By Sarah Moon, CNN The authority to impose penalties for noncompliance with Los Angeles County’s vaccine mandate for public workers soon could shift way from department heads who may not be carrying it out — namely the powerful and outspoken sheriff who says 4,000 of his employees could face being fired because of stiffer enforcement.
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By Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN A 12-year-old Black girl was disqualified from a Wisconsin swim meet over the weekend for wearing a homemade Black Lives Matter swimsuit, but organizers quickly reversed the decision and let her swim. Sarah Lyons told CNN that her daughter Leidy Gellona is very interested in social justice and
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By Joe Sutton, CNN A federal judge has approved a settlement prohibiting Minnesota authorities from arresting, threatening to arrest, or using force against journalists. In addition, officials with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) are not permitted to use chemical agents or to seize or intentionally damage journalists’ equipment,
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Are you up for a challenge? Fall in love with taking care of your body! Replacing a “typical Western diet” focused on red meat and processed foods with an “optimized diet” can add up to 13 years to your life, according to a new study. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Are you up for a challenge? Fall in love with taking care of your body! Replacing a “typical Western diet” focused on red meat and processed foods with an “optimized diet” can add up to 13 years to your life, according to a new study. Here’s what you need to know
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN Are you up for a challenge? Fall in love with taking care of your body! Replacing a “typical Western diet” focused on red meat and processed foods with an “optimized diet” can add up to 13 years to your life, according to a new study. Here’s what you need to know
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By Topher Gauk-Roger and Aya Elamroussi, CNN The University of California system has reached a $243.6 million settlement with more than two hundred people who allege they were sexually abused by former UCLA obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. James Heaps, according to a statement Tuesday from university officials and the plaintiffs’ attorneys. Heaps worked part-time as a gynecologist
Continue Reading By Joe Sutton and David Williams, CNN A 12-year-old Black girl was disqualified from a Wisconsin swim meet over the weekend for wearing a homemade Black Lives Matter swimsuit, but organizers quickly reversed the decision and let her swim. Sarah Lyons told CNN that her daughter Leidy Gellona is very interested in social justice and
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By Mark Morales, Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN Shortly after learning that her 15-year-old son had shot fellow students at his Michigan high school, Jennifer Crumbley sent a text message to her boss at the real estate company where she worked as a marketing director. “I need my job,” she wrote to Andrew Smith.
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By Eric Levenson, Amir Vera and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN New York will lift its statewide mask-or-vaccine requirement for indoor businesses — but not for schools — on Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “Given the declining cases, given the declining hospitalizations, that is why we feel comfortable to life this in effect tomorrow,” she said Wednesday.
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By Gary Tuchman and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Omicron may be declining across much of the United States, but the Monument Health hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, is still running an expanded intensive care unit, in the midst of a Covid-19 surge fueled by low vaccination rates and a lack of coronavirus restrictions. “We are
Continue Reading By Gary Tuchman and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Omicron may be declining across much of the United States, but the Monument Health hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, is still running an expanded intensive care unit, in the midst of a Covid-19 surge fueled by low vaccination rates and a lack of coronavirus restrictions. “We are
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By Amir Vera and Chuck Johnston, CNN Washington Commanders safety Deshazor Everett was charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash that left a 29-year-old woman dead, the sheriff’s office in Loudoun County, Virginia, announced Tuesday. Everett sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries from the crash that took place December 23 in Loudoun
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A woman spent two days floating alone on an air mattress atop a frigid lake. A pair of watchful freight train workers came to her rescue on Thursday. Conductor Cristhian Sosa told CNN on Monday the BNSF southbound train was headed to Irving, Texas, from Madill, Oklahoma, in the afternoon. That
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By Phil Gast, CNN Archaeologists have hauled up 12 more Revolutionary War-era cannons from the Savannah River, a remarkable find that raises questions about which vessels carried them and precisely how they ended up in the water. The local district of the US Army Corps of Engineers, which is in charge of the deepening of
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By Rosa Flores and Joe Sutton, CNN A community in Northwest Harris County woke up Sunday morning to White supremacist flyers on their car windshields and even on the front doors of their homes, according to William White, director of operations at the Houston chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). “This is horrifying,” White
Continue ReadingBy Sara Smart, CNN A woman spent two days floating alone on an air mattress atop a frigid lake. A pair of watchful freight train workers came to her rescue on Thursday. Conductor Cristhian Sosa told CNN on Monday the BNSF southbound train was headed to Irving, Texas, from Madill, Oklahoma, in the afternoon. That
Continue Reading By Mark Morales, Laura Ly and Eric Levenson, CNN Shortly after learning that her 15-year-old son had shot fellow students at his Michigan high school, Jennifer Crumbley sent a text message to her boss at the real estate company where she worked as a marketing director. “I need my job,” she wrote to Andrew Smith.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Writers Guild of America, which represents more than 16,000 film, TV, broadcast and news media writers. It is made up of two unions, WGA, West (WGAW) and WGA, East (WGAE). Timeline 1912 – The Authors League of America is founded to protect the interests of professional writers.
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By Stella Chan, CNN The now-retired nun and former Catholic elementary school principal who admitted to stealing more than $835,000 in school funds for gambling trips and personal expenses was sentenced Monday to 12 months and a day in federal prison, according to federal prosecutors. US District Judge Otis D. Wright II also ordered Mary
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