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Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet, ‘tailed’ by security guard on her walk home

March 6, 2021 6:51 am CNN Newsource

Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, said she was “tailed” and told “you look suspicious” by a…

A drained swimming pool shows how racism harms White people, too

March 6, 2021 5:52 am CNN Newsource

If you’re a White person who thinks racism only hurts people of color, the story behind an empty, abandoned swimming pool in Missouri might…

Canada vowed to protect its Indigenous women. But they are still being blamed for their own deaths

March 6, 2021 5:10 am CNN Newsource

February marked the culmination of a nearly decade-long legal saga that raised national questions about how Canada treats Indigenous women. Cindy…

Pope Francis holds historic meeting with revered Shia cleric in Iraq’s Najaf

March 6, 2021 4:35 am CNN

Pope Francis has held a historic meeting with revered Shia Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of the pontiff’s…

Thousands of students have dropped out of school due to Covid-19. These are the educators trying to track them down

March 6, 2021 4:12 am CNN Newsource

The first thing you need to know about dropping out of school is that it doesn’t happen all at once. Educators say students don’t just…

Car bomb explodes in Somalia’s capital, killing at least 20 people

March 6, 2021 2:38 am CNN Newsource

At least 20 people were killed and more than 30 others wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Friday night, police and…

The emotional catharsis of ‘Wandavision’ in a year of grief

March 6, 2021 1:05 am CNN Newsource

Warning: Spoilers for “WandaVision” follow. There’s a moment in the penultimate episode of the Disney+ series…

AP Week in Pictures, Global

March 6, 2021 12:39 am The Associated Press

FEB. 27 – MARCH 5, 2021 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated…

At least 6 people hospitalized after a natural gas explosion and fire in Texas

March 6, 2021 12:02 am CNN Newsource

At least six employees of CenterPoint Energy were transported to local hospitals Friday after what the company described as a “natural gas…

The Apollo 11 astronauts quarantined after returning to Earth. Here’s why

March 5, 2021 11:08 pm CNN Newsource

Just weeks after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine. It’s…

Perseverance rover takes its first drive on Mars, sends back image

March 5, 2021 3:23 pm CNN Newsource

The NASA Perseverance rover has taken its first drive on Mars, traveling about 21 feet and doing a little spin across Jezero Crater. And that first…

An 18-year-old wins $25,000 on her very first lottery ticket

March 5, 2021 10:02 pm CNN Newsource

Now that she had turned 18, Sloan Stanley decided she’d do some grown-up things. One item on her to-do list: Buy her very first lottery ticket.…

Is there a border crisis? It depends who you ask, but it’s clear that more migrants are crossing into the US

March 5, 2021 9:04 pm CNN Newsource

An American flag blew in the South Texas wind as Father Roy Snipes prepared to welcome 100 migrants to the school close to his church. He set the…

Myanmar’s ethnic groups have long suffered from military brutality. The junta gave them a common foe

March 5, 2021 8:29 pm CNN Newsource

For many of Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, the bloodshed inflicted across the country’s towns and cities this week is a continuation of the…

Woman says she is being fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine

March 5, 2021 7:20 pm CNN Newsource

Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A Cumberland County healthcare worker…

A Black police officer in Florida was fired for using the n-word, but his police union wants him reinstated

March 5, 2021 7:04 pm CNN Newsource

A Black police officer in Florida was fired this week after footage from his body camera showed him using the n-word during a personal phone call and…

NBA All-Star 2021 to support Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity

March 5, 2021 12:01 pm Ryan Fish

The Santa Barbara-based charity has already raised $75 million for communities of color that are more severely impacted by…

The Latest: Ontario wants vaccine shot in adults by June 20

March 5, 2021 5:43 pm The Associated Press

TORONTO — The head of the vaccine program for Canada’s most populous province expects to get every adult in Ontario a first vaccine shot by June…

A judge ruled photos of enslaved individuals belong to Harvard, not their direct descendant

March 5, 2021 5:34 pm CNN Newsource

A woman who says she is the direct descendant of a man and woman pictured in some of the earliest known photographs of enslaved people does not have…

Doctors in Chicago are making house calls to give vulnerable patients the Covid-19 vaccine

March 5, 2021 5:28 pm CNN Newsource

Hattie Blumenberg can’t easily get to a mass vaccination center. The 90-year-old woman has limited transportation, and leaving her Chicago home…