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In the year since Louisville police killed Breonna Taylor in an overnight drug raid, the Democratic-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill overhauling policing, twice. President Joe Biden took office in a city protected by a standing army two weeks after a pro-Trump mob overran the US Capitol. Scientists developed vaccines against a
Continue ReadingTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey is selling the first-ever published tweet as an NFT, a kind of digital collector’s item. Dorsey shared a tweet on Friday with a link to a digital platform called “Valuables,” that allows for the buying and selling of tweets autographed by their creators. The tweet up for bid is Dorsey’s first
Continue ReadingNew York City deputies shut down an illegal warehouse party in Queens overnight Saturday, clearing more than 100 people inside, the New York City Sheriff’s Office says. The officers entered the building early Sunday morning where they found 142 patrons dancing and drinking alcohol without masks or social distancing, according to the release. Sheriff’s deputies
Continue ReadingWith every Covid-19 vaccination, the United States inches closer to defeating the pandemic that has killed over half a million Americans and left countless more with long-term complications. But major challenges stand in the way. Some Americans are ditching personal responsibility and forgoing masks, even though the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant has spread to at
Continue ReadingSenate passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill on Saturday brought the massive legislation one step closer to law. But first, the bill has to go back to the other side of the Capitol, where the House — which already passed its own version of the bill — is scheduled to vote
Continue ReadingManchester United ended Manchester City‘s 21-game winning streak with a brilliantly executed 2-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. A Bruno Fernandes goal and a rare strike from defender Luke Shaw were enough to hand Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side a confidence boosting win in the derby. Coming into the Premier League match, City hadn’t
Continue ReadingFox News follows the money and the Republican Party follows Fox News. Now, the network is setting the stage for what the next four years of the GOP might look like under the Biden administration. “We very much focus on on the center right. We think that’s where America is,” Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s son
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Jury selection is one of the most difficult — and crucial — steps in any criminal trial. A veteran defense lawyer once told me, “Jury selection isn’t just the most important thing; it’s everything. As soon as the jury is chosen, the case is decided.” That process of choosing a jury is especially complicated in
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step” in its efforts to “protect the right to vote and ensure all eligible citizens can freely participate in the electoral process.” The move comes as Republicans in statehouses around the country work to advance voter
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Democrats muscled past unified Republican opposition, resolved their own last-minute identity crisis and are on the cusp of delivering a massive Covid relief bill that will put $1,400 checks in the pockets of millions of Americans, shore up unemployment for the millions still out of work and notch the first major legislative accomplishment of Joe
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden opposes ending the legislative filibuster despite a slim Democratic majority in the Senate, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Sunday, as the administration faces hurdles in pushing the President’s priorities through Congress. “His preference is not to end the filibuster. He wants to work with Republicans, to work with independents,” she
Continue ReadingBeyoncé shared an emotional video montage on Saturday to pay tribute to her late superfan, Lyric Chanel. Chanel, who was 13 years old, passed away on Friday morning after a battle with anaplastic ependymoma, a tumor that forms when cells in the central nervous system begin to multiply rapidly. In children, the tumor often occurs
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his role in stalling the Senate’s passage of President Joe Biden’s massive stimulus plan for hours into the weekend, saying he was pushing for a “fair compromise” on a tax provision for unemployment benefits. The West Virginia Democrat played a key role in the Senate’s passage of the
Continue ReadingIt was Friday afternoon, and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who felt blindsided by his party leaders and now was at risk of defecting and effectively torpedoing a central pillar of the White House’s domestic agenda. Just a couple hours earlier as he walked
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The NBA sent roughly 200 cease-and-desist letters to Atlanta-area promoters who were using the league’s trademarks without permission, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. Promoters were using the NBA’s All-Star Game logo and event name to advertise independent events happening in the city this weekend, Marc Stein from The New York Times
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After applying to more than 20 colleges, one high school senior from Philadelphia has been offered a total of over $1 million in scholarship money. Shanya Robinson-Owens, 17, applied to somewhere between 25 to 30 different colleges, hoping to find the school best suited for her. As her acceptance letters came rolling in, her family
Continue ReadingDisneyland Resort in Southern California will be allowed to reopen with capacity limits starting April 1, state Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly announced Friday. While Walt Disney World Resort in Florida reopened with capacity limits back in July 2020, California’s more stringent Covid-19 regulations have left the original Disney theme park shuttered and
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Robert Lewandowski took a step closer to breaking a legendary scoring record after netting a hat trick in Bayern Munich’s 4-2 win over rivals Borussia Dortmund on Saturday. The Poland international is chasing Gerd Muller’s tally of 40 goals in a single Bundesliga season, which has now stood for 49 years. After his three goals
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President Joe Biden and fellow Democrats are racing to prove a counterintuitive lesson: with congressional majorities, sometimes less can be more. The new President holds a slim House advantage and even slimmer Senate edge — 51-50, and then only if he holds every Democrat and allows Vice President Kamala Harris to break ties. Yet passage
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A third female former staffer has come forward with accusations of inappropriate conduct by embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday night. The Democratic governor already stands accused of sexual harassment by two women and unwanted advances against him by a third. A former aide for
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