The shanty boat was bound for New Orleans, but the destination mattered less than the challenges, chance encounters and lessons learned along the way.

LaToya Cantrell was charged with going to criminal lengths to carry out, and cover up, a romantic relationship with a city police officer assigned to protect her.

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The shooting in Atlanta, which killed a police officer, followed the spread of false information around Covid vaccines and animosity directed at the agency, public health workers say.

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The gunman fired at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention because he blamed the Covid vaccine for his maladies, an official said.

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