By Keith Allen, Rebekah Riess and Jason Hanna, CNN Louisiana’s health department on Tuesday revoked the licenses of seven nursing homes that sent residents to a warehouse to shelter during Hurricane Ida — a situation that the department said involved unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Seven of the residents who sheltered at the warehouse died, according
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By Sarah Dean and Ingrid Formanek, CNN Hundreds of people protested in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Tuesday, against what they say are Taliban orders for citizens to leave their homes on the eve of winter. Protesters marched in front of the governor’s office in the city after 3,500 people living in a government-owned
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By Masoud Popalzai, Laura Smith-Spark and Tim Lister, CNN Taliban fighters used whips and sticks against a group of women protesting in Kabul on Wednesday following the announcement of a hardline, male-only interim government, in the group’s latest crackdown on dissent in Afghanistan. Videos and images received by CNN show the women chanting, “Long live
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By Sam Romano, CNN The need for a literate world is more important than ever. In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the meaning of literacy has evolved beyond reading and writing. Literacy now affects all forms of communication and media, and the Covid-19 pandemic has magnified the divide in access to literacy opportunities. On International Literacy
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama attorney general’s office is trying to revive its lawsuit over the removal of a Confederate monument from outside the county courthouse in the city of Huntsville. The state claims in court documents that a judge shouldn’t have dismissed the suit just because someone anonymously paid a $25,000 fine that
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A privately-funded expedition, commissioned by the relatives of the victims of the M/S Estonia ferry that sank into the Baltic Sea nearly 27 years ago, will conduct a dive into the vessel’s wreck this month. It’s the latest attempt to gain more insight into one of Europe’s
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — The wife of the late Robert F. Kennedy says assassin Sirhan Sirhan should not be released from prison. The statement from 93-year-old Ethel Kennedy further roils a family divide over whether the man convicted of killing her husband in California in 1968 should be freed on parole. In a brief statement released
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis say a motorcycle crash into a pedestrian killed both the biker and the man he hit. Television station KMOV reports the crash happened Monday night near the city’s Forest Park, when a motorcycle hit a parked car and a man standing by the car. Police say the
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A fatal shooting involving two men inside a cab and subsequent crash early Wednesday morning shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 near St. Louis. Television station KTVI reports that officers were called to the scene in south St. Louis County around 3 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a crash.
Continue Reading GAUHATI, India (AP) — Two passenger ferries have collided in a river in northeastern India, leaving at least one person dead and several others missing. An official in Jorhat city in Assam state says the head-on collision caused one of the boats to sink. He says four rescued passengers were taken to a hospital, where
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By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — A privately-funded expedition, commissioned by the relatives of the victims of the M/S Estonia ferry that sank into the Baltic Sea nearly 27 years ago, will conduct a dive into the vessel’s wreck this month. It’s the latest attempt to gain more insight into one of Europe’s
Continue Reading By CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrant workers who helped clean up buildings in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks have long asked for years to obtain legal status as a way to compensate for the work and subsequent health problems they suffered. But 20 years after 9/11, only several
Continue Reading By CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrant workers who helped clean up buildings in lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks have long asked for years to obtain legal status as a way to compensate for the work and subsequent health problems they suffered. But 20 years after 9/11, only several
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is deciding whether the insurance company for a drug distributor should be forced to provide a legal defense in the company’s fight against government lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic. At issue before the court is a dispute between Hamilton County-based Masters
Continue Reading By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is deciding whether the insurance company for a drug distributor should be forced to provide a legal defense in the company’s fight against government lawsuits related to the opioid epidemic. At issue before the court is a dispute between Hamilton County-based Masters
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — The Catholic diocese of Wuhan, China — where the coronavirus was first detected — has a new bishop. The Vatican says he was nominated by the pope according to the Vatican’s 2018 accord with China. The consecration of Bishop Francis Cui Qingqi marks the sixth bishop nominated and consecrated according to the
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City say a man was fatally shot in the city’s historic 18th and Vine neighborhood early Wednesday, and investigators were looking for clues and a suspect. Police say in a news release that the shooting happened just after midnight Tuesday. Officers called to the area were told
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By Tara John, CNN There needs to be enough immunity in the general population from vaccines or infections for the Covid-19 pandemic to transition to an endemic phase — similar to manageable diseases like influenza. This growing debate on whether Covid-19 is endemic really rests on what we are “willing to accept,” said CNN’s Chief
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By Tara John, CNN There needs to be enough immunity in the general population from vaccines or infections for the Covid-19 pandemic to transition to an endemic phase — similar to manageable diseases like influenza. This growing debate on whether Covid-19 is endemic really rests on what we are “willing to accept,” said CNN’s Chief
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By Anna Chernova, CNN Russian Emergencies Minister Yevgeny Zinichev has died in an accident during training exercises in the Arctic, Russian state media RIA Novosti reported Wednesday, citing the ministry. Zinichev, aged 55, was trying to save someone’s life when the incident in the Russian city of Norilsk occurred. “The Russian Emergencies Ministry informs with
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