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His wife was in the ICU with Covid-19, so he stood outside for 10 days with a sign saying, ‘I love you’

September 9, 2021 1:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN For 10 days, Gary Crane stood outside of his wife’s ICU room holding a simple reminder of his love for her. Donna Crane, 56, of Port Orange, Florida, told CNN she tested positive for Covid-19 just two weeks before becoming fully vaccinated, and about 10 days later she found herself

Connally ISD in McClellan County is now implementing mask mandates inside all of its facilities. Students here arrive for school at Connally Junior High School in Elm Mott

After two teachers died of Covid-19 in one week, a Texas school district implements mask mandate

September 9, 2021 6:24 PM CNN Newsource

By David Williams, CNN A Texas school district that closed for a week after two junior high school teachers died from Covid-19 within a few days, is now requiring masks inside all of its facilities as the community is seeing surge of new cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Connally ISD, in McLennan County, shut down all

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has filed an emergency appeal on school mask mandates. A teacher here greets students on the first day of school at iPrep Academy in Miami on August 23.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis files emergency appeal on school mask mandates

September 9, 2021 4:51 PM CNN Newsource

By Mallory Simon, CNN Lawyers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have filed an emergency appeal with the First District Court of Appeals in Florida in hopes of halting school mask mandates while the case goes through the court system. DeSantis’ lawyers argue they “have a high likelihood of success on appeal. Therefore, the trial court

People shop for pumpkins from the pumpkin patch at Cal Poly Pomona in California. Fall activities can often reconnect people with their childhoods

Pumpkin season is upon us: Why we seem to embrace fall earlier every year

September 9, 2021 11:33 AM CNN Newsource

By Leah Asmelash, CNN The week after Labor Day has historically represented the unofficial start of fall, and though most leaves have retained their green color, the season of pumpkin spice is already in full effect. On August 24 — a full month before the official start of fall — Starbucks posted a tweet that

North Carolina sounds the alarm that nearly half of the state's middle and high school Covid-19 clusters are tied to sports.

North Carolina sounds alarm that nearly half of state’s middle and high school Covid-19 clusters tied to sports

September 9, 2021 11:31 AM CNN Newsource

By Mallory Simon, CNN Forty-five percent of all Covid-19 clusters in North Carolina’s middle and high schools since July have been among sports teams, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS). The state’s department of health said it was seeing a “sharp increase” in clusters among sports teams. “Clusters among

Afghanistan is now one of very few countries with no women in top government ranks

September 10, 2021 10:30 AM CNN Newsource

By Kara Fox, CNN The Taliban announced the formation of an interim government for Afghanistan this week, with a hardline group of veteran militants at the helm. Notably absent from Tuesday’s announcement were women — and the post for the Ministry of Women appears to have been scrapped all together under the new regime. Despite

The remains of 2 more World Trade Center victims from 9/11 have been identified

September 10, 2021 6:26 AM CNN Newsource

By Jason Hanna, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Days before the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, New York officials say the remains of two more victims have been identified through DNA testing. Dorothy Morgan, of Hempstead, New York, and a man whose name is being withheld at his family’s

The remains of 2 more World Trade Center victims from 9/11 have been identified

September 10, 2021 6:26 AM CNN

By Jason Hanna, Artemis Moshtaghian and Amir Vera, CNN Days before the nation marks 20 years since the September 11 terror attacks, New York officials say the remains of two more victims have been identified through DNA testing. Dorothy Morgan, of Hempstead, New York, and a man whose name is being withheld at his family’s

St. Claire Regional Medical Center in Morehead

Kentucky hospital pushed to its limits as lawmakers extend state of emergency due to Covid-19 surge

September 9, 2021 2:30 PM CNN Newsource

By Amir Vera, Miguel Marquez and Bonney Kapp, CNN Vera Middleton wishes she had gotten the Covid-19 vaccine. The 66-year-old great-grandmother from Olive Hill, Kentucky, said she and her husband discussed the vaccine, but kept putting it off and ultimately decided against it. She couldn’t explain why. Middleton spoke with CNN on Wednesday as she

Los Angeles Unified School District is set to vote Thursday on mandating Covid-19 vaccines for all eligible students. Pictured is the Woodrow Wilson Senior High School in Los Angeles on August 30.

Los Angeles school board votes to mandate Covid-19 vaccine for eligible students age 12 and over

September 9, 2021 9:55 PM CNN

By Dakin Andone, Stella Chan and Cheri Mossburg, CNN All eligible students attending Los Angeles Unified public schools — the nation’s second largest school district — will be required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of the calendar year, the school board of education has voted. In a special meeting held Thursday, the

Russian cosmonauts head outside the space station for their second spacewalk in less than a week. Pictured is cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov performing a spacewalk.

Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk despite smoke, alarm on space station

September 9, 2021 5:24 PM CNN

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue configurations for the new Nauka module for operations on the International Space Station. The spacewalk began Thursday at 10:51 a.m. and ended at 6:16 p.m. ET, lasting for seven hours and 25

Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk despite smoke, alarm on space station

September 9, 2021 5:24 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov conducted their second spacewalk in less than a week as they continue configurations for the new Nauka module for operations on the International Space Station. The spacewalk began Thursday at 10:51 a.m. and ended at 6:16 p.m. ET, lasting for seven hours and 25

This image provides a size comparison of the asteroid Kleopatra with northern Italy.

‘Dog bone’ asteroid spied by astronomers in new photos

September 9, 2021 7:14 AM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Strickland, CNN New images are shining a spotlight on a game of fetch that’s out of this world. Astronomers have captured the most detailed observations yet of the asteroid 216 Kleopatra — an asteroid with two moons that just happens to look a lot like a dog bone. The new observations were made

Flight lands in Qatar after Taliban cleared Americans and others to leave Afghanistan

September 10, 2021 6:20 AM CNN Newsource

By Mostafa Salem, Laura Smith-Spark and Sam Kiley, CNN The first international passenger flight to take off from Afghanistan since the chaotic US military airlift last month landed in Qatar on Thursday, carrying more than 100 foreign nationals, including Americans, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Passengers on board the chartered Qatar