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By Steve Almasy, CNN Trenton Dale, who has driven a school bus in Atlanta for 23 years, loves his job. “To see the kids grow up and graduate, I mean, that’s the most beautiful sight you will see,” he told CNN affiliate WXIA earlier this month. But Dale, like other bus drivers across the country,

By Christina Carrega, CNN A licensed pharmacist was arrested in Chicago on Tuesday for allegedly selling dozens of authentic Covid-19 vaccination cards on eBay, the Justice Department said in a news release. Tangtang Zhao, 34, allegedly sold 125 Covid-19 vaccination cards from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to 11 different buyers for

By Gregory Lemos and Steve Almasy, CNN A 13-year-old Mississippi girl has died just one day after testing positive for coronavirus, according to Smith County School District Superintendent Nick Hillman. The girl wasn’t feeling well last Thursday and her mother kept her home, Hillman said. The teenager tested positive Friday and was taken to a

By Ben Burnstein, CNN The Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan is particularly disheartening to Americans who fought there. Across 20 years of combat, almost 800,000 troops deployed to the war zone — many of them more than once. Images of the American withdrawal and questions about the war’s legacy now aggravate long-held frustrations that have been

By Scottie Andrew, CNN It’s day two of philanthropy round. Will you be wearing the Pants Store skort with the Kendra Scott earrings, or the Shein shorts with the bangles from Amazon? As long as you don’t forget the heels your grandmother ordered and a statement necklace, you’ll have the perfect OOTD. If those sentences

By Raja Razek and Ray Sanchez, CNN Five mortuary trailers have been requested by the health services department in Texas, which is seeing a surge in Covid-19 cases and, along with Florida, leads the nation in pediatric hospitalizations. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) submitted a request for the trailers following a review

By Jill Martin, Kay Jones and Eric Levenson, CNN The NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders announced Monday that the franchise will require fans to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination to attend home games this season at their gleaming new Allegiant Stadium. The vaccine mandate will go into effect September 13, the date of the team’s first

By Mallory Simon and Steve Almasy, CNN About a week after classes started, one Tampa-area school system has called an emergency meeting to discuss Covid-19 mitigation measures after about 6,000 people were told to isolate or quarantine. Officials with Hillsborough County Public Schools said Monday morning that 5,599 students and 316 employees are in isolation

By Rebekah Riess and Amir Vera, CNN A state investigation into a dog muzzle that was sent to Tennessee’s former vaccine manager closed Monday after it was found the muzzle was ordered with the official’s own credit card. Dr. Michelle Fiscus, a pediatrician who served as Tennessee’s medical director of vaccine-preventable diseases and immunization, was

By Liam Reilly, Mirna Alsharif and Taylor Romine, CNN Republicans in New York’s Nassau County are “discussing next steps” in considering overriding a veto of a bill that would have allowed first responders to sue protesters. The Nassau County Legislature on Long Island earlier this month approved the bill, which says that anyone who harasses

By Jennifer Henderson and Polo Sandoval, CNN Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has been hospitalized with Covid-19 and placed on a ventilator, according to a tweet over the weekend from his official account. In an tweet on August 10, Burke, a Covid-19 vaccination critic, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus, and said, “Thanks be to