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Conditions may be improving in the search for Brian Laundrie, who officials say was under surveillance before disappearing

By Travis Caldwell, Kristina Sgueglia and Melissa Alonso, CNN The search for Brian Laundrie, whose fiancée Gabby Petito was found dead in Wyoming after the pair embarked on a cross-country road trip over the summer, continues in an inhospitable Florida nature reserve that may soon prove easier to navigate for teams trying to find him,

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The Florida Board of Education on Thursday voted to sanction eight school districts that have instituted Covid-19 mask mandates without giving parents the ability to opt their students out.

Florida Board of Education votes to sanction 8 school districts with mask mandates with no opt-out

By Mallory Simon, Dakin Andone and Pamela Kirkland, CNN The Florida Board of Education on Thursday voted to sanction eight school districts that have instituted Covid-19 mask mandates without giving parents the ability to opt their students out. In doing so, the state board said that school districts in Alachua, Brevard, Broward, Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade,

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Texas school district ‘postpones’ a Black author’s school visit because parents claim his books teach critical race theory

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN A school district in Texas removed books by an award-winning author from its schools’ library shelves and postponed a virtual event he had been invited to because of a complaint that his books promote critical race theory. Jerry Craft, a New York Times bestselling and Newbery winning author and illustrator, was

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Mike Ditka Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Hall of Fame football player and coach Mike Ditka. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1939 Birth place: Carnegie, Pennsylvania Birth name: Michael Keller Dyczko Jr. Father: Michael Ditka Sr., steel mill worker and railroad union organizer Mother: Charlotte (Keller) Ditka Marriages: Diana (Trantham) Ditka (July

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