(CNN) — Disneyland Resort in Southern California will be allowed to reopen with capacity limits starting April 1, state Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly announced Friday. While Walt Disney World Resort in Florida reopened with capacity limits...
(CNN) Three men were released from prison on Friday after the Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in the Queens, New York, District Attorney's Office found that they had been wrongfully convicted of double homicide. Today is the day, today is the day, today is...
(CNN) 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 a property interest in the images, now owned by Harvard University, a Massachusetts judge ruled Tuesda...
He was the former acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from January to July 2009. "Government failed because it did not learn from past experiences, or because lessons thought to be learned were somehow not implemented." That...
The US Navy still fields more tonnage -- bigger and heavier armed ships like guided-missile destroyers and cruisers -- than China. "The big advantage the Chinese navy holds over the US Navy is in patrol and coastal combatants, or corvettes and below," Child...
(CNN) The Biden administration is considering opening additional temporary border facilities in Arizona to manage the influx of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border, marking the latest move to address capacity issues that have been exacerbated because...
Chicago (CNN) Hattie Blumenberg can't easily get to a mass vaccination center. Its doctors are distributing vaccines to Rush patients who are 65 and older and can't get to a clinic. Thanks to the program, Hattie and her daughter, Jackie Blumenberg, have got...
Though raising the minimum wage is supported by two thirds of Americans , corporate interests have successfully framed the issue as a give-and-take between better wages and fewer jobs. Democrats could take the side of workers -- they have the power to overr...
(CNN) Four elderly sisters in New Jersey haven't been able to have their regular get-togethers during the coronavirus pandemic, but they made an exception to get their Covid-19 vaccinations. Edith Camp, 96, Bernice Cecil, 92, Nora McDonald, 86, and 84-year-...
This image was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars, which took place on March 4. "Butler's protagonists embody determination and inventiveness, making her a perfect fit for the Perseverance rover mission and its theme of overcomin...
(CNN) The pace of Covid-19 vaccine administration in the US continues to improve, each day bringing the country closer to herd immunity -- the point at which enough people are protected against a disease that it cannot spread. This week, President Joe Biden...
As stressful as the morning rush can be, many Canadian parents are grateful for it. Through a dangerous second wave of the pandemic, Canada has managed to keep most schools open, most of the time, even in its hardest-hit Covid-19 hot spots. The result has b...
(CNN) A former Trump State Department political appointee appeared in Washington, DC, federal court Friday after being charged for pushing against police in the Capitol building during the January 6 insurrection. Federico Klein, who lives in the DC area and...
Ham's sentiments echo the fatigue, frustration and collective trauma experienced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) due to recent racist attacks on their communities. This spike in hostility towards Asian Americans coincides with the Covid-19 p...
Washington (CNN) As the demand for coronavirus vaccines continues to outpace the supply, the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine came as encouraging and much needed news to cities and states across the US. But not, apparently, for Detroit. The city...
(CNN) Several great apes at the San Diego Zoo have been vaccinated against Covid-19 a few weeks after the zoo's gorillas tested positive for the virus. Members of the zoo's bonobo and orangutan troops were vaccinated using doses from a supply intended stric...
Washington (CNN) The Biden administration is increasingly sounding the alarm over a series of newly discovered cyber intrusions that Microsoft said this week were linked to China. "This is an active threat," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday...
Albany, New York (CNN) The New York State Senate passed a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo's expanded emergency executive powers Friday. The vote split straight down the party lines, with all 20 Republican senators saying the bill does not go far enough to...
(CNN) The Pratt & Whitney engine part that failed with a fiery bang on United Airlines Flight 328 last month in the skies above Denver had most recently received a close inspection for wear and tear in 2016, investigators said Friday. The National Trans...
(CNN) The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court should reconsider the state's motion to reinstate a third-degree murder charge against former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Jury selection in Chauv...
