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Schools turn to parents for help as omicron surge causes staff shortages

Schools turn to parents for help as omicron surge causes staff shortages

Jena Ardell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — School staffing shortages caused by the recent COVID-19 omicron surge have gotten so bad in at least two school districts that officials are turning to parents to keep classes going. The Palo Alto Unified School District in Palo Alto, California, made a plea amid its […]

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Coldest air of the season hits Northeast, with wind chill well below zero

Coldest air of the season hits Northeast, with wind chill well below zero

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans woke up to the coldest air of the season on Tuesday morning. Temperatures plummeted overnight as an arctic blast moved into the northeastern United States. By morning, the wind chill — what temperature it feels like — had dropped near or below […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Omicron to infect over 50% of Europe’s population, WHO warns

COVID-19 live updates: Omicron to infect over 50% of Europe’s population, WHO warns

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 839,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% of the […]

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COVID-19 live updates: Over 65,000 LA public school staff and students test positive

COVID-19 live updates: Over 65,000 LA public school staff and students test positive

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 839,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% of the […]

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Funeral held for teen killed by police in dressing room

Funeral held for teen killed by police in dressing room

Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A funeral service was held on Monday for a 14-year-old girl who was killed during a Los Angeles police-involved shooting at a clothing store. Valentina Orellana-Peralta was Christmas shopping with her mother at a North Hollywood Burlington Coat Factory […]

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Smoke inhalation killed all 17 victims in New York City apartment fire, medical examiner says

Smoke inhalation killed all 17 victims in New York City apartment fire, medical examiner says

Scott Heins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An open door to an apartment unit where a space heater caught fire allowed the smoke to spread throughout all floors of a 19-story building in New York City on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams told ABC News. At least 17 people, including eight children, […]

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COVID-19 live updates: US hospitalizations reach record high

COVID-19 live updates: US hospitalizations reach record high

JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 838,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. About 62.6% of the […]

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How to help after Bronx building fire kills 17, injures dozens

How to help after Bronx building fire kills 17, injures dozens

iStock/Kamonchai Mattakulphon (NEW YORK) — The deadly blaze that tore through a New York City building in the Tremont neighborhood of the Bronx has left many residents homeless, displaced or in need of basic necessities that they lost in the tragedy. The fire killed at least 17 people, including eight […]

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Robert Durst dies in custody

Robert Durst dies in custody

iStock (NEW YORK) — Robert Durst, a convicted murder who was awaiting trial on a separate murder charge, died of natural causes while in custody early Monday morning, his lawyer said. Durst, 78, was sentenced to life in prison in October 2021 for the first-degree murder of his friend, Susan […]

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Northeast expecting temperatures well below zero this week

Northeast expecting temperatures well below zero this week

Getty IMages/Christopher Kimmel (NEW YORK) — The coldest air of the season is moving into the Northeast on Monday night, sending temperatures plummeting by Tuesday morning. The wind chill — what temperature it feels like — is forecast to plunge Tuesday morning to minus 5 degrees in New York, minus […]

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