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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN As the nation continues to endure devastating mass shootings and increasing homicide rates, guns remain a fixture of American culture. Many Americans consider the right to bear arms sacred, seeing guns as key to their identities and individual freedoms. Some keep guns for protection, hunting or sport, while others see guns
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN A strange early relative of the giraffe was perfectly adapted for some serious headbutting 17 million years ago, according to new research. The oddball giraffoid didn’t have the signature long neck of today’s giraffe. Instead, the ancient animal, built for fierce fighting, sported helmet-like headgear and the most complex head-neck joints
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By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Texas freshman Mia Scott is so shy that she hasn’t spoken at a news conference all season. There was nothing timid about the way she swung the bat on Thursday. She went 4 for 4 and helped the Longhorns beat No. 5 seed UCLA 7-2
Continue Reading By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s legislature is poised to ban people under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed through less than three weeks after an 18-year-old used one of the guns to kill 10 people at a supermarket
Continue ReadingCNN By Jamie Gangel, Jeremy Herb and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN Within minutes of the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021, messages began pouring into the cell phone of White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Among those texting were Republican members of Congress, former members of the Trump administration, GOP activists, Fox personalities —
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, Kevin Liptak, MJ Lee and Alex Marquardt, CNN President Joe Biden and Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, are planning to meet later this month after two key deals were reached on Thursday following months of diplomatic heavy lifting by the US. Speaking Friday, Biden confirmed a meeting
Continue ReadingCNN By Lisa Respers France, CNN Jada Pinkett Smith briefly addressed the Oscars slap incident on Wednesday’s episode of “Red Table Talk.” Pinkett Smith’s husband, Will Smith, took to the stage at the Academy Awards in March and slapped presenter Chris Rock after he made a joke about Pinkett Smith’s close-cropped haircut. The actress suffers
Continue Reading STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — A street gang crackdown in central California resulted in 88 arrests and the seizure of 58 firearms, state officials said Thursday. Those arrested this month in Stockton are suspected in a series of violent crimes, including robberies and at least two homicides, California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office said in a
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and TOM MURPHY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A stronger-than-expected economic recovery from the pandemic has pushed back the go-broke dates for Social Security and Medicare, but officials warn that the current economic turbulence is putting additional pressures on the bedrock retirement programs. The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report released
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ESPN’s Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy are sidelined for Game 1 of the NBA Finals after testing positive for COVID-19. Mark Jones, Mark Jackson and Lisa Salters will be the broadcast team for Thursday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors on ABC. As a result of
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El Departamento de Salud informó que por primera vez desde mediados de marzo incrementaron a tres dígitos las hospitalizaciones por coronavirus en el Condado de Riverside y ya 104 pacientes internados, de los cuales ocho están en terapia intensiva. Además del pasado viernes hasta ayer 3,098 personas dieron positivo al COVID-19 de las cuales 804
Continue ReadingBy Nikki Carvajal, CNN Covid-19 vaccination shots for the youngest Americans could begin as soon as June 21, the White House said on Thursday. The vaccination program for children younger than 5 would come more than 18 months after vaccines were first authorized for adults. Dr. Ashish Jha, White House coronavirus response coordinator, laid out
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos vuelve a vivir la pesadilla de un tiroteo masivo: esta vez en un hospital de Tulsa, Oklahoma, donde un hombre armado, identificado como Michael Louis, abrió fuego este miércoles y cobró la vida de cuatro personas. Las víctimas fueron el Dr. Preston Phillips, la Dra. Stephanie Husen, la recepcionista
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Americans will stop receiving their full Social Security benefits in about 13 years if lawmakers don’t act to address the pending shortfall, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Social Security and Medicare trustees. That’s when the combined Social Security trust funds — which help support payouts for the
Continue Reading CNN By Amir Vera, Rebekah Riess, Holly Yan and Chris Boyette, CNN Texas State Sen. Roland Gutierrez raised questions in a news conference on Thursday about whether information on 911 calls from inside Robb Elementary School was relayed properly to responders at the scene of the shooting. Gutierrez said he spoke with the agency that
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN Former President Donald Trump has endorsed Arizona Senate hopeful Blake Masters in a move that aides believe will give the Republican significant momentum ahead of the state’s August primary. Calling Masters “a great modern-day thinker,” Trump praised the tech entrepreneur Thursday in a statement that underscored the candidate’s commitment to the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El pésimo historial del presidente de Brasil Jair Bolsonaro en materia de medio ambiente no es nada nuevo ya que sus políticas fueron instrumentales en el retroceso de las otrora estrictas protecciones ambientales del país y el debilitamiento de sus agencias ambientales. Bajo el mandato de Bolsonaro, la destrucción de la
Continue Reading By JONATHAN J. COOPER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed investor Blake Masters in the crowded Republican Senate primary in Arizona, siding with another acolyte of tech investor Peter Thiel after the former president’s support helped “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance secure the GOP nomination in Ohio last
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police fatally shot someone Thursday morning following a report of a man with a gun, authorities said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to Officer Annie Hernandez. A gun was recovered and no officers were hurt, Hernandez said. Police
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes (CNN) — La reina Isabel II experimentó “algunas molestias” durante el desfile de cumpleaños conocido como Trooping the Colour este jueves, dijo el Palacio de Buckingham en un comunicado, y añadió que no asistirá al servicio de acción de gracias del viernes en la Catedral de San Pablo. “La reina ha disfrutado mucho
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