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Teens take part in COVID-19 vaccine trial

Click here for updates on this story     Atlanta (WGCL) — With school returns and vaccination phases for adults in progress, some Atlanta families say vaccine research in kids is long overdue. “They’re athletes, they’re trainers, they’re circus aerialist,” said mom Danielle Hanson about her two daughters. The 16-year-old students, who spend about 15 hours each

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The Los Angeles school board slashes its police force and diverts $25 million to services for Black students

Los Angeles schools are reorganizing the police agency responsible for school safety to combat systemic racism against Black students. The Board of Education overseeing the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday to slash $25 million from the Los Angeles School Police Department and cut 133 jobs, a spokesperson told CNN. Money will go from

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An American family stuck in Gaza for months due to Covid restrictions finally leaves: ‘It was hell’

An American family visiting Gaza say they were left “stranded in a hellish situation” for months due to the coronavirus pandemic and a blockade surrounding the Palestinian territory. Hani Almadhoun and his wife, Roa Alhelou, traveled in November with their two daughters, ages 6 and 4, to say goodbye to Almadhoun’s dying grandfather. They had

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