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Almost five years ago, Ekpar Asat disappeared upon returning to China after participating in a prestigious State Department program in the United States. His sister, Rayhan, has not seen or heard from him since, but believes he is one of the up to 2 million Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minorities detained by the
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Governor Gavin Newsom delivers a State of the State address Tuesday at 6 p.m. You can watch the full address below: Newsom said his speech would be light on policy announcements and heavy on efforts being made in the state to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The address will be held at Dodger Stadium, which serves
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Alua Arthur wasn’t looking for death. At 34, she was trying hard to stay alive. Clinical depression had forced a leave of absence from her job as a lawyer, and she was traveling on a bus in Cuba when it met her: A woman, only two years older than her, dying of uterine cancer. The
Continue ReadingHip-hop producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland have sold their popular Verzuz livestream platform to the Triller Network. The companies didn’t disclose the financial terms of the deal Tuesday, but a Triller spokesperson said the Grammy-winning producers would become shareholders in the Triller Network, the parent company for the TikTok-like social video app. Timbaland and Swizz
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Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after photos surfaced of them wearing and holding racist symbols at a campus event in 2014, according to a statement from the school. In two photos verified by university spokesperson Lance Crawford, one professor is pictured wearing a Confederate soldier’s uniform, while
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Riverside County reported 452 new cases since Monday. The county has a total of 291,492 coronavirus cases. The Coachella Valley reported 72 new cases (49,079 total) Check out the county map below(Note Data will continue to update past today) Riverside County’s COVID Metrics The county’s metrics are updated every Tuesday. Riverside County continues to inch
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Midstate company created a way where you can shop ’til you drop, while also helping the community. The (code)word company gives 30% off its net profit from the sale of all of its apparel to state food banks through the Feeding America Network.
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(CNN) — La entrevista explosiva de Oprah Winfrey con el príncipe Harry y Meghan, duques de Sussex, fue un gran éxito en términos de rating cuando se emitió en el Reino Unido el lunes: aproximadamente una quinta parte de la población llegó a sintonizarla en su pico de audiencia. El intercambio de 110 minutos en
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Investors can’t seem to make up their minds about whether to buy or sell tech stocks. A day after dragging the Nasdaq Composite into correction territory, tech stocks were on a massive rebound rally — the latest surge in the sector’s volatile start to the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed 3.7% higher on Tuesday, marking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (KFSM) — Governor Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (March 9) that he would sign Senate Bill (SB) 6, a piece of legislation that prohibits abortion in all cases except to save the mother’s life in a medical emergency, into law in Arkansas. SB6 does not include
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story O’FALLON, Missouri (KMOV) — A man was taken into custody after an hourlong standoff in O’Fallon, Mo. that began Monday night. Police surrounded a home in the 600 block of Hawk Run Drive, just off of Winghaven Blvd, around 8:30 p.m. after a man started making homicidal threats
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLOYD COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — The Floyd County Police Department is commending one of its officers for risking his life to rescue an unconscious teenager from a burning pickup truck. On social media, the community is calling Patrolman First Class Blake Puckett a hero. “I don’t see it
Continue ReadingHuffPost officially merged with BuzzFeed on February 16. Less than a month later, the site’s staff is being dramatically cut. BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti announced Tuesday that 47 of the 190 HuffPost employees in the US would be laid off and that HuffPost Canada would be shut down, affecting 23 employees. HuffPost union said the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KITV) — Police on the Big Island are renewing their request for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 26-year-old man. Joshua Toney was reported missing on February 12, 2021. He was last seen on February 1, 2021, at 10 a.m. leaving his parents’ Kailua-Kona home
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department says a former Trump State Department official violated his oath of office when he allegedly pushed against a police line in storming the US Capitol on January 6. Federico Klein’s “actions on January 6, 2021, appear to be a considered decision to place himself above the law; not only did he demonstrate
Continue Reading (CNN) — Estados Unidos está en el «ojo del huracán» en este momento, según el epidemiólogo Michael Osterholm. Después de meses de devastación, parecía que las cosas iban en la dirección correcta cuando los funcionarios que informaron de varias semanas de pronunciadas disminuciones en los casos de covid-19 y que se redujeron el número de
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I’m tired, you’re tired, we’re all tired — I know. I feel it in my bones. I have been in 8 states caring for thousands of patients with Covid-19. I have worked in coast to coast, north to south, in New York, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, California, and my home state of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Connecticut has plans to bring free wifi to certain areas of Middletown. It’s part of the Lamont Administration’s “Everybody Learns” initiative. Lamont joined others for a news conference on Tuesday morning to outline the initiative. He said the goal of the initiative is to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A teenager was shot in the back of head in St. Louis’ West End neighborhood Monday afternoon. Officers responded to the 6100 block of Etzel just before 5:30 p.m. Monday. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said the victim is a
Continue Reading While health officials agree face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19, state and local governments have varied widely on implementation of mask rules. Now, President Joe Biden wants to change that. Biden’s office has released plans that his administration intends to implement in the beginning of his term, and one is a national mask
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