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The National Institutes of Health's $70 million pledge

US falls behind on at-home Covid tests

By Rob Picheta, CNN The United States is pushing to end a scarcity of rapid, at-home Covid-19 tests, with new investments from the Biden administration intended to bring more of the devices into American households. The National Institutes of Health’s $70 million pledge, announced last week, promises to get more tests onto the market by

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An accreditation body is investigating the University of Florida's decision preventing professors from being paid witnesses in a voting rights case.

University of Florida professors say they’ll fight state restrictions on their testimony in a voting rights case

By Leyla Santiago, Sara Weisfeldt and Jason Hanna, CNN Attorneys for three University of Florida professors will fight the school’s order that the instructors cannot be paid for any expert testimony they provide in a court case against the state, they said Tuesday. The university had denied the professors’ requests to testify for plaintiffs as

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Kyle Rittenhouse's criminal trial is set to resume on November 3. Dominick Black

FBI aerial surveillance video shows never-before-seen actions before Kyle Rittenhouse shot unarmed man

By Eric Levenson, Ashley Killough and Amir Vera, CNN New FBI infrared aerial surveillance video played in Kyle Rittenouse’s homicide trial Wednesday provides a unique angle into the final moments before the teenager fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum during the unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August. The infrared video, grainy and shot from 8,500 feet overhead,

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned on November 2 of a possible public safety threat due to a "mass exodus" of deputies from the department and blamed the county's vaccine mandate.

Los Angeles County sheriff doubles down on not enforcing vaccine mandate as he warns of mass exodus of deputies

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned Tuesday of a possible public safety threat due to a “mass exodus” of deputies from the department and blamed the county’s vaccine mandate. Villanueva accused the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors of poor policy-making and pointed to an executive order issued by the

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Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned on November 2 of a possible public safety threat due to a "mass exodus" of deputies from the department and blamed the county's vaccine mandate.

Los Angeles County sheriff doubles down on not enforcing vaccine mandate as he warns of mass exodus of deputies

By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva warned Tuesday of a possible public safety threat due to a “mass exodus” of deputies from the department and blamed the county’s vaccine mandate. Villanueva accused the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors of poor policy-making and pointed to an executive order issued by the

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A crowd wave Ethiopian flags during a memorial service for the victims of the Tigray conflict organized by the city administration

Armed groups join forces in Ethiopia in biggest threat yet to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

By Eliza Mackintosh, CNN Armed groups fighting Ethiopia’s central government are swelling in numbers as they advance on the capital, Addis Ababa, posing the biggest threat to embattled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s rule since a bloody year-long conflict began in the country’s northern Tigray region a year ago. Nine groups opposing the government — a

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