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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill to use the state's allotment of Covid-19 relief funds to build new prisons. CNN's Dianne Gallagher reports.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal grilled a Facebook executive about "finstas," or fake Instagram accounts. The slang term is primarily used to describe a private Instagram account created by teens to interact with a trusted group of family and/or friends.

For four days, protesters from West Virginia rallied by kayaks and other boats in front of Sen. Joe Manchin's houseboat to demand he support the budget reconciliation bill.

New York City public school teacher Stephanie Edmonds tells CNN's Alisyn Camerota why she is choosing to leave her job over the city's vaccine mandate.

Nala Chengwe-Pupp is 15 years old, lives in South Africa and loves anything to do with art. She wants to study psychology like her sister and hopes that one day the world will be free of racism, homophobia and COVID-19.

The National School Board Association has asked the White House and the Education Department to help protect its board members, faculty and their schools. President of the board, Viola Garcia, wrote a letter explaining the seriousness of the situation.

CNN's Matt Rivers looks into the clashes between rival drug cartels in Ecuador prisons that have killed at least 116 people.

Sky Brown became Great Britain's youngest ever Olympic medalist this summer. Now, she is determined to encourage young girls around the world to replicate her success.

An African cryptocurrency exchange that began by planting its roots in Nigeria, has secured $15 million in Series A funding and it has big plans for the continent.