, special education teacher Marriage: Janay (Palmer) Rice (March

Screen Actors Guild Awards Fast Facts

January 13, 2022 6:49 AM CNN Newsource

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. February 26, 2023 – The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are scheduled to take place, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. February 27, 2022 – The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held. About The nominees and winners are

French teachers attend a demonstration in the southeastern city of Nice as part of a nationwide day of strike action and protests against Covid-19 protocols in schools on January 13.

French teachers strike in protest at Covid-19 school protocols

January 13, 2022 6:02 AM CNN Newsource

By Dalal Mawad and Camille Knight, CNN Changes to France‘s Covid-19 testing protocol for schools are causing “constant chaos” and “putting teachers’ lives in danger,” a spokesperson from one of the country’s teaching unions said Thursday, as thousands of teachers nationwide went on strike. The French Ministry of Education told CNN that about 31% of

Zane Wedding said he felt a pop as soon as the insect was removed.

‘A cockroach moving in my head’: Insect removed from man’s ear after three days

January 13, 2022 5:58 AM CNN Newsource

By Sara Spary, CNN When 40-year-old Zane Wedding went swimming last week, he left with more than he bargained for — a cockroach, which burrowed inside his left ear and stayed there for three days. Wedding, who is Māori and works for Greenpeace, had taken a dip at his local pool in Auckland, New Zealand,