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Biden addresses public from Rose Garden after negative COVID tests, ending isolation
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday night and again Wednesday morning and will end “his strict isolation measures,” according to the physician to [Read More…]
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Bronze statue of Amelia Earhart unveiled in the Capitol
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) – Nancy Pelosi was the guest speaker at the unveiling of a new statue at Statuary Hall of Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator born in Atchison, Kansas in 1897, [Read More…]
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Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson cooperating with DOJ’s Jan. 6 probe
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows, has recently cooperated with the Department of Justice investigation into the events of Jan. 6, [Read More…]
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Blinken meets family of slain Al Jazeera journalist
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the family of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Tuesday amid renewed demands for justice. Blinken had previously spoken [Read More…]
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Biden and Trump seem set for 2024 rematch — why do their bases say they want anyone else?
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI,JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been headed for another face-off since the day Trump lost to Biden in 2020 — but voters say they are upset [Read More…]
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Two former cops convicted in George Floyd’s death sentenced to prison
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ST. PAUL, Minn.) — Two former police officers convicted on federal charges in the death of George Floyd were both sentenced Wednesday to prison terms. Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng [Read More…]
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Two arrested in alleged road rage shooting involving young child
Benjamin Greene and Nazly Ortiz are seen in a video retweeted by the Harris County Sheriff’s Dept. The two people charged in a wild road rage shooting that was caught on camera. – Harris County [Read More…]
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Heat warnings issued for Pacific Northwest as temperatures break records
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Excessive heat warnings are in effect for parts of the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday as temperatures top 100 degrees. Portland, Oregon, hit 102 degrees, while in Redding, California, [Read More…]
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America’s nun population in steep decline
Sister Kelly Williams pictured with her roommates, who are also becoming nuns, in Chicago, Illinois. – ABC News (NEW YORK) — Across the United States, young adults are becoming less religious. A 2018 and 2019 [Read More…]
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Deaf Broadway returns to Lincoln Center with ‘Sweeney Todd’ in American Sign Language
Deaf Broadway (NEW YORK) — Deaf Broadway returns to Lincoln Center, following the 2021 production of Into the Woods, featuring an entirely deaf cast. This year they perform Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd, the chilling story [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine strikes key bridge in Russia-held Kherson
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
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Having survived a Russian invasion once, an Afghan refugee now fights for Ukrainian freedom
Jalal Noory (KYIV, Ukraine) — Jalal Noory, an Afghan refugee in Ukraine who serves in the Ukrainian armed forces, defended the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv from being captured by Russian troops at the onset of [Read More…]
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China targeted Fed employees for almost a decade, GOP Senate report says; chairman pushes back
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A report released Tuesday by Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee says that China targeted the Federal Reserve for nearly 10 years, working to recruit [Read More…]
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Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous community in Canada over church’s role in boarding school abuse
Cole Burston/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pope Francis offered a long-sought apology to the Indigenous community in Canada on Monday over the Catholic church’s role in the generational abuse they suffered at Indigenous residential schools [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia missile strike on Odesa jeopardizes deal to lift grain blockade
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
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Buttigieg on GOP’s split view of same-sex marriage bill: ‘I don’t know why this would be hard’
Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg had sharp words for the Republicans opposing a bill codifying the right to same-sex marriages, urging them to support the legislation’s passage in the Senate after [Read More…]
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Crimes over Jan. 6 go ‘all the way up to Donald Trump,’ Adam Kinzinger says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump committed crimes related to last year’s Capitol riot and should ideally be charged by the Justice Department, House Jan. 6 committee member Adam Kinzinger contended on Sunday. [Read More…]
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Some in GOP ‘very concerned about the damage’ Trump does if he launches 2024 bid before midterms: Hogan
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Some Republicans “are very concerned” about Donald Trump potentially launching a 2024 presidential bid before November’s midterm races, which could upend contests across the country, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday. [Read More…]
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Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms have ‘diminished considerably,’ his doctor says
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s doctor said Sunday that he “continue to improve significantly” after testing positive for COVID-19 last week. Kevin O’Connor, Biden’s physician, wrote in a letter released by the [Read More…]
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Fast-moving Oak Fire near Yosemite National Park burns more than 14,000 acres
David Odisho/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MARIPOSA, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Mariposa County as hundreds of firefighters are battling a fast-moving fire burning near Yosemite National Park that [Read More…]