By Dakin Andone, Amir Vera, Amy Simonson and Claudia Dominguez, CNN The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended granting clemency to Julius Jones, a man sentenced to death for a murder he says he did not commit. Jones pleaded his case to the board less than three weeks before he’s set to be executed. The
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By KERI BLAKINGER, JAMILES LARTEY, BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and CHRISTIE THOMPSON of The Marshall Project and MICHAEL R. SISAK of The Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the labor market have pushed many prison staffing systems into crisis. Correction officers are retiring and quitting in droves, while states struggle to recruit new employees.
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By KERI BLAKINGER, JAMILES LARTEY, BETH SCHWARTZAPFEL and CHRISTIE THOMPSON of The Marshall Project and MICHAEL R. SISAK of The Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the labor market have pushed many prison staffing systems into crisis. Correction officers are retiring and quitting in droves, while states struggle to recruit new employees.
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 on Sunday, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday morning. The President took the test independently of press secretary Jen Psaki’s positive result, which she disclosed in a statement Sunday afternoon. The test was required for entry into the United Kingdom, where
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNON PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has begun vaccinating 5-year-old children against the coronavirus as its leader announced the start of the country’s reopening, including the phased reentry of foreign tourists. Prime Minister Hun Sen says 5-year-olds are being vaccinated to boost their immunity before they start attending school, which
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse, the armed Illinois teenager who killed two people and wounded another during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last summer, went on trial Monday on homicide charges in a case that will test the distinction between self-defense and vigilante killings. A jury of 20 people was selected that included 11 women
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, CNN An armed paramedic who was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year testified Monday that he pulled out his own firearm because he believed Rittenhouse was an active shooter. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, testified that he unholstered his handgun on August 25, 2020, as he and a crowd followed Rittenhouse,
Continue Reading By Christina Maxouris, CNN Kyle Rittenhouse — accused of shooting three people, two fatally — was acquitted on all charges on Friday by a jury in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The 12 jurors found him not guilty for the deaths of Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, and Anthony Huber, 26, and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz, now 27, using an AR-15-type
Continue Reading By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — President Joe Biden is swinging the focus of his battle for fast action against global warming from the U.S. Congress to the world. Biden will make his appeal to global leaders at a U.N. summit in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday. Biden will ask
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By Jill Disis, CNN Business China’s big factories just had their worst month since the Covid-19 pandemic began, underscoring the scale of the slowdown in the world’s second largest economy and the supply challenges facing their customers. A government survey of manufacturing activity released over the weekend fell for a second straight month, down to
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s chief prosecutor has ordered the detention of three hotel workers pending an investigation into the hospitalization of around 50 foreign tourists, mostly Russians, who suffered food poisoning in a hotel at a popular Red Sea resort. The workers face accusations of endangering the guests’ lives. They denied the charges. Tourism authorities
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — La nación insular de Tonga, en el Pacífico Sur, informó el viernes sobre su primer caso de covid-19, lo que llevó a miles de personas a vacunarse en medio de las advertencias de un confinamiento nacional. Tonga era uno de los pocos países que no había informado de un solo caso de
Continue Reading olivertapia (CNN) — El número de personas que han muerto por covid-19 en todo el mundo ha superado los 5 millones, a las 4:50 ET del lunes, según datos del Centro de Recursos de Coronavirus de la Universidad Johns Hopkins (JHU). El recuento global de muertes de JHU ha llegado a 5.000.425. La Universidad informa
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By Samantha Beech, Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN The number of people who have died from Covid-19 around the world has surpassed five million, according to data held by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Coronavirus Resource Center. JHU’s global tally of deaths reached 5,000,425 at 4:50 a.m. ET on Monday. It reports that 197,116
Continue Reading By Samantha Beech, Jake Kwon and Helen Regan, CNN The number of people who have died from Covid-19 around the world has surpassed five million, according to data held by the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Coronavirus Resource Center. JHU’s global tally of deaths reached 5,000,425 at 4:50 a.m. ET on Monday. It reports that 197,116
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s outgoing health minister is calling on state governments to reactivate some specialized COVID-19 vaccination centers that were closed in the late summer to help administer booster shots as new coronavirus infections increase rapidly. Germany’s standing committee on vaccination currently recommends booster shots for over-70s and a few other groups, but the
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK and DAVID RISING Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors
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By ROD McGUIRK and DAVID RISING Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors
Continue Reading olivertapia Londres (CNN Business) — El CEO estadounidense de Barclays (BCS), Jes Staley, dimitirá con efecto inmediato tras la conclusión de una investigación de los reguladores británicos sobre su relación con el financiero Jeffrey Epstein, dijo el banco el lunes. La investigación de la Autoridad de Conducta Financiera y la Autoridad de Regulación Prudencial del
Continue Reading By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 5 million, nearly two years into a crisis that has not only devastated poor countries but also humbled wealthy ones with first-rate health care systems. Together, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil account for one-eighth of the
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