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Many people are feared to be trapped after a 21-storey building collapsed in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood of Lagos

‘All they’ve done is carry dead bodies out.’ Despair at site of Lagos luxury apartment collapse as families watch rescue effort

November 5, 2021 4:43 AM CNN Newsource

By Tamara Qiblawi and Stephanie Busari CNN Families of the victims of Monday’s high-rise building collapse in Lagos have accused the Nigerian government of organizing a shambolic rescue effort. Several victims were believed to have been alive in the immediate aftermath of the collapse. On Tuesday, rescue workers said they spoke to several people trapped

Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room

November 5, 2021 4:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn’t consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings and cousins decorated placards and started climate protests in her home city of Kampala, the capital

A nurse inoculates an 8-year-old child at NYC Health + Hospitals Harlem Hospital on November 4

These states and cities are offering to pay kids if they get vaccinated

November 5, 2021 3:15 AM CNN

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Millions of children in America became eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine this week. And some officials are sweetening the deal by including them in various incentive programs. In New York City, children can claim $100 if they get their first dose of Pfizer’s vaccine at city-operated vaccine site. Alternatively, they

These states and cities are offering to pay kids if they get vaccinated

November 5, 2021 3:15 AM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Millions of children in America became eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine this week. And some officials are sweetening the deal by including them in various incentive programs. In New York City, children can claim $100 if they get their first dose of Pfizer’s vaccine at city-operated vaccine site. Alternatively, they

Some local mandates have shown success in getting unvaccinated Americans onboard with inoculations

Some companies and states are fighting Biden’s employer vaccine mandate. But local efforts show mandates can work

November 5, 2021 3:15 AM CNN

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the Biden administration’s new timeline for mandating vaccinations or weekly testing for those working at private businesses with 100 or more employees, critics in the public and private sectors are quickly positioning themselves against the measure. The rules, long-anticipated in an effort to get further ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic

Some companies and states are fighting Biden’s employer vaccine mandate. But local efforts show mandates can work

November 5, 2021 2:56 AM CNN Newsource

By Travis Caldwell, CNN With the Biden administration’s new timeline for mandating vaccinations or weekly testing for those working at private businesses with 100 or more employees, critics in the public and private sectors are quickly positioning themselves against the measure. The rules, long-anticipated in an effort to get further ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic

A demonstrator holds a sign at the Glynn County Courthouse as jury selection begins in the trial of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery on October 18

Officer who responded to Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting testifies what he saw when he arrived on the scene

November 4, 2021 11:54 PM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone, Christina Maxouris and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Prosecutors in the trial of three White men charged with the killing of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery called their first witness on Friday, a police officer, after opening statements by the state and defense attorneys. Glynn County Police Officer William Duggan testified he responded to

This photo released by Rocky Mountain National Park shows teams searching for Rudi Moder on February 20

Remains found in Colorado national park believed to be those of a German man who went missing nearly 40 years ago

November 4, 2021 11:29 PM CNN Newsource

By Aya Elamroussi and Raja Razek, CNN Human remains found in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado are believed to belong to a 27-year-old West German man who went missing 38 years ago during a ski trip, authorities said Thursday. Rudi Moder — who was an experienced mountaineer living in Fort Collins, Colorado — was

Victim’s family releases statement on fatal Las Vegas crash involving NFL receiver Henry Ruggs III

November 4, 2021 9:06 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The family of Tina O. Tintor, who died after her car was rear-ended by Las Vegas Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III, released a statement Thursday on her death. Tintor’s family attorney, Farhan Naqvi, said in a statement that “Tina’s tragic loss has devastated her family beyond a grief

A high school principal is apologizing for lack of sportsmanship after the football team won a game 106-0

November 4, 2021 6:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A Los Angeles high school is apologizing after facing criticism that its football team didn’t simply defeat an opponent but rather trounced the opposing squad by a score of 106-0. Inglewood High School Principal Debbie Tate issued the statement on Monday, saying that her school’s team did not conduct themselves

Human remains were discovered buried under concrete in a backyard in Queens in March 2019.

Nearly 45 years later, a man is charged in the killing of a WW I veteran in New York City

November 4, 2021 6:00 PM CNN Newsource

By Kiely Westhoff, CNN Nearly 45 years after a World War I veteran was murdered in Queens, New York, a man was arrested and charged in his murder, officials announced Wednesday. Martin Motta, 74, was charged with second-degree murder for killing 81-year-old George Clarence Seitz in 1976, according to a statement from Queens District Attorney

Activists are seen being escorted by police during an Extinction Rebellion protest on Thursday in Glasgow.

7 takeaways from Day 4 of COP26: 1.8 degrees within reach, a deal on coal, activists request fewer police

November 4, 2021 4:36 PM CNN Newsource

By Ivana Kottasová, Amy Cassidy, Ingrid Formanek and Angela Dewan, CNN It was energy day at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow on Thursday — and some pretty big announcements were made on the end of coal and fossil fuel financing. Here’s what happened on the fourth day of the climate summit. COP26 pledges could

Generation Climate: How the crisis made young people the adults in the room

November 4, 2021 4:36 PM CNN

By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Vanessa Nakate was 21 when deadly floods inundated vast swaths of East Africa in 2018. She didn’t consider herself a climate activist at the time, but soon after that disaster she and her younger siblings and cousins decorated placards and started climate protests in her home city of Kampala, the capital

Marina Elliott is shown exploring the Rising Star cave system.

First ancient fossil of Homo naledi child found in the Cradle of Humankind

November 4, 2021 4:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN For hundreds of thousands of years, the fossil of a small child has been hidden in the darkness of South Africa’s Rising Star cave. The skull, from a child that was 4 to 6 years old at the time of death, is the first known to belong to an ancient human

More than half of Latinos think their skin color hurts their chances at social mobility and makes them a target of discrimination

Many Latinos think that having a darker skin color hurts their ability to get ahead, Pew survey finds

November 4, 2021 1:16 PM CNN Newsource

By Nicole Chavez, CNN More than half of Latinos think their skin color hurts their chances at social mobility and makes them a target of discrimination, a new study from the Pew Research Center shows. The report, published Thursday, is based on a survey of more than 3,300 Hispanic adults in March of this year,

A 16-year-old Georgia student who was shot in the head while waiting for a school bus has died

November 4, 2021 1:12 PM CNN Newsource

By Gregory Lemos, CNN A 16-year-old student who was shot in the head Tuesday while waiting for the school bus in a neighborhood in Gwinnett County, Georgia, has died, police said Thursday. A charge of malice murder has been added to the list of charges being brought against a 17-year-old suspect in the case, said

Texas governor calls books ‘pornography’ in latest effort to remove LGBTQ titles from school libraries

November 4, 2021 12:41 PM CNN Newsource

By Sharif Paget and Nicole Chavez, CNN Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, called on the state’s school boards to remove books he described as “pornography,” a move that comes after at least two state lawmakers have asked officials to investigate books in schools. Abbot’s letter, sent to the Texas Association of School Boards on

Gunshots rang out as St. Louis mayor was discussing gun violence prevention. She didn’t flinch

November 4, 2021 12:19 PM CNN

By Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN Gunshots rang out Friday as St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was discussing gun violence prevention during a news conference — and she did not flinch. “My son and I fall asleep to the lullaby of gunshots in the distance every night,” Jones said, responding to a question on

Attorneys supporting Ahmaud Arbery's family denounced the jury selection process in the trial of Gregory McMichael (left)

Attorneys criticize jury selection in the trial of the men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery as court prepares for opening statements

November 4, 2021 11:54 AM CNN Newsource

By Dakin Andone and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Attorneys supporting Ahmaud Arbery’s family on Thursday denounced the jury selection process in the trial of the men accused of the Black man’s killing after only one Black juror was seated along with 11 White jurors. Barbara Arnwine, president of the Transformative Justice Coalition, criticized defense attorneys

A worker is seen disinfecting Moscow's Belorussky railway station. Russia is battling its worst spike in Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.

Europe facing 500,000 more Covid deaths by February, WHO warns

November 4, 2021 11:41 AM CNN Newsource

By Rob Picheta and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Europe is facing a potentially devastating winter that could see half a million people die with Covid-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday, as it sounded the alarm over a surge in cases and bemoaned stuttering vaccination rollouts on parts of the continent. Much of Europe