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Daunte Wright, George Floyd families unite in demanding change, justice following Brooklyn Center shooting
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The Wright and Floyd families joined prominent civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and others on Tuesday afternoon in front of Minnesota's Hennepin County Courthouse, where former Minneapolis police officer Derek Ch...
US to keep migrant families in hotels amid rush for space
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., was told that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will occupy "several hotels along the southwest border, including in Chandler and Phoenix," her office said in a statement. Chandle...
Chicago Teachers Union asks for delay of high school reopenings, wants vaccines for students and families
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Chicago Public Schools has set a target date for high school students to return to the classroom on April 19, but the Chicago Teacher's Union has pushed back on the idea, citing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic...
Biden task force has not reunified any families separated at border
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"Regarding the reunifications thus far, the task force has not directly reunified any families yet, and that's because we really are trying to build the processes and the information," a DHS official said. The offic...
When Covid-19 came for their community, these Choctaw tribal members mobilized to feed and protect families
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When news of the Covid-19 pandemic first broke, Brian Mask, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, immediately saw the danger it posed to his tribe. "I knew it was gonna be bad because we Natives, you...
A teacher resigned after her racist rant stereotyping Black families during a Zoom call was recorded by a parent
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After a Zoom call with a student and his mother, a California teacher who thought the call had ended was recorded saying her student has learned to lie and make excuses, calling the parents "pieces of sh*t" and sayi...
After deadly mass shootings, survivors and victims’ families are still grappling with how hate upended their lives
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Watch "AFRAID: Fear in Communities of Color" at 9 p.m. ET on Friday, March 26 -- a CNN Special Report hosted by Amara Walker, Ana Cabrera, Victor Blackwell and Anderson Cooper. A rod in Martha Juarez's left arm, the...
Oakland will give low-income families of color $500 per month, no strings attached
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Low-income families of color in Oakland, California, could receive some extra financial assistance over the next year and a half. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced this week that the city will launch a guarantee...
Families separated at the border could be reunited in US, Homeland Security secretary says
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The Biden administration could reunite migrant families separated at the US-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Monday. Mayork...
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...
ICE plans to release migrant families in detention, officials say
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to release some migrant families in detention to accommodate the arrival of migrants arrested at the US-Mexico border, according to two Homeland Security officials. O...
Mexico stops accepting US returns of some migrant families under pandemic-era policy
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The United States has been unable to return some migrant families to Mexico under a pandemic-era border policy after a change in Mexican law concerning the detention of children, according to three Department of Hom...
Mysterious untreatable fevers once devastated whole families. This doctor discovered what caused them
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It's an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague -- but until 20 years ago, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed. They couldn't explain why those afflicted, often in the same ...
White House open to scaling down stimulus checks to families making more than $150,000 in Covid-19 relief bill
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Washington President Joe Biden is open to some negotiation on his $ 1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, a senior administration official told CNN, but the $ 600 billion counterproposal announced by some Republica...
UK plumber has helped over 2,000 vulnerable families fix heating and plumbing during the pandemic for free
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Thousands of elderly and disabled individuals in the UK have received emergency heating and plumbing repairs at no cost during the pandemic thanks to a kind-hearted plumber. James Anderson, 53, of Burnley, a town i...
Families of US hostages and detainees look to Biden to keep up efforts to free loved ones
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As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take over from the outgoing Trump administration, the goal for the families of Americans unlawfully detained and held hostage abroad remains the same: to see their loved ones...