By Leah Asmelash, CNN After years of fundraising, the US Military Academy at West Point will finally unveil a new monument dedicated to the Buffalo Soldiers, a group of Black soldiers who played a key role in the westward expansion of the United States. The monument — a 10-foot-tall bronze statue depicting a Buffalo Soldier
Continue ReadingBy Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It was 230 years ago Sunday that Robert Carter III, the patriarch of one of the wealthiest families in Virginia, quietly walked into a Northumberland County courthouse and delivered an airtight legal document announcing his intention to free, or manumit, more than 500 slaves. He titled it the “deed of
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By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Dennis Duplessis despised the nearly 100-foot oak tree that loomed over his house in Gonzales, Louisiana. For almost 10 years, he told his family he wanted to cut it down, but he couldn’t afford the expense of a tree-cutting service. On Sunday night, as Hurricane Ida started shredding
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Dennis Duplessis despised the nearly 100-foot oak tree that loomed over his house in Gonzales, Louisiana. For almost 10 years, he told his family he wanted to cut it down, but he couldn’t afford the expense of a tree-cutting service. On Sunday night, as Hurricane Ida started shredding
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By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A public health nurse in Colorado took empty Covid-19 vaccine vials and made them into beautiful art, paying tribute to her fellow healthcare workers. Laura Weiss told CNN she was a retired nurse when Boulder County Public Health asked for help administering vaccines in February. “I had noticed all these
Continue ReadingBy Kaanita Iyer, CNN Watching TV paid off for a South Carolina man who chose five lucky numbers to win a $200,000 lottery prize, beating the more than 1 in 500,000 odds. “I saw them on television,” the winner, who remains anonymous but has been identified as a male, told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.
Continue ReadingBy Sonia Moghe, CNN People who were once in R. Kelly’s orbit — including former romantic partners and employees — testified during the first few weeks of the singer’s trial about his repeated demands that they write letters to give to him. The letters, witnesses say, ranged from apologies to letters that made false claims
Continue ReadingBy Dakin Andone, Jaide Timm-Garcia and Raja Razek, CNN Prosecutors and witnesses in the future trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz will not be allowed to use derogatory words to refer to the defendant, according to a ruling by a Florida judge. It would not be feasible, Broward County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said,
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By Shawn Nottingham and Christina Maxouris, CNN Former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Tunch Ilkin has died, according to a statement from Steelers President Art Rooney II. He was 63. Ilkin was a two-time NFL Pro Bowl player, the statement said. “His passion for the game of football was evident in his everyday life,” Rooney said. “As
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By David Williams and Wayne Sterling, CNN Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin won’t be on the field for his team’s season opener on Monday night after testing positive with a breakthrough case of Covid-19. Kiffin confirmed on Saturday in a statement on Twitter that he would not be traveling with his team to Atlanta
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By Alta Spells, CNN Three people, including a student, were shot on the campus of Towson University in Maryland early Saturday, according to the school and Baltimore County Police. The injuries were not life threatening, the university said in a message to the campus community, which said the shooting occurred around 2 a.m. when a
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By Alta Spells and Theresa Waldrop, CNN At least 13 people were injured in nine shootings overnight in Chicago, according to police. A 4-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was shot twice in the head Friday night while inside a home on South Ellis Avenue, the Chicago Police Department
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN In November 2018, Elizabeth Jernberg was preparing to make her lifelong dream a reality: She was gearing up for the grand opening of her first food truck and arcade store, a family-owned business in Paradise, California. But days before the November 13 opening, the Camp Fire tore through the town, burning
Continue ReadingBy John Blake, CNN Cutting taxes for the rich helps the poor. There is no such thing as a Republican or a Democratic judge. Climate change is a hoax. Some political myths refuse to die despite all evidence the contrary. Here’s another: When White people are no longer a majority, racism will fade and the
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By Rebekah Riess, Keith Allen and Dave Alsup, CNN Louisiana health officials said Saturday they had confirmed seven deaths of nursing home residents evacuated to a temporary shelter in the town of Independence ahead of Hurricane Ida. Five of those deaths have been classified as storm-related, the state’s health department said in a news release.
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By Andy Rose, CNN Jacqueline Jackson, the wife of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, was released from a Chicago hospital Friday as she recovers from Covid-19. Her husband remains hospitalized at a rehab facility, the family said in a statement. “Our mother is leaving the Northwestern Memorial Hospital and coming home,” Jackson’s son Jonathan
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By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Most of the homes where residents were found dead in New York City after the remnants of Ida battered the region were illegally converted basement or cellar apartments, city officials said Friday. An analysis that was done by the city’s buildings department in the aftermath of Wednesday’s massive
Continue Reading By Rachel Ramirez and Drew Kann, CNN When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen New York City’s infrastructure to adapt to what was then a looming threat of the climate crisis. Nearly a decade later, the city is picking up the pieces after
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By Kevin Dotson and Steve Almasy, CNN Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya has been hospitalized with Covid-19, according to social media posts from the fighter. De La Hoya, who says he is fully vaccinated, also announced that his planned return to the ring after nearly 13 years away will be put on
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By Jason Hanna, CNN Rosa Almonte says she had no choice but to try to drive out of the flash flooding that suddenly surrounded her New York City transit bus Wednesday night. And she was so focused on forcing the bus to safety, she says, she didn’t notice her passengers were standing on their seats
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