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Walt Disney World Resort to be powered up to 40% by the sun
BanksPhotos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Walt Disney World Resort is adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to its renewable energy portfolio that, combined with existing infrastructure, will provide 40% of the park’s electricity. The announcement [Read More…]
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Biden calls Russia’s killings of Ukrainian civilians a war crime but not genocide
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The killings of Ukrainian civilians committed by Russian forces in Ukraine is a war crime, President Joe Biden said Monday — repeating his accusation that Russian President Vladimir [Read More…]
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Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, is expected to pass a major milestone Monday on her way to expected Senate confirmation later this [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin reacts to images of dead bodies in Bucha
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
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Emissions must peak by 2025 to prevent disastrous climate change effects: UN report
Thatree Thitivongvaroon/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the world pushes to decrease its reliance on oil, especially amid the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations’ climate panel is warning that [Read More…]
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Egg prices spike amid worst US avian flu outbreak in seven years
Lena Ganssmann Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As consumers continue to feel the crunch at the grocery store checkout, eggs are the latest product predicted to surge in price. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, [Read More…]
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Later school start times eyed to address youth mental health crisis
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California was the first state to mandate that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. Pediatrician Dr. Bert Mandelbaum hopes New Jersey will be the second. New Jersey [Read More…]
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Baby with rare condition gets heart transplant after waiting 218 days
Collin Baker (CHICAGO) — A baby girl who has been living in a Chicago hospital with her parents for the last six months while waiting for a new heart finally received one last week. Elodie [Read More…]
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South Carolina wins women’s NCAA basketball championship
Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — South Carolina beat longtime dominant UCONN in the women’s national college basketball title game Sunday night. The Gamecocks defeated the Huskies 64-49, winning the team’s second national [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 4/3/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 144, Washington 102 Dallas 118, Milwaukee 112 Denver 129, LA Lakers 118 Detroit 121, Indiana 117 New York 118, [Read More…]
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‘Long Slow Exhale’ creators say show creates “a world that you hadn’t seen before”
Courtesy of Spectrum The highly anticipated women’s sports drama Long Slow Exhale premieres today, and the show runners warn it’s a story no one has seen before on television. Long Slow Exhale stars Rose Rollins as J.C. Abernathy, the head [Read More…]
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Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden
Handout/DNCC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father’s presidency living in luxury in Malibu — and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail. The Secret Service detail protecting the president’s controversial [Read More…]
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Six killed, at least 12 injured in mass shooting in Sacramento, California: Police
Getty Images / Timothy Abero / EyeEm (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — At least 18 people were injured, six fatally, when a mass shooting erupted early Sunday in downtown Sacramento, California, and police said no suspects were [Read More…]
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Eleven shot, one fatally, at concert in Dallas: Police
FILE photo – Mike Stone/Getty Images (DALLAS) — At least 12 people were shot, one fatally, when gunfire erupted at a concert in Dallas early Sunday, police said. Three of the victims are juveniles, according [Read More…]
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam won’t seek second term
VINCENT YU/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s divisive leader, Carrie Lam, announced on Monday that she will not run for a second five-year term, ending her 42-year political career. Lam presided over [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: More Russian troops, Wagner mercenaries move into Donbas
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
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Grammys 2022: The complete winners list
CBS The 64th Annual Grammy Awards aired live from Las Vegas Sunday night on CBS, hosted by Trevor Noah. Here is the complete list of winners in the major categories: Record of the Year “Leave [Read More…]
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Estelle Harris, George Costanza’s mother on ‘Seinfeld,’ passes away at 93
Valerie Macon/Getty Images Estelle Harris, best known for playing George Costanza’s mother on Seinfeld, has passed away at age 93. Her son, Glen Harris, confirmed Saturday that she died of natural causes in Palm Desert, [Read More…]
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Sen. Roy Blunt says Ketanji Brown Jackson will be confirmed, but he won’t support her
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of Republican leadership, said he will not vote to support President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, for her historic confirmation to the [Read More…]
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Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘far from over,’ White House chief of staff says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is warning that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “far from over,” despite the claim by Moscow that they are retreating from Kyiv and surrounding [Read More…]