By Elizabeth Stuart, Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Virginia Beach school board voted against a motion which would make mask-wearing in school optional for the upcoming school year, during a heated Tuesday night meeting that lasted more than four hours. The board voted 6-4 against the effort, keeping masks mandatory for the district’s
Continue ReadingBy Kristin Fisher and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Even though Jeff Bezos crossed into space on Tuesday, he still may not get his official astronaut wings from the federal government. On the same day as Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a change to its Commercial Astronaut Wings Program for the first
Continue ReadingCNN’s Anderson Cooper talks with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark about their trip into space aboard a Blue Origin spacecraft, and what the crew was discussing in the moments before takeoff.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at abortion in the United States. Facts January 22, 1973 – Roe v. Wade – The US Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms the legality of a woman’s right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 2003 – President George W. Bush signs a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane Roe, against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, who enforced a Texas law that prohibited abortion, except to save a woman’s life.
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By Josh Campbell, CNN A routine traffic stop in a Chicago suburb turned violent after a driver and two passengers allegedly assaulted the police officer by beating and strangling him. On Wednesday, Aurora, Illinois, officials announced that Sheba Taylor, 26, Jennifer Taylor, 24, and Paul Sherrod Taylor, 28, had been indicted by a grand jury
Continue ReadingRodney Smith Jr. has made a name for himself over the last several years, traveling across the country and mowing lawns in all 50 states. He also inspired hundreds of kids to join his 50 Yard Challenge, where they are gaining confidence while helping their neighbors.
Continue ReadingGabriel Kinder, CNN Anyone who has had a tough time convincing their kid to mow the lawn may want to enlist the help of Rodney Smith Jr. Over the last five years, he has inspired thousands of young people to mow dozens of yards in their communities for free, often for people they just met.
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By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN For Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, holding public office was not a goal she ever set. Neither was becoming a civil rights attorney. But after being the victim of racist hate mail while attending undergrad at Rhodes College and watching Black people face inequalities in the criminal justice system, both
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By David Williams, CNN A family in Georgia is mourning after a 5-year-old boy — described as someone who had “nothing but pure love” — died just days after being diagnosed with Covid-19. Wyatt Gibson suffered a stroke and died on July 16 in a Chattanooga, Tennessee, hospital where he’d been intubated because he was
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CNN’s Omar Jimenez sits down with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to discuss her time in office and her plans for the city.
Continue Reading By Omar Jimenez, CNN Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been criticized as “racist” — even as a Black woman — and she’s been called “notoriously thin-skinned” but she remains determined to leave a legacy far beyond her time in office. Still navigating the Covid-19 pandemic and the record surge in violence that came with it,
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By Scottie Andrew, CNN Staff at nursing homes in California are no longer prohibited from deliberately misgendering residents, a California district court ruled this month, saying the ban that was enshrined as part of a 2017 law was a violation of staffers’ freedom of speech. Equality California, a nonprofit that aims to protect LGBTQ Californians,
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By Elizabeth Stuart, Rachel Clarke and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Atlanta Public Schools, one of the nation’s first districts to begin its school year next month, will require masks for all students and teachers in school and on buses, the district announced Thursday. The announcement comes despite Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s rolling back such measures in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and former governor of California. Personal Birth date: July 30, 1947 Birth place: Thal, Austria Birth name: Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger Father: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer Mother: Aurelia Jadrny Marriage: Maria Shriver (April 26, 1986-December 28, 2021, divorced) Children: with Maria Shriver: Christopher,
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton and Eric Levenson, CNN A co-ed sleepaway camp in New York said that 31 campers between 7 and 11 years old have tested positive for Covid-19 — but none of their vaccinated 12-and-up campers did. Camp Pontiac, located in Copake, NY, about a two-hour drive from New York City, said in a
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By Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN The Ponca tribe buried Chief Standing Bear more than a century ago in what is now Nebraska. But Standing Bear’s tomahawk, a symbol of protest against US government policies that didn’t define Native Americans as “people under the law,” has been sitting since 1982 in a glass case
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Personal Birth date: August 5, 1930 Death date: August 25, 2012 Birthplace: Wapakoneta, Ohio Birth name: Neil Alden Armstrong Father: Stephen Armstrong, auditor Mother: Viola (Engel) Armstrong Marriages: Carol (Held Knight) Armstrong (June 12, 1994-August 25, 2012, his death); Janet (Shearon) Armstrong
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s some background information about the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, composed of sculptures of the faces of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Facts The monument is located on Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum selected the four presidents to represent
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of award-winning television producer Norman Lear, the creator of some of television’s most popular shows of his time, including “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son” and “The Jeffersons.” Personal Birth date: July 27, 1922 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: Norman Milton Lear Father:
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