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Students walk past a face mask sign on campus at Georgetown University in Washington

3 DC area universities partially reinstate mask mandates due to rise in Covid-19 cases

By Mirna Alsharif Three universities in the Washington, DC, region — American, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins — have partially reinstated campus mask mandates following an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the area, according to statements from the institutions. American University (AU) reinstated an indoor masking requirement effective Tuesday, where “masks will be required in all

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Personal Birth date: September 14, 1970 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Ketanji Onyika Brown Father: Johnny Brown, attorney Mother: Ellery Brown, school principal Marriage: Patrick Jackson (1996-present) Children: Leila and Talia Education: Harvard University, B.A., 1992,

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Homes are shown destroyed by Hurricane Laura in August

The climate crisis is supercharging rainfall in hurricanes, scientists report

By Rachel Ramirez The rainfall from hurricanes during the deadly, record-breaking 2020 season was as much as 11% higher because of the human-caused climate crisis, scientists reported Tuesday. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications, found global warming supercharged hourly rainfall rates in tropical storms and hurricanes by 5 to 10%. When they looked

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A quiet morning commute on a Brooklyn subway quickly became a ‘war zone’ leaving more than 20 people injured, NYC mayor says

By Brynn Gingras, Pervaiz Shallwani, Mark Morales, Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Passengers on a Manhattan-bound train had to dodge bullets while being blinded by smoke during the Tuesday morning commute, setting off a manhunt for a gunman whose motives are still unknown. Commuters were riding the subway as it

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Voting registration stand is seen during the hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters congregate at the City Hall in 2020 in New York.

Attacks on voting rights aren’t slowing down and Black Americans are in the crosshairs, new report finds

By Maya Brown, CNN Some Republicans and far-right groups’ attacks on voting rights and American democracy are making it harder for Black people to achieve racial equality, according to a new report from the National Urban League. The civil rights organization on Tuesday released its annual State of Black America report, titled “Under Siege: The

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A quiet morning commute on a Brooklyn subway quickly became a ‘war zone’ leaving more than 20 people injured, NYC mayor says

By Brynn Gingras, Pervaiz Shallwani, Mark Morales, Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Passengers on a Manhattan-bound train had to dodge bullets while being blinded by smoke during the Tuesday morning commute, setting off a manhunt for a gunman whose motives are still unknown. Commuters were riding the subway as it

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Two families and two doctors are suing the state of Alabama following the passage of Senate Bill 184

Lawsuit filed against Alabama over law that makes it a felony to administer gender-affirming health care to minors

By Amanda Musa and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN Two families and two doctors are suing the state of Alabama following the passage of Senate Bill 184, which makes it a felony for a doctor to administer gender-affirming health care to minors. The Human Rights Campaign, several civil rights groups, and legal groups are representing the plaintiffs

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Mexican truck drivers block the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge connecting the city of Reynosa to McAllen

Mexican truck drivers block major US-Mexico point of entry in protest of Texas border inspections

By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN Commercial traffic at a major US-Mexico land entry port is “halted temporarily” due to an ongoing protest on the Mexican side of the border, with “no southbound movements by US carriers,” a US Customs and Border Protection official confirmed Monday to CNN. The protest at the Pharr-Reynosa International

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Woman who attacked a Black teenager while falsely accusing him of stealing her phone pleads guilty to hate crime charge

By Amir Vera and Rob Frehse, CNN The California woman who falsely accused a Black teenager of stealing her cell phone and then attacked him in a New York City hotel lobby pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment in the second degree as a hate crime, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced. In December 2020, Miya

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