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Bell Hooks, famed feminist writer, dies at age 69

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By Leah Asmelash, Bell Hooks — the beloved poet, author, feminist and professor — has died,Ā announced Berea College, the university at which she taught, on Wednesday. She was 69. “Berea College is deeply saddened about the death of bell hooks, Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies, prodigious author, public intellectual and one of the country’s foremost feminist scholars,” the college wrote. hooks passed away in her home after an “extended illness,” according to Berea College. Known for her writing on race, gender and sexuality, hooks published more than 30 books over the course of her lifetime, including 1981’s “Ain’t

NYPD top cop pick highlights the slow rise of female police chiefs nationwide

By Emma Tucker, For the first time in the New York Police Department’s 176-year history,Ā a woman will become police commissioner of the nation’s largest police forceĀ — leading an agency tasked with combating police misconduct and the recent rise in violent crime, while raising the stakes for departments around the country. New York City Mayor-elect Eric AdamsĀ on Wednesday formally namedĀ Keechant Sewell, the Nassau County chief of detectives, as the city’s first female police commissioner. Sewell, who will be the NYPD’s third Black commissioner and the first non-white male in more than 30 years, will take the reins of an agency that

A year after the first vaccinations, coronavirus restrictions are back

By Theresa Waldrop, It has been exactly a year sinceĀ the first Covid-19 vaccination shots, but rising case numbers and hospitalizations are leading cities and states to introduce new mandates and restrictions. In California, masks will be required in indoor public settings for a month starting Wednesday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last week announced aĀ new, temporary indoor mask mandateĀ that went into effect Monday. It requires everyone in the state to wear a mask in all indoor public spaces unless businesses implement a vaccine requirement. It will be in place until at least January 15. Starting January 3, you will need

A single Kentucky Republican travels with Biden to survey tornado and storm damage

By Maegan Vazquez, On nearly any other day in Washington, Republican Congressman James Comer would likely be calling for oversight investigations into the Biden administration. But on Wednesday, Comer — who represents Kentucky’s 1st District and is the top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform — accompaniedĀ President Joe BidenĀ throughout his trip to Kentucky to survey damage in the wake of deadly tornadoes. Comer’s congressional district includes Mayfield and Dawson Springs —Ā two towns the President visitedĀ where tornadoes had ripped across neighborhoods, destroying homes and businesses. The Republican congressman’s appearance next to a Democratic President marked a rare moment

How two Maryland women work to raise awareness about missing Black people

By Lauren Lee, When the disappearance and death of Gabby Petito blew up social media and flooded TV screens in August, the case put a renewed spotlight on the inequity in coverage of missing people of color. For the last 13 years, sisters-in-law Natalie and Derrica Wilson have made it their mission to step in to help search for missing people of color when the media and law enforcement fall short. ‘Missing white woman syndrome’ When 24-year-old Tamika Huston went missing from Derrica Wilson’s hometown of Spartanburg, South Carolina, on May 27, 2004, she was shocked at the lack of

NYC to get its first female police commissioner to lead the nation’s largest police force

By Rob Frehse New York City will get its first female police commissioner to lead the nation’s largest police department, after Mayor-electĀ Eric AdamsĀ picked Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell. “Keechant Sewell is a proven crime fighter with the experience and emotional intelligence to deliver both the safety New Yorkers need and the justice they deserve,” Adams said in a statement released to CNN. “Chief Sewell will wake up every day laser-focused on keeping New Yorkers safe and improving our city, and I am thrilled to have her at the helm of the NYPD.” The formal announcement will be made

An atmospheric river is forecast to deliver up to a foot of rain and feet of snow to California

By Judson Jones, As people continue picking up the pieces from this weekend’s deadlyĀ tornado outbreak, a new storm system is intensifying. This one is out West. An atmospheric river — a plume of moisture, similar to a river, that streams in off the Pacific Ocean and brings extreme rains — is unleashing flooding rainfall of up to a foot and several feet of snow on the West Coast. The storm began in Washington this weekend, where it created unstable conditions and led toĀ at least one avalancheĀ in the region. Now it’s meandering down the coast, first soaking people in the Bay

Covid-19 vaccinations began a year ago. These numbers show how it’s going

By Faith Karimi and Deidre McPhillips, On December 14, 2020, nurse Sandra Lindsay rolled up her left sleeve at a New York City hospital andĀ became one of the first people in the USĀ to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The vaccine was from Pfizer/BioNTech, and it had beenĀ authorized for emergency useĀ only three days earlier by the FDA — the first counterblow against a deadly virus that had crippled the country and shut down much of the world. Authorization for Covid-19 vaccines from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson soon followed. A year later, millions of people in the US — and billions around

Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to Skid Row, is CNN’s Hero of the Year

By Tricia Escobedo and Allie Torgan, Shirley Raines, who brings beauty and hope to the men and women living on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, is the 2021 CNN Hero of the Year. As she received her award Sunday, Raines thanked her children including her late son, who inspired her work. “This surely hasn’t been easy. I stand before you a very broken woman,” an emotional Raines said. “I am a mother without a son and there are a lot of people in the streets without a mother — and I feel like it’s a fair exchange.” Raines was presented with

In one Kentucky town, many tornado survivors are left with just the clothes on their backs

By Kelly McCleary, Holly Yan and Theresa Waldrop, The destruction was instantaneous as many homes and businesses were tossed in the air after a tornado outbreak across eight states — but those who survived, many of whom are left with only the clothes on their backs, now face a daunting path toward recovery. About 75% of one town, Dawson Springs in western Kentucky, was wiped out by the tornado, said Mayor Chris Smiley. About a third of the town’s population of 2,500 lives below the poverty line and many don’t have insurance. Those whose homes are still standing probably won’t

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