The English National Opera (ENO) is rolling out its singing, breathing and wellbeing program for recovering coronavirus patients around the country following a successful trial.
Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine given to first patients in Ohio
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The long-awaited, one-dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine has now been administered in the United States. Barbara Schmalenberger, 86, was the first to receive the vaccine at the Schottenstein Center, in Colu...
This Wayne County, Michigan, program is helping exonerate people for crimes they didn’t commit. Now it’s going statewide
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After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office in Michigan. The feeli...
‘Minari’ just won best foreign-language film. The director feared he’d have to make the movie in English
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If it weren't for a producer's persistence, the movie that won best foreign-language film at the Golden Globes might have been made in English instead. "Minari" writer-director Lee Isaac Chung told CNN in a recent i...
The multilingual voice app helping Indians shop online
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London (CNN Business)In a country where 1.3 billion people speak 22 officially recognized languages and hundreds of dialects, communication can be a problem, especially online. Despite a rapid rise in the number of ...
As one Virginia school district prepares to reopen, educators and families balance Covid precautions and normal instruction
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Rose Moore stands in front of a classroom, training a teacher about technology and safety for in-person learning. It's the 44th time the assistant principal at Holmes Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has d...
It’s the US’ deadliest avalanche season in years. Experts say Covid is partially to blame
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The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the US economy, health care system and schools. Some experts say it's also to blame for a recent spike in avalanche deaths. Seriously. So far this winter season, 32 peop...
Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming
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Tokyo With the Olympic games due to start in Tokyo in July, Japan had every reason to move quickly to approve a Covid-19 vaccine and begin inoculations. But the country only started inoculating its population of 126...
‘They restricted our freedoms’: CPAC speakers push back against Covid restrictions
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Orlando, Florida Even as attendees were required to wear masks, the Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off its 2021 meeting with a defiant stance toward Covid-19 restrictions. "They restricted our freed...
India exits recession but rapid growth is still a long way off
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New Delhi (CNN Business)India's economy is out of recession but still a long way from returning to rates of growth seen before the pandemic. Asia's third biggest economy recorded a rise in gross domestic product of ...
Senate parliamentarian rules against including minimum wage in Covid relief bill
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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against including the increase in the minimum wage in the Covid relief bill, an aide familiar with the process and two sources with direct knowledge of the situation tell CNN. Th...
All eyes on Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough as she reviews minimum wage provision in Covid relief bill
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A little known but powerful Senate official is being thrust into the spotlight this week as Democrats are eager to see whether an increase to the federal minimum wage will be kept in President Joe Biden's Covid reli...
Sanders says $15 minimum wage not ‘incidental’ to federal budget as its place in Covid relief bill questioned
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Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour isn't "incidental" to the federal budget, despite skepticism from Capitol Hill and the White House of its future in the President's ...