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By Randi Kaye, Dan Shepherd and Travis Caldwell, CNN A woman in a Florida hospital is struggling to breathe. Surrounded by medical equipment and personnel working to keep her alive, she is gasping for air as doctors and nurses prepare for a procedure that has become all too common in the last 18 months: intubation.

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Laura Studley, CNN New York City teachers who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and have documented medical or religious exemptions must be offered non-classroom assignments, the United Federation of Teachers said Friday, citing an independent arbitrator’s decision. Other staffers reluctant to get vaccinated must be offered unpaid leave that maintains

By Alta Spells and Melissa Alonso, CNN Authorities in Lee County, Florida, thwarted a plot by two students to commit a school shooting, after a teacher shared a tip alleging a student had a gun in his book bag, according to Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. An 8th grade student at Harns Marsh Middle School

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN Dozens of birds have been submerged in oil from spills in Louisiana caused by Hurricane Ida, and wildlife officials expect more will be found. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) said in a news release that birds have been observed “within heavy pockets of crude oil” at the

By David Williams, CNN Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have called off the search for a nearly 134-year-old time capsule that was believed to be embedded in the huge pedestal base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed Wednesday. It was thought to contain about 60 artifacts, many of which were

By Jacob Lev, CNN Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended through the rest of the season, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation. According to the source, Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association recognized that based upon the number of games remaining on the team’s

By Melissa Alonso, CNN Florida’s 1st District Court on Friday reinstated a stay on mask mandates in schools, blocking local school requirements for now, court documents show. Lawyers for Gov. Ron DeSantis filed the emergency appeal after a judge ruled on Wednesday that the state must stop its enforcement of a mask ban. The latest court ruling

By Nicole Chavez, Dianne Gallagher and Jade Gordon, CNN Some clinics and groups helping fund abortion care in Texas are seeing an uptick in calls from people trying to “catch” them running afoul of the state’s restrictive new ban. “We have those people calling saying things like, ‘oh but can’t you slip me in’ because