Blue Origin takes five people to space
The ‘Blue Origin’ rocket sent five people to space on Thursday, March…
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Chicago school district investigating after teacher hung stuffed Black doll on a string from a projector screen
WLS, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, SNAPCHAT, CNN, Chicago Sun-Times/Snapchat By Caroll Alvarado and Rebekah Riess, CNN An investigation is underway at Chicago…
Continue Reading Chicago school district investigating after teacher hung stuffed Black doll on a string from a projector screen
By Caroll Alvarado and Rebekah Riess, CNN An investigation is underway at Chicago Public Schools after a teacher hung a small stuffed Black football…
Continue Reading Parents reach $250,000 settlement with Texas city after son, 3, dies after contracting brain-eating amoeba at splash pad
By Hannah Sarisohn, CNN The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last year after a contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba at a splash pad in…
Continue Reading Washington state creates nation’s first alert system for missing Indigenous people
By Paradise Afshar, CNN Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington state signed a bill Thursday that creates the nation’s first alert system for…
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A big increase in migrants at the US-Mexico border is expected
More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to…
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Blue Origin successfully completes fourth space tourism mission
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin just launched its fourth successful space tourism mission, putting yet another feather in the cap of the company that…
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‘Youth are in crisis’: Mental health of US high school students worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic, CDC survey finds
Mental health concerns among high school students in the United States were exacerbated during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to survey results…
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Biden says US still looking for clear answers on Putin’s next moves
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he remains “skeptical” that Russian President Vladimir Putin will withdraw all of his forces from around the…
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Increase in migrants at US-Mexico border is expected after Title 42 changes
More migrants are coming to the US-Mexico border, and officials say they expect the number to grow. This is something we’ve seen many times before.…
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Senators push to extend pandemic school lunch waivers
A bipartisan group of senators is trying to extend pandemic school meal waivers that gave districts extra federal funds and flexibilities to provide…
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Senators push to extend pandemic school lunch waivers
A bipartisan group of senators is trying to extend pandemic school meal waivers that gave districts extra federal funds and flexibilities to…
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Scientists finally finish decoding entire human genome
Scientists say they have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two…
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Ukraine: Russians leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure
Russian troops began leaving the Chernobyl nuclear plant after soldiers got “significant doses” of radiation from digging trenches at the highly…
Continue Reading Virginia Tech Shootings Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research Here is some background information about the shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, one of the deadliest mass shootings in…
Continue Reading State police won’t comment on audio obtained by AP of investigators grilling state trooper at center of Ronald Greene killing
CNN By Virginia Langmaid and Nick Valencia, CNN A former Louisiana State Police officer, who on body camera video can be heard saying that he…
Continue Reading ‘The answer is not to defund.’ Here’s what’s in President Biden’s increased budget for policing
By Peter Nickeas, CNN Billions of dollars to address America’s exploding gun trafficking problem, to catch dangerous fugitives, and to fund…
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Russia says its military is regrouping. A ramped-up assault on eastern Ukraine could be next
Russia’s military says it has moved on to a new phase of its so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine, claiming that it is shifting its…
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After an 8-year wait, the US men’s soccer team will once again compete in a World Cup
After an eight-year wait, the US Men’s National Team secured a spot Wednesday in the 2022 FIFA World Cup, although not in a way the team would have…
Continue Reading She helped rebuild Kyiv after World War II. Now, she’s had to flee it
By Omar Jimenez, CNN Even as the bombs began to fall, Yevhenia Khomenko didn’t want to leave her home in Kyiv, Ukraine. “I would rather…
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