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School workers in the nation’s second-largest district go on strike, shutting down schools. Here’s what they want

Cheri Mossburg and Holly Yan, CNN March 21, 2023

CNN -- A union representing 30,000 Los Angeles school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other support staff has started a three-day strike with support from the district’s...

US to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine faster than originally planned

Natasha Bertrand, CNN March 21, 2023

Fort Sill, Oklahoma CNN -- Patriot missile defense systems are set to be deployed to Ukraine faster than originally planned and a group of 65 Ukrainian soldiers will complete...

House GOP uses its new power in extraordinary effort to shield Trump from indictment

Stephen Collinson, CNN March 21, 2023

CNN -- Donald Trump’s Republican allies in the House are doing what the former president taught them to do – use government power to try to keep his legal threats at bay. After...

Three men were convicted on Monday in the 2018 murder of rapper XXXTentacion, seen here in 2017.
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Jury convicts three in 2018 murder of rapper XXXTentacion

Jamiel Lynch, CNN March 20, 2023

CNN– A Florida jury convicted three men in the murder of rapper XXXTentacion on Monday. Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome were all found guilty of first-degree murder and armed...

President Joe Biden participates in a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego, California earlier this month.
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Biden issues his first veto on retirement investment resolution

Clare Foran and Betsy Klein, CNN March 20, 2023

CNN– President Joe Biden issued the first veto of his presidency Monday on a resolution to overturn a retirement investment rule that allows managers of retirement funds to consider the impact of climate...

Higher education bill would prohibit Ohio staff and employees from striking

MEGAN HENRY, Ohio Capital Journal March 20, 2023

OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL– Senate Bill 83 is drawing harsh criticism from labor unions, who worry this could turn educators away from Ohio A massive higher education bill that would prohibit university staff...

Stephen Smith’s body will be exhumed for private autopsy, family says, almost 2 years after Murdaugh case prompted renewed scrutiny

CNN — The body of a 19-year-old found dead in the middle of a South Carolina road in 2015 will be exhumed, his family announced last week, almost two years after state authorities reopened...

Defiant Putin visits occupied Mariupol, symbol of Ukrainian resistance

Sandi Sidhu, CNN March 19, 2023

CNN —Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Russian-occupied Mariupol, his first visit to territory captured by his forces in the year-long conflict. The visit was an apparent act of defiance,...

Law enforcement searching for missing Indiana teen who may be in ‘extreme danger

Isa Kaufman-Geballe, CNN March 19, 2023

CNN — Law enforcement officials are desperately searching for an Indiana teenager who was last seen on Thursday and “is believed to be in extreme danger,” according to a missing person...

Workers remove sargassum from a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, in June. Orlando Barria/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

A seaweed blob twice the width of the US is heading toward Florida. Here’s what you should know

Jackie Wattles and Kristen Rogers, CNN March 18, 2023

CNN — A giant blob of seaweed twice the width of the continental United States is headed for the shores of Florida and other coastlines throughout the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to dump smelly and...

Trump says he expects to be arrested Tuesday as New York law enforcement prepares for possible indictment

Kaitlan Collins, CNN March 18, 2023

Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump said Saturday he expects to be arrested in connection with the investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney next week and called for protests as...

This community’s quarter century without a newborn shows the scale of Japan’s population crisis

Tokyo CNN — When Kentaro Yokobori was born almost seven years ago, he was the first newborn in the Sogio district of Kawakami village in 25 years. His birth was like a miracle for many villagers. Well-wishers...

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