By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Hispanic Heritage Month — and yes, it starts in the middle of September and runs to the middle of October. The date structure is a nod to several important dates in Latin American countries. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Hispanic Heritage Month — and yes, it starts in the middle of September and runs to the middle of October. The date structure is a nod to several important dates in Latin American countries. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Hispanic Heritage Month — and yes, it starts in the middle of September and runs to the middle of October. The date structure is a nod to several important dates in Latin American countries. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
Continue Reading By AJ Willingham, CNN It’s Hispanic Heritage Month — and yes, it starts in the middle of September and runs to the middle of October. The date structure is a nod to several important dates in Latin American countries. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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By Kara Fox, CNN Schools are in session, Covid-19 restrictions are being relaxed en masse and the Delta variant is raging worldwide, creating a maelstrom of confusion for parents on how to best protect their unvaccinated children. Data from earlier in the pandemic showed that children are less likely to become seriously ill. The emergence
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By Aya Elamroussi and Christina Maxouris, CNN The family of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito — who was reported missing by her family nearly a week ago — told police in North Port, Florida, they haven’t seen him since Tuesday, according to police spokesperson Josh Taylor. “We’ve been trying all week to
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By Dakin Andone, Madeline Holcombe and Angela Barajas, CNN Alex Murdaugh, the 53-year-old scion of a South Carolina legal dynasty, has seen his life fall apart in three months, with his own attorney saying in court Thursday, “He has fallen from grace.” First, Murdaugh’s wife and son were shot and killed in June, prompting an
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By Rebekah Riess, CNN A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of Faith Danielle Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student who was found dead in her off-campus apartment in 2012, officials said Thursday. Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares from Durham, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with first-degree
Continue Reading By Rebekah Riess, CNN A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of Faith Danielle Hedgepeth, a 19-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student who was found dead in her off-campus apartment in 2012, officials said Thursday. Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares from Durham, North Carolina, was arrested and charged with first-degree
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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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By Raja Razek, CNN The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Thursday that voters in Minneapolis may decide on changing the police department in the upcoming municipal elections. The measure, if approved, would amend the city charter to replace the Minneapolis Police Department with a new Department of Public Safety. The DPS would employ a “comprehensive public
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By Aya Elamroussi and Christina Maxouris, CNN The family of Brian Laundrie, the fiancé of 22-year-old Gabby Petito — who was reported missing by her family nearly a week ago — told police in North Port, Florida, they haven’t seen him since Tuesday, according to police spokesperson Josh Taylor. “We’ve been trying all week to
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN After spending the last nine years taking back his life after being exonerated of murder and released from prison, Damon Thibodeaux has died of complications from Covid-19. “The nurse that took care of him said he was positive and very friendly. She was honored to take care of him. She
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN The FBI says its investigation into the case of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman whose case captured America’s attention since she first disappeared, is coming to a close. Petito was reported missing by her family in September after she embarked on a cross-country trip with Brian Laundrie, her fiancé. Laundrie, who
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By Faith Karimi, CNN A powerful family. A deadly boating accident. Two mysterious slayings. Drug addiction, stolen money and a botched shooting in an alleged insurance fraud scheme. It sounds like someone took a list of sordid elements and stuffed them all into a crime thriller so twisty it could only be fiction. But the
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By Sarah Dean and Nicolo Ruotolo, CNN The Italian government has approved a decree making it mandatory for all public and private sector workers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told a news conference on Thursday. The rule was decided at a cabinet
Continue Reading By Sarah Dean and Nicolo Ruotolo, CNN The Italian government has approved a decree making it mandatory for all public and private sector workers to show proof of vaccination, a negative test or recent recovery from infection, Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza told a news conference on Thursday. The rule was decided at a cabinet
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By Ashley Killough and Leslie Perrot, CNN Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his partner of 18 years, Marlon Reis, were married on Wednesday, according to a statement from the governor’s office. Polis is the first out LGBTQ governor in the United States to get married while in the governor’s office, according to the LGBTQ Victory
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By Katharina Krebs and Majlie de Puy Kamp, CNN Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag announced her resignation on Thursday after a majority of the Dutch parliament said she had mishandled the Afghanistan evacuation crisis, a press officer from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN. Tens of thousands of foreigners and Afghans who were
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By Ben Westcott, CNN Growing up as a teenager in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi felt lucky. Despite being born in a country with a long history of discrimination against its LGBTQ people, Balkhi’s family accepted her as a lesbian. Now Balkhi says that rare acceptance has put all their lives at risk, as the new Taliban
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