Amy O'Kruk

New York

Visual Journalist, CNN Data and Graphics at CNN

visual journalist @CNNdatagraphics past: @NBC @globeandmail @columbiajourn & ghost of @uwogazette 🇨🇦 she/her

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Articles

School shootings in the US: Fast facts

2 weeks ago | kesq.com | Alex Leeds Matthews |Amy O'Kruk |Annette Choi

By Alex Leeds Matthews, Amy O'Kruk and Annette Choi, CNN(CNN) - There have been eight school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of March 19. Four were on college campuses, and four were on K-12 school grounds. The incidents left five people dead and at least seven other victims injured, according to CNN's analysis of events reported by the Gun Violence Archive, Education Week and Everytown for Gun Safety.
Tracking Trump's overhaul of the federal workforce

1 month ago | kesq.com | Annette Choi |Alex Leeds Matthews |Danya Gainor |Amy O'Kruk

By Annette Choi, Alex Leeds Matthews, Danya Gainor and Amy O'Kruk, CNN(CNN) - Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plan to cut spending and downsize the federal government.
Tracking Trump's overhaul of the federal workforce

2 months ago | kesq.com | Annette Choi |Alex Matthews |Danya Gainor |Amy O'Kruk

By Annette Choi, Alex Leeds Matthews, Danya Gainor and Amy O'Kruk, CNN(CNN) - Thousands of federal workers have been laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plan to cut spending and downsize the federal government.
Tracking Trump's overhaul of the federal workforce

2 months ago | kesq.com | Annette Choi |Alex Matthews |Danya Gainor |Amy O'Kruk

By Annette Choi, Alex Leeds Matthews, Danya Gainor and Amy O'Kruk, CNN(CNN) - Thousands of federal workers have been placed on administrative leave, laid off or issued immediate termination notifications as part of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's plan to cut spending and downsize the federal government.
Four charts show why Trump's vision of energy independence is a myth

2 months ago | kesq.com | Ella Nilsen |Amy O'Kruk

By Ella Nilsen and Amy O'Kruk, CNN(CNN) - President Donald Trump swept into office with a three-word energy policy: Drill baby drill. In Trump's telling, unleashing US oil drilling will reduce gas prices - and thereby Americans' cost of living - and increase the nation's energy independence. But there is a very simple reason why Trump's seemingly simple plans don't add up: Not all oil is the same. Oil falls on a spectrum from light to heavy, depending on how much sulfur it contains.
Estas son todas las acciones ejecutivas que ha firmado el presidente Trump

Jan 27, 2025 | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Curt Merrill |Amy O'Kruk |Jhasua Razo

CNN — El segundo mandato del presidente Donald Trump ha comenzado con una avalancha de acciones ejecutivas en su primera semana, y la promesa de que habrá más en los próximos días y semanas. Trump se ha comprometido a implementar una ambiciosa agenda y a reformar el Gobierno federal de Estados Unidos, afirmando en su discurso inaugural que “la edad dorada de Estados Unidos” estaba comenzando y señalando como prioridades temas como la inmigración, el comercio y la seguridad nacional.
Tracking Trump's executive actions

Jan 24, 2025 | kesq.com | Curt Merrill |Amy O'Kruk

By Curt Merrill and Amy O'Kruk, CNN(CNN) - President Donald Trump's second term is off and running with cascade of executive actions signed in his first week and more promised in the days and weeks to come. Trump has vowed to enact a sweeping agenda and reshape the federalgovernment, saying in his inaugural address that "the golden age of America" was starting and naming priorities such as immigration, trade and national security. Catch up on what you need to know about Trump's actions in office.
Track: Winter weather alerts across the US

Jan 21, 2025 | erienewsnow.com | Amy O'Kruk

(CNN) — La Niña is here, which could mean colder and wetter weather in parts of the United States this winter. While the system is relatively weak and may not stick around long, we’ve already seen significant effects. La Niña, a natural ocean and weather pattern in the tropical Pacific, colder and stormier than average conditions across the northern US and warmer, drier and less stormy conditions across the South, according to the National Weather Service.
US election 2024: Seven states vote to protect abortion rights, efforts in Florida and South Dakota fail

Nov 6, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Amy O'Kruk |Annette Choi |Lauren Mascarenhas |Kaanita Iyer

By Amy O'Kruk, Annette Choi, Lauren Mascarenhas, Kaanita Iyer and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNNMore than two years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states cast ballots on whether to cement reproductive rights in their state constitutions. Measures to protect abortion access in Arizona, Colorado, New York, Maryland, Missouri, Montana and Nevada will pass, CNN projects.
These 10 states are voting on abortion ballot measures in the 2024 election

Nov 5, 2024 | kesq.com | Amy O'Kruk |Annette Choi |Lauren Mascarenhas |Kaanita Iyer

By Amy O'Kruk, Annette Choi, Lauren Mascarenhas, Kaanita Iyer and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN(CNN) - More than two years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion, voters in 10 states are deciding whether to cement reproductive rights in their state constitutions.