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Young women march with signs during a Multi-Faith March to End Hatred after four members of a Muslim family were killed in a truck ramming attack in Canada. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has released a mid-year report highlighting serious cases of anti-Muslim incidents that occurred in the United States during the first seven months of 2021.

Advocacy group publishes mid-year report highlighting spike in anti-Muslim crimes and bias

By Alaa Elassar, CNN The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has released a mid-year report highlighting serious cases of anti-Muslim incidents that occurred in the United States during the first seven months of 2021. CAIR, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, typically publishes an annual report tracking hate crimes and bias incidents.

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According to a court filing

As R. Kelly trial approaches, prosecutors want to include alleged evidence of bribes and recordings of threats

By Sonia Moghe, CNN With two weeks left until jury selection is to begin in R. Kelly’s federal racketeering trial, Brooklyn prosecutors are asking to admit additional evidence of alleged crimes that were not charged in their indictments of the singer, according to a Friday court filing. The filing details testimony from a witness who

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To fill openings in the Peoria Public School District

Illinois schools struggle to fill teaching vacancies. 1 district hires international teachers to meet the needs

By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN As another school year approaches, administrators nationwide are facing teacher shortages. Southwest of Chicago, Steven Wrobleski is worried. School starts August 11 and he still has openings at LaSalle Peru Township High School. “We currently have a chemistry physics teaching position that we have zero applicants for right now. I am

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Members of a varsity football team practice at school. Community leaders say activities

Authorities in this community say they’re facing a gun violence ‘crisis.’ They’re asking residents for help

By Christina Maxouris, CNN Photographs by Elijah Nouvelage for CNN Saleemah Graham-Fleming had been told she wouldn’t be able to have children. That’s why she always called Sanaa Amenhotep, the oldest of her three daughters, a miracle. The two loved each other fiercely: they had frequent “cuddle time” sessions and dedicated Friday girls’ nights. The

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Hillsong Church global senior pastor Brian Houston announced the death of congregant Stephen Harmon on social media.

Vaccines are a ‘personal decision,’ Hillsong Church founder says after congregant refuses shot and dies of Covid-19

By Paul P. Murphy, CNN The founder of the multinational Hillsong Church told CNN that Covid-19 vaccines are a “personal decision for each individual to make with the counsel of medical professionals” after a congregant who publicly refused inoculation died of complications from the disease. Hillsong Church global senior pastor Brian Houston had announced the

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A Missouri hospital just hit its all-time high for Covid cases. But the county fair that attracts thousands won’t be canceled

By Neelam Bohra and Christina Zdanowicz, CNN Amy Tignor remembers the crowds that attended the Ozark Empire Fair’s rides, concerts and livestock shows in past years. A resident of Springfield, Missouri, since 2005 and the operations manager of a local brewery, Tignor said nothing could “drag her there” this year, even though she’s fully vaccinated.

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