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Black New Yorkers may have the lowest vaccination rates, but community groups refuse to give up

By Athena Jones, Aaron Cooper and Keely Aouga, CNN Months after the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, Miriam Vega is still in a battle to persuade some people to get the shot. “It’s extremely challenging fighting the misinformation we’re fighting. You know, Facebook, we’re fighting Twitter,” the CEO of the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health

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Miami-Dade County

Florida’s largest school district votes in favor of mask mandate, defies governor

By Evan McMorris-Santoro, Leyla Santiago, Mallory Simon, Linh Tran, Amara Walker, Pamela Kirkland and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Miami-Dade County, Florida’s largest school district, voted 7-1 in favor of a mask mandate Wednesday, in defiance of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order on masks in schools and the threat of severe state penalties. The mask mandate does

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Tom Leonard is the superintendent of the Eanes Independent School District in Austin.

A Texas school superintendent speaks out after parents accosted 2 teachers over masks

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A school superintendent in Texas is speaking out after a teacher was physically assaulted and another harassed in incidents involving masks. The incidents happened Monday at a “meet-the-teacher” event ahead of the first day of school on Wednesday, Tom Leonard, the superintendent of the Eanes Independent School District in Austin,

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After Kabul's fall

After Kabul’s fall, Pen Farthing says he’s not leaving until his team and their animals are safely out of Afghanistan

By Gabriel Kinder, CNN The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul means that Nowzad — the non-profit that has spent nearly 15 years reuniting stray dogs with the soldiers who rescued them — no longer has a future in Afghanistan. That’s according to the organization’s founder, Pen Farthing, who now has a new mission: finding safe homes

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After Kabul's fall

After Kabul’s fall, Pen Farthing says he’s not leaving until his team and their animals are safely out of Afghanistan

By Gabriel Kinder, CNN The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul means that Nowzad — the non-profit that has spent nearly 15 years reuniting stray dogs with the soldiers who rescued them — no longer has a future in Afghanistan. That’s according to the organization’s founder, Pen Farthing, who now has a new mission: finding safe homes

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Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Doha in 2020 returned to Afghanistan on August 18

The Taliban want the world to think they’ve changed. Early signs suggest otherwise

By Rob Picheta and Saleem Mehsud, CNN The Taliban’s stunningly swift takeover of Afghanistan has caused dread across much of the nation, as Afghans anxiously readjust to life under a militant group that repressed millions when last in power. Under the Taliban’s rule between 1996 and 2001, brutal floggings, amputations and public executions were common.

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Christianity Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at Christianity, the most practiced religion in the world. Beliefs/Practices Followers of the Christian religion base their beliefs on the life, teachings and death of Jesus Christ. Christians believe in one God that created heaven, earth and the universe. The belief in one God originated with the Jewish

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Hinduism Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. “Hinduism” is derived from a Sanskrit word that means “dwellers by the Indus River.” Statistics (from Pew Research Center) As of 2020, approximately 15.2% of the world population is Hindu. 0.7% of American adults practice Hinduism. India is

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Parents defend Atlanta principal after one mom claimed that Black students were assigned classes by race.

Parents defend Atlanta principal after mom claims that Black students were assigned classes by race

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN A mother’s claim that her children’s school was assigning Black students to certain classes has shaken up one Atlanta school community with some parents insisting the principal would never group students based on race. It’s also fueled a debate about whether the practice would even be considered legal or productive

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Bob Dylan Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of singer-songwriter and Nobel laureate Bob Dylan. Personal Birth date: May 24, 1941 Birth place: Duluth, Minnesota Birth name: Robert Allen Zimmerman Father: Abraham Zimmerman, a furniture and appliance salesman Mother: Beatty (Stone) Zimmerman, a former model and housewife Marriages: Carol Dennis (1986-1992, divorced); Sara Lowndes

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