By Rob Picheta and Nilly Kohzad, CNN Afghans who narrowly avoided the terror attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday have described horrifying scenes and piles of victims’ bodies at the site of the blast. Muhammad, who said he assisted US forces and worked with NATO in Afghanistan, was at the airport with his family Thursday,
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Dr. Laine Young-Walker, a child and adolescent psychiatrist with MU Health Care, spoke to ABC 17 News about kids’ mental health amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the return to the classroom.
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By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — State officials have destroyed the first Asian giant hornet nest of the season, which was located near the town of Blaine along the Canadian border. The Washington state Department of Agriculture said it eradicated the nest on Wednesday. The nest was located in the base
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By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating. The agency says it will erase federal loans for borrowers who left the for-profit colleges during an eight-year window before
Continue Reading By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who attended colleges in the now-defunct ITT Technical Institute chain but left before graduating. The agency says it will erase federal loans for borrowers who left the for-profit colleges during an eight-year window before
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By Eric Levenson, CNN Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that all PreK-12 public school teachers and staff, all higher-education personnel and students, and health care workers in a variety of settings must be vaccinated against Covid-19 by September 5 or face regular testing requirements. Illinois is also instituting a statewide indoor mask requirement, regardless
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long ago, anticipation was high that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might begin to sketch out a plan this week for the Fed to start pulling back on its support for an economy that has been strengthening. That was before COVID-19 cases began accelerating across
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a woman on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 4-year-old boy. Quatavia Givens was initially charged with second-degree murder after Darnell Gray died while she was babysitting him in October 2018 in Jefferson City. A grand jury on Wednesday returned the indictment
Continue Reading By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The music industry is moving toward vaccine mandates for concertgoers, but local and state laws have created murky legal waters for COVID-19 rules in venues. With tour cancellations on the rise and attendance lower than normal, major touring artists are hoping to salvage another
Continue Reading MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A member of the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma whose case led to a landmark decision on criminal jurisdiction in tribal lands has been sentenced to life in a federal prison for sexual abuse of a child. Federal prosecutors in Muskogee announced Wednesday that 72-year-old Jimcy McGirt was sentenced for two counts
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa mother of twin boys is suing the state over its law banning schools from ordering face masks to be worn as a way to protect students against COVID-19. Frances Parr, of Council Bluffs, sued the state, Gov. Kim Reynolds and several state officials Monday in Polk County
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LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (KMIZ) An Iowa man drowned at the Lake of the Ozarks on Tuesday night at the 3.7-mile marker of the Grand Glaize Arm. Chris Oliver, 50, of Indianola, Iowa, fell into the water and did not resurface as he was trying to step onto the dock from a boat, according
Continue Reading REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a gunman opened fire at a popular Southern California pier and wounded two people before police killed him. The shooting Wednesday night at the Redondo Beach Pier complex sent people stampeding to get away, and police tweeted for people inside businesses on and near the pier to stay
Continue Reading MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Department of Defense says the remains of a World War II pilot whose body was lost in Europe’s Adriatic Sea have been recovered and will be buried in his home state of Maine. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Thursday that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Ernest N.
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Flight 93 National Memorial. It is a memorial to the 40 passengers and crew who died on United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Facts The memorial site is managed by the National Park Service. The memorial encompasses 2,200 acres and the “Tower of
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four African-American girls during church services in 1963. September 15, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the bombing. Facts September 15, 1963 – A bomb blast at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, kills four African-American girls during church
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at what you need to know about the Oslo Accords, a series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s. Facts Oslo I is formally known as the Declaration of Principles (DOP). The pact established a timetable for the Middle East peace process. It planned for
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of Julián Castro, former Housing and Urban Development secretary and 2020 presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: September 16, 1974 Birth place: San Antonio, Texas Birth name: Julián Castro Father: Jesse Guzman, political activist and educator Mother: Maria “Rosie” del Rosario Castro, political activist and college
Continue Reading By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prosecutor whose office was run for decades by a prominent legal family who had two members killed in a shooting has excused himself from any prosecution in the case. In a letter August 11, Solicitor Duffie Stone turned the case of who killed
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new leader has been hired to oversee St. Louis’ jail system that has been plagued by unrest among detainees and concerns about conditions. The mayor’s office on Wednesday announced that Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah will take over as corrections commissioner on Sept. 13. She has 30 years of experience in corrections, most
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