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Courtesy Sutherland family By Steve Almasy and Deanna Hackney, CNN No charges will be filed against two former Charleston County, South Carolina, detention officers who tased and pepper sprayed Jamal Sutherland before his in-custody death in January, Ninth Circuit Solicitor Scarlett Wilson said Monday. “Ethically, I can’t bring a case forward that I know I can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt, and I cannot prove criminal intent beyond a reasonable doubt in this case,” she said at a new...

Heres how one university is clearing account balances to help students during the pandemic Share Updated: 7:18 PM EDT Jul 26, 2021 Alta Spells, Deanna Hackney and Susannah Cullinane, CNN Heres how one university is clearing account balances to help students during the pandemic Share Updated: 7:18 PM EDT Jul 26, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript graduation music following an untraditional year and after semesters of struggle through the pandemic and surprise ...

Authorities identify the final victim in the Surfside collapse, ending a month-long search and recovery operation Courtesy Hedaya family By Amir Vera, Deanna Hackney and Madeline Holcombe, CNN The last remaining missing person from the Champlain Towers South building collapse in Surfside, Florida, was identified Monday, ending a month-long search and recovery operation. Estelle Hedaya was the remaining victim who had not yet been identified, leaving her family in limbo until today. “It was ob...

Montana issues air quality warning due to wildfire smoke REUTERS By Steve Almasy and Dave Alsup, CNN Smoke from the Western wildfires has prompted officials in Montana to issue air quality warnings in a dozen counties. “Air quality across the state ranges from MODERATE to UNHEALTHY, with the worst air quality concentrations occurring in the southern half of the state, south of the I-90 corridor. Air quality has worsened this morning, and will likely continue to worsen through Tuesday,” Mont...

A Georgia university is clearing account balances to help students during the pandemic Marcus Ingram/Getty Images North America/Getty Images for ALL IN: The Fig Clark Atlanta University says that it had received a substantial amount of support from the federal government under the CARES Act Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund By Alta Spells, Deanna Hackney and Susannah Cullinane, CNN An Atlanta university says it is clearing student account balances for spring 2020 through summer 2021 to hel...

Covid-19 cases surge in state with one of the lowest vaccination rates By Sarah Jorgensen and Polo Sandoval, CNN In Arkansas, the fight against both the deadly Covid-19 Delta variant and vaccine hesitancy starts one person at a time, meeting them where they are. Sometimes, that’s at church. At St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Little Rock’s Southwest side, Oscar Martinez was seizing his chance at a pop-up vaccine clinic in a gymnasium on Saturday afternoon, sponsored by the University of A...

Bash presses Covid-19 response coordinator on falling short of July 4th goal AP By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Twenty states have reached the Biden administration‘s goal to partially vaccinate 70% of American adults by the Fourth of July as the Delta variant spreads and people gather for holiday celebrations across the country. White House officials acknowledged last month that they would fall short of their goal, which was set in early May when the US was vaccinating people at a much faster pace tha...

By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Twenty states have reached the Biden administration‘s goal to partially vaccinate 70% of American adults by the Fourth of July as the Delta variant spreads and people gather for holiday celebrations across the country. White House officials acknowledged last month that they would fall short of their goal, which was set in early May when the US was vaccinating people at a much faster pace than it is now. The US reached its highest vaccination rate in mid-April when the s...

Identities released of 3 additional victims in Surfside partial building collapse  From CNNs Rosa Flores and Deanna Hackney  The Miami Dade Police Department has released the identities of three additional victims of the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse.  In addition, the remains of a 7-year-old girl were recovered Friday, but her identity is being withheld at the request of her family.  The three victims are Bonnie Epstein, 56, Claudio Bonnefoy, 85, and Maria Obias-Bonnefoy...

Town of Surfside hires structural engineer to study condo collapse From CNNs Curt Devine Allyn Kilsheimer, the structural engineer hired by the town of Surfside, Florida, to study Thursday’s condo collapse, said he has already begun examining the building and will use a meticulous, computer-assisted process of elimination to attempt to identify the causes of the disaster.  He explained his process.  “Generally speaking, you visit the site, you try to look at drawings to the extent they ar...