By Amir Vera, CNN Vaccine distribution in states and cities across the US are slowing down because of winter storms that have left more than a third of the continental US with below-zero temperatures Monday. The severe winter weather sparked emergency declarations in at least seven states, including Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi and
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By Kristen Rogers, CNN Adella Bond fired her revolver outside her window into the South Philadelphia air, hoping to attract police as a mob of Irish American people gathered around her home to tell her she wasn’t welcome. Bond, a Black woman who was a municipal court probation officer, knew that racial conflicts unfolded in
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN The US on Monday reported more than 53,800 new Covid-19 infections: its lowest daily case countsince October and a vastly different number from those plaguing the country just last month, when infections were topping 200,000 a day. Statistics from across the US are now reflecting more encouraging trends. California, one of
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By Khadean Coombs, CNN NBA legend Michael Jordan is donating $10 million to open two new medical clinics in his hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina. The clinics, slated to open in 2022, will serve the uninsured or underinsured residents of New Hanover County, according to a news release from Novant Health, a regional health care
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By Faith Karimi, CNN Frederick McKinley Jones was orphaned by age 8 and raised by a Catholic priest before he dropped out of high school. That didn’t stop him from pursuing his calling as an inventor whose work changed the world. A curious youth with a passion for tinkering with machines and mechanical devices, he
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By David Williams and Kevin Dotson, CNN Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James just set a new NBA record, but it probably won’t be the highlight of his legendary career. James turned the ball over five times in Friday’s win over the Memphis Grizzlies, bringing him to a total of 4,526 turnovers in his career,
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By Coy Wire and Jeff York, CNN Ahead of Sunday’s Daytona 500 — the biggest event on NASCAR’s schedule — it’s hard for Darrell “Bubba” Wallace not to get a little excited about what’s to come. “The Daytona 500 is the biggest race of our year, and we have to start out with a bang,”
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By Chandelis Duster and Naomi Thomas, CNN The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday emphasized the need for masking and other mitigation measures in order to reopen schools safely, saying “we have work to do” as teachers, students and parents continue to struggle with Covid-19’s impact on education. “We
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By Arman Azad, CNN Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine appears to reduce symptomatic coronavirus infections by more than 90% in the real world, Israeli researchers said Sunday. The findings, while preliminary, suggest that the vaccine remains remarkably effective in a mass vaccination campaign — outside the carefully controlled conditions of a clinical trial. The Clalit Research Institute,
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN Born to sharecroppers in a small Texas town, Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman became interested in flying while living in Chicago, where stories about the exploits of World War I pilots piqued her interest. But flight schools in the US wouldn’t let her in because of her race and gender. Undeterred, Coleman learned
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