By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press School systems nationwide rely on high-level expertise from the U.S. Secret Service and others as they work to stay vigilant for signs of potential student violence, training staff, surveilling social media and urging others to tip them off. However, when it comes to deciding how to respond to a possible
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By Matt Rivers, Natalie Gallón and Etant Dupain, CNN Videos by David von Blohn, for CNN CNN Exclusive: Port-au-Prince, Haiti — The smell of raw sewage and food waste permeates the air in the entrance to Haiti’s National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince. Its source is the exposed pipe that visitors must walk over as a
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By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden’s top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning — and a request. Sitting at the head of his long conference table surrounded by top members of his Covid response team, Biden listened intently as the officials laid
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN President Joe Biden’s top health officials came to an afternoon briefing at the White House Thursday with a warning — and a request. Sitting at the head of his long conference table surrounded by top members of his Covid response team, Biden listened intently as the officials laid
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed more than 30 ambassadors and other Biden administration nominees after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer agreed to schedule a vote on sanctions on the company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. With many senators anxious
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A photographer is trying to trademark a “New Miss” logo that’s nearly identical to the Ole Miss logo used by the University of Mississippi. Suzi Altman has been selling New Miss merchandise for more than a year. She says she’s trying to raise money to
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press A tornado outbreak that claimed at least 92 lives has left friends and relatives of the victims reeling and clinging to memories. Across multiple states, the victims of last weekend’s twisters included grandmothers, veterans and, in some cases, multiple members of a single family. On one street
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By JOHN HANNA and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press A tornado outbreak that claimed at least 92 lives has left friends and relatives of the victims reeling and clinging to memories. Across multiple states, the victims of last weekend’s twisters included grandmothers, veterans and, in some cases, multiple members of a single family. On one street
Continue Reading By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nations across Europe are reintroducing stricter measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant. As cases escalate, alarmed ministers in France, Cyprus and Austria tightened travel restrictions. Denmark closed theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums. Ireland imposed an
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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nations across Europe are reintroducing stricter measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant. As cases escalate, alarmed ministers in France, Cyprus and Austria tightened travel restrictions. Denmark closed theaters, concert halls, amusement parks and museums. Ireland imposed an
Continue Reading By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Police officials say they have detained a Palestinian woman after she stabbed and lightly wounded a Jewish settler in the occupied West Bank. They say officers arrested the 65-year-old Palestinian woman after she stabbed and wrestled with the 38-year-old settler in the center of the
Continue Reading By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a powerful gas explosion in a sewage system in a southern Pakistan city has killed at least 12 people and injured 11 others. A police spokesman said the blast Saturday was apparently caused when something ignited gas that had accumulated in the sewer beneath
Continue Reading By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of Catalans have taken to the streets of Barcelona to protest against a court decision that mandates that 25% of all school subjects be taught in Spanish and reduces the still predominant use of the local Catalan language in classrooms. Demonstrators say this would threaten
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By Matias Grez, CNN Robert Lewandowski scored his 43rd Bundesliga goal of 2021 to break Gerd Muller’s 49-year record of most goals scored in a calendar year. The Polish forward scored the fourth goal in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 win over Wolfsburg on Friday, eclipsing Muller with just three minutes remaining in Bayern’s last Bundesliga match
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN For as much controversy as actor Ben Affleck stirred when talking about his marriage and addiction, he also shined a light on important conversations for addicts and their loved ones, an expert said. Marital problems and addiction have a “chicken and egg” relationship, said psychologist John F. Kelly, Harvard Medical School
Continue Reading By Madeline Holcombe, CNN For as much controversy as actor Ben Affleck stirred when talking about his marriage and addiction, he also shined a light on important conversations for addicts and their loved ones, an expert said. Marital problems and addiction have a “chicken and egg” relationship, said psychologist John F. Kelly, Harvard Medical School
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Las autoridades en el área metropolitana de DC dijeron este viernes que un hombre de 35 años, a quien apodaron el “asesino del carrito de compras”, que fue acusado el mes pasado por el asesinato de dos mujeres, podría ser un asesino en serie y el principal sospechoso de la muerte
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By Travis Caldwell, Sara Sidner, Stephanie Becker and Dan Przygoda, CNN For the second year in a row, weary doctors and nurses on the front lines of the pandemic are preparing to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients over the Christmas holiday as the highly transmissible Omicron variant drives up case counts across the United States. “It’s
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — La investigación de la virulencia de la variante del coronavirus ómicron aún se encuentra en las primeras etapas, pero lo que está muy claro, según los expertos, es que está a punto de extenderse rápidamente por EE.UU. Y probablemente abrumará a un sistema de atención médica y a hospitales ya golpeados.
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos Barreda Londres (CNN Business) — Desconcertado por la subida de los precios, el Banco de Inglaterra se convirtió el jueves en el primer banco central importante en subir las tasas de interés desde que comenzó la pandemia. La Reserva Federal de EE.UU. seguirá en los próximos meses, y se esperan tres aumentos de
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