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The British government didn't make face coverings compulsory indoors or on public transport until last summer

One variant, many approaches to masks

By Tara John, CNN WHAT’S NEW THIS WEEK The Delta variant, a more transmissible and possibly more dangerous strain, now makes up more than half of all new infections in the United States. It is of global concern, forcing some Asian-Pacific nations to impose tough restrictions, yet countries are taking different strategies on masks. The

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Revered for leading Zambia's struggle for independence

Zambia’s first president, Kenneth Kaunda, buried amid controversy over site

By Nimi Princewill, CNN, and Reuters Authorities in Zambia held a state funeral Wednesday for the country’s first president and independence leader, Kenneth Kaunda, amid ongoing controversy over his burial site. Kaunda’s funeral arrangements became the subject of a court challenge after the Zambian government announced plans to inter the late nationalist at a presidential

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Search and rescue teams continue to work in the rubble at the site of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside

Rescue teams withstand wind, lightning and heat on 12-hour shifts to search for the victims of the Florida building collapse

By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Through long hours, severe weather, looming danger and even loss within their own community, first responders have continually returned to the site of a Florida building collapse. There were about 200 search and rescue personnel at the scene Tuesday evening. Nearly two weeks after the overnight collapse of the Champlain Towers

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‘Horrific’ graffiti on Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Southern California is being investigated as a hate crime, police say

By Brisa Colon, CNN A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Southern California was vandalized with a swastika and other “horrific” graffiti that police are investigating as a hate crime, officials said. Officers from the Long Beach Police Department were called to King Park on Friday around 3:20 p.m. following reports the statue was

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A New Jersey man appeared in court July 6 after being arrested for allegedly shouting offensive language and racial slurs at his neighbors days earlier in the township of Mount Laurel.

New Jersey man arrested after video allegedly shows him shouting racial slurs at neighbors

By Jennifer Henderson and Raja Razek, CNN A New Jersey man appeared in court Tuesday after being arrested for allegedly shouting offensive language and racial slurs at his neighbors days earlier in the township of Mount Laurel. Edward Cagney Mathews, 45, faces several criminal charges, including harassment and biased intimidation and trespassing after a video

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