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Kids and the Covid-19 vaccine: A pediatrician answers safety questions
The US Food and Drug Administration is expected to grant emergency use authorization next week to Pfizer/BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for teens and children ages 12 to 15.
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Falcons, Patriots Advance to Super Bowl LI
The Atlanta Falcons spent 25 years playing in the Georgia Dome, and they saved their best for last.
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Laura is now a hurricane and is forecast to strengthen more before hitting the Gulf Coast
After battering western Cuba as a tropical storm, Laura has strengthened into a hurricane in the Gulf Coast and is expected to grow even stronger as it heads toward Texas and Louisiana.
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Start your Monday smart: Winter storm, Cohen sentencing, Brexit vote, climate summit
If you're in the Southeastern US, we hope you're warm and cozy as this major winter storm threatens to spread a blanket of snow far and wide. Here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart.
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Sri Lanka bomb suspect's sister fears 18 relatives dead after attacks
The sister of the suspected ringleader of Sri Lanka's deadly Easter Sunday bombings has told CNN up to 18 of her family members are missing and feared dead since the attacks and subsequent raids.
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Alex Murdaugh's defense begins to deliver closing arguments in his murder trial
Alex Murdaugh's defense began to deliver closing arguments in his murder trial on Thursday as they seek to raise reasonable doubt about whether he killed his wife and son in 2021.
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5 Things We Still Don't Know About the Republican Tax Plan
President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress are finally moving to tax reform. Despite promises to the contrary, they may be hung up on it for a good long while.
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Mason Park Pedestrian/Bike Bridge Unveiling Set for September 22
As part of Bayou Greenways 2020, this iconic 485-foot bridge will connect communities along Brays Bayou in the East End
Houston Parks Board and its partners are pleased to announce the Mason Park Bridge Grand Opening event slated for Saturday, Sept. 22. Community members along Brays Bayou and across the city are invited to celebrate the official unveiling of Mason Park Bridge with Houston Parks Board, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Harris County Flood Control District, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Kinder Foundation and Council Member Robert Gallegos. Event partners include Houston Area Road Runners Association, The Houston Wellness Project, Houston Marathon Foundation, Houston Dynamo, Bayou Preservation Association, Houston Public Library, East End Management District, Nature and Eclectic Outdoors (NEO), Telemundo Houston and various community organizations.
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CNN Polls: Democrats hold the upper hand in Arizona, Tennessee Senate races
Democrats hold an advantage in two states that are critical to the party's chances of taking control of the US Senate, according to new CNN polls conducted by SSRS. The surveys show Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema and former Gov. Phil Bredesen leading their Republican opponents for open seats Arizona and Tennessee, where sitting Republican senators are retiring.
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FTC announces record $191M settlement against University of Phoenix
Secretary DeVos offers partial forgiveness for defrauded borrowers
The University of Phoenix (UOP), one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges will pay a record $191 million settlement to resolve charges stemming from a five-year investigation by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). On December 10, Andrew Smith, Director of FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection noted it was the largest settlement the Commission has obtained in a case against a for-profit school.
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AboutThatCar.com: 2019 Lexus IS 350 F Sport
The Lexus IS was one of the first models from the Japanese luxury brand that demonstrated it was serious about changing its image.
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NASA watchdog says return of astronauts to moon by 2024 'not feasible' due to spacesuit delays
NASA's goal of returning American astronauts to the moon by 2024 isn't feasible because of significant delays in developing spacesuits, NASA Inspector General Paul K. Martin said in a new report.
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Andrew Cuomo just did the least Andrew Cuomo thing in the most Andrew Cuomo way
To any neutral observer, the writing was on the wall: Andrew Cuomo needed to resign.
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Pew Poll: Being Black Is Central to Sense of Identity for Most Black Americans
Black adults in America are nearly 40 points more likely than the general population to say that their racial background is central to the way they think about themselves, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, and how Black Americans view their racial identity affects their sense of connection with the Black community locally, in the US and around the world.
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DOJ issues scathing rebuke of Bureau of Prisons detailing multiple failures that led to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide
The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General on Tuesday issued a scathing rebuke of the Bureau of Prisons detailing the multiple failures that led to the death of high-profile financier Jeffrey Epstein following his arrest in 2019 but found no evidence to contradict the “absence of criminality” in his death.
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Black Restaurant Week Relaunches 'More Than Just a Week' 2023 Campaign to Restimulate Black-Owned Businesses with Equitable Events in Key Markets
Black Restaurant Week LLC celebrates the flavors of African American, African and Caribbean cuisine with a series of regional cultural events and aims to support Black-owned culinary businesses with substantial programming outside of their 10 or 14-day, multi-city tour across the United States.
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U.S. veterans use art to help female Afghan soldiers who fled their country process their pain
In a sunlit gallery high above Manhattan, artist Jenn Hassin is trying to repurpose the tattered threads of lives unraveled.
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49ers crush new-look Rams in 'humbling' second straight defeat for Super Bowl hopefuls
Having not won a home game in over a year, it seems like the San Francisco 49ers only enjoy hosting one team these days.
