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US Covid-19 vaccination pace is down by nearly half in the last month. These states slow to vaccinate may struggle this summer, expert warns

By Travis Caldwell For many, a nationwide return to normalcy from the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to accelerate into the summer as more businesses and state governments prepare for a large-scale reopening. Sports stadiums are filling up, mask mandates are being shed, and travel and tourism industries anticipate a rebound with cruise lines planning for passengers once again. Health officials have pointed out, however, that such successes are largely contingent on getting the US fully vaccinated as quickly as possible. And right now, the rate of vaccination is slowing. The average daily pace of coronavirus vaccinations is down almost 50%

Schools diversity program splits community

By Jamie Kennedy FORSYTH County, Georgia (WGCL) — Parents, students, and community members packed a Forsyth County Schools board meeting to express concerns and admiration over the district’s decision to adopt a diversity plan. “Your strategic plan called DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion will fail for one very very specific reason, god is not in it,” said a retired nurse and small business owner in Forsyth County. “Thank you (for the program), I actually have a client who coaches huge organizations on how to include DEI and the importance of it and how it builds teams and cultures,” said Renee,

Offices are reopening. For parents, that raises a childcare problem

By Anneken Tappe The great reopening and return to pre-pandemic life is a tale of two timelines — and parents are caught in the middle. Offices are itching to get back to normal thanks to the vaccine rollout, but the rest of the world hasn’t necessarily caught up. Major companies have made clear they’re expecting workers to return to the office this summer. Yet many schools and child care facilities are still partially remote, running shorter hours or fully booked. That means some parents, often mothers, will face a difficult decision about whether they can return to the office —

Advocates push for Biden to use his executive powers to grant clemency for hundreds of women in federal prisons

By Christina Carrega Miquelle West was 10 when she learned the harsh realities about the criminal justice system as her mother was handed two life sentences plus 50 years in a federal lockup for a conspiracy drugs case that was connected to a murder. “My mom has been in prison since 1992 and she was a first-time offender … I’ve been working my whole life to help my mom get a second opportunity because she shouldn’t have served so many years for a crime that she actually did not commit,” West, now 38, told CNN about her mother Michelle West.

Kamala Harris to keynote star-studded CNN special honoring Class of 2021

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By Paul LeBlanc CNN will air a star-studded prime-time special on Sunday honoring the class of 2021, as millions of students across the nation graduate following a year shaped by the coronavirus pandemic. “Graduation 2021: A CNN Special Event” will air Sunday, May 23 at 7 p.m. ET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. The special will feature a keynote address from Vice President Kamala Harris along with musical performances from Portugal. The Man, Andy Grammer, Lukas Graham and EARCANDY. Students from the Duke Ellington School of Arts in Washington, DC, and the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School

Paul Mooney, ‘Bamboozled’ and ‘Chappelle’s Show’ actor and comedian, has died

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By Marianne Garvey Paul Mooney, the actor-comedian famous for starring on “Chappelle’s Show” and “Bamboozled,” has died at 79, a rep for the actor, Cassandra Williams, told The Hollywood Reporter. Mooney’s daughter, Spring Mooney, also took to Twitter with the news, saying her “best friend” has died. Mooney passed away from a heart attack on Wednesday morning in Oakland, California. The comedian was from Shreveport, Louisiana, and got his start as a writer for Richard Pryor. He went on to write for the sketch hit “In Living Color” and often appeared in skits on Dave Chappelle’s Comedy Central show. He

House members who said they were vaccinated against Covid-19

By Lauren Fox, Kristin Wilson, Sarah Fortinsky and Ali Zaslav Mask mandates may be being lifted across the country, but not in the United States House of Representatives. In a memo sent to members Monday, the Office of the Attending Physician wrote to remind members that masks are still required. “Extra precautions are necessary given the substantial number of partially vaccinated, unvaccinated, and vaccine-indeterminate individuals,” the letter read. “These measure allow for all participants to be treated in the same fashion without displaying any unique identification feature that would separate individuals based on their vaccination or health status.” CNN has

Two brothers were wrongfully convicted of rape and murder. Nearly 40 years later, they are getting $75 million in compensation

By Nicole Chavez and Christina Carrega A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014. The award is significant because not all exonerees in the United States are guaranteed compensation. The federal government, Washington, DC, and only 35 states have some form of restitution laws, according to the Innocence Project, but advocates say many of them fall short in compensating

How to use American Rescue Plan funds to invest in women

Opinion by Joanna Mikulski and Molly Dillon In the coming weeks, state and local governments will have to decide how to spend $350 billion in flexible, federal aid that will be distributed as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. One important way they can spend these funds is to invest in women so that it is possible for millions of them to enter or re-enter the workforce and remain in it. Millions of Americans are out of work and widespread layoffs at the start of the pandemic affected many female-dominated industries, like retail, hospitality and restaurants. Black and

Appeals court rules cops should have qualified immunity in violent takedowns

By Emma Tucker A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted so-called qualified immunity to Louisiana officers who were accused of forcing an unarmed Black man to the ground and beating him into compliance, a case that experts say exemplifies how difficult it can be for victims of police brutality to overcome the controversial doctrine in court. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a 2019 US District Court decision that said the officers violated the man’s constitutional rights during the encounter and the qualified immunity defense could not protect them in court, clearing the way for the case to go

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