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Anderson Cooper, the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning CNN prime-time anchor, will host a new Sunday prime-time series for the cable news network called “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper.” CNN Chairman and CEO Chris Licht announced Thursday that the weekly series will feature single-subject episodes from the network’s award-winning longform storytelling team that will include investigations, interviews and profiles. The show is set to premiere April 16 at 8 p.m. ET. “Powered by CNN’s unmatched global journalism operation, ‘The Whole Story’ goes behind the headlines, touching every continent ......

CHICAGO – On a brisk Sunday morning, half a dozen people congregate under the Red Line tracks at the intersection of Glenwood and Farwell avenues in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood to clean the sidewalk, stock inspirational posters into a recycled Chicago Reader newspaper box and write the names of those who have died at the hands of law enforcement. It’s a regular occurrence since July Fourth. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Matthias Regan, a former North Central College professor of English literature, and members of PO Box Collective, which creates community in Rogers Park through arts programmi......

MIAMI — On the surface, Roberto Guillermo Bravo epitomizes the successful American immigrant. Born and raised in Argentina, he graduated from the country's naval academy and served as a lieutenant before coming to the United States to work as a military attaché in the Argentine Embassy. After retiring from the military, Bravo moved with his family to Miami, became a naturalized citizen and started his own business. But at age 78, an alleged atrocity in his past has come back to haunt him, for the second time. Bravo, who lives in a $1 million-plus waterfront home with pool and yacht in North Mi......

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Although the coronavirus vaccines that began arriving a few days ago have brought a ray of hope, they're coming too late for the thousands of residents and workers at nursing homes in the Bay Area and across California who became infected during the deadly surge that has exploded the last several weeks. According to data published by the state, 12,491 residents and staff in skilled nursing facilities and assisted living centers were sick with COVID-19 as of Thursday. That includes hundreds in the Bay Area, where some long-term care facilities have seen large outbreaks. A ski......