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Los Angeles woman whose mom died of Covid-19 had to hold the funeral in a parking lot

January 11, 2021 7:04 PM CNN Newsource

Juliana Jimenez Sesma stared down at her mother’s casket. Her mother’s face was made-up, and her hair done just so. Her expression was…

Nine days police in DC arrested more people than they did during the Capitol siege

January 11, 2021 6:58 PM CNN Newsource

Sixty-one: That’s the number of arrests Washington, DC, police made the day rioters laid siege to the Capitol in protest of President-elect Joe…

Theodore Lumpkin Jr., a Tuskegee Airmen member, dies at 100 due to Covid-19 complications

January 11, 2021 5:31 PM CNN Newsource

Theodore Lumpkin Jr., one of the last surviving members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who served during World War II, has died at age 100. Lumpkin…

Yogananda Pittman named acting US Capitol police chief after riots

January 11, 2021 5:25 PM CNN Newsource

The US Capitol Police has appointed a Black woman as its acting police chief after the former head resigned in the fallout from the agency’s…

Airbnb says it will try to ban Capitol rioters from inauguration stays

January 11, 2021 4:48 PM CNN

Airbnb announced on Monday plans to attempt to restrict rioters who stormed the Capitol from returning to the Washington, DC area for next…

Pence and Trump remain estranged in aftermath of riot

January 11, 2021 4:33 PM CNN

Vice President Mike Pence received a memento from his aides the other day: the engraved chair set aside for him in the White House Cabinet Room,…

At least two gorillas at San Diego Zoo tested positive for Covid-19, in the first known cases among great apes

January 11, 2021 4:12 PM CNN Newsource

The surge of Covid-19 in California has just gotten even worse, after at least two gorillas at the San Diego Zoo became infected with Covid-19, the…

How Miami-Dade opened all its public schools — and kept them open

January 11, 2021 4:00 PM CNN Newsource

Alberto Carvalho has been able to do what hundreds of his fellow superintendents have not: fully open his district’s schools in the pandemic.…

Gunman kills 3 in multiple shootings in the Chicago area, police say

January 11, 2021 3:41 PM CNN Newsource

A gunman killed three people and wounded several others in a series of shootings in the Chicago area before being shot and killed by police,…

US to designate Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization

January 11, 2021 2:58 PM CNN

The Trump administration will designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization in a move that diplomats, members of Congress…

‘An unimaginable love story’: High school sweethearts reunite and marry after nearly 70 years apart

January 11, 2021 1:24 PM CNN Newsource

High school sweethearts who were separated nearly seven decades ago reunited during the coronavirus pandemic and are now…

6-foot megalodon shark babies were cannibals in the womb, study says

January 11, 2021 12:52 PM CNN Newsource

These extinct sharks gave birth to some really large babies — about the size of a full-grown human…

Key arrests from the Capitol riot so far

January 11, 2021 11:11 AM CNN Newsource

Twenty federal criminal defendants related to last week’s deadly pro-Trump riot at the US Capitol have been rounded up across the country since the…

House Democrats introduce impeachment resolution, charging Trump with ‘incitement of insurrection’

January 11, 2021 11:44 AM CNN

House Democrats formally introduced their resolution to impeach President Donald Trump on Monday, charging him with “incitement of…

Bowser urges people to avoid DC as National Guard plans to have up to 15,000 troops in city

January 11, 2021 11:34 AM CNN

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and…

Impeaching Trump is only the start

January 11, 2021 11:30 AM CNN

Following the violent storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump demonstrators, Democrats are preparing for an unprecedented second impeachment of Donald…

Bowser urges people to avoid DC as National Guard plans to have at least 10,000 troops in city

January 11, 2021 10:05 AM CNN

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and…

This kindergartner spent almost 2 weeks making 200 New Year’s cards for seniors. Then she broke her piggy bank to buy them a gift

January 11, 2021 9:29 AM CNN Newsource

They say creativity takes courage. And sometimes courage means finding the self-discipline to sit down and handcraft hundreds of cards by yourself,…

This cancer doctor wiped out more than $600,000 in medical debt for his former patients

January 11, 2021 9:21 AM CNN Newsource

An act of kindness by an Arkansas doctor is helping his former patients face the new year with less debt. Dr. Omar T. Atiq voided more than $650,000…

DC mayor urges people to avoid city during Biden’s inauguration

January 11, 2021 9:08 AM CNN

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week and…