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Blinken visits Ukrainian church to show support
Getty Images/Win McNamee (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday joined Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, in a visit to a Ukrainian church in Washington, expressing vocal admiration for the Ukrainian people. [Read More…]
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In 1st Jan. 6 trial, DOJ calls accused rioter the ‘tip of this mob’s spear’
Getty Images/Robert Nickelsberg (WASHINGTON) — Opening statements got underway Wednesday in the case of a Texas man charged with participating in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol and later threatening his family members if [Read More…]
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Restaurant leaders respond directly to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union
Getty Images/Stock Photo (NEW YORK) — Hours after President Joe Biden’s inaugural State of the Union speech Tuesday night, restaurant and bar industry leaders called on the administration for action. Chefs, restaurant owners and leaders of [Read More…]
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JetBlue pilot pulled off plane after failing breathalyzer
Getty Images/Robert Nickelsberg (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — A 52-year-old JetBlue pilot was pulled off a plane in Buffalo, New York, after blowing a blood alcohol content over the legal limit for pilots, according to Helen Tederous, public [Read More…]
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Families torn apart amid mass exodus from Ukraine face uncertain future
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When 25-year-old Yulia Yemelianenko crossed the border from Lviv, Ukraine into Poland earlier this week, she broke down in tears. “I cried a lot,” she told ABC News at a train [Read More…]
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Extremists harass minority refugees arriving in Poland from Ukraine, witnesses report
Getty Stock/Kutay Tanir (NEW YORK) — As Ukrainians flee across Europe amid the onslaught of attacks from Russia in Ukraine, non-white refugees have faced discrimination from extremist groups patrolling the border, reporters and residents in the [Read More…]
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DOJ announces task force to target Russian oligarchs’ assets
The mega-yacht “Dilbar” is completely shrouded while docked in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany. The 156-meter-long ship is said to belong to a Russian oligarch. – Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The [Read More…]
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Adoptive parents of two missing California boys arrested on murder charges
California State Department Office of the Attorney General (BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) — The more than yearlong search for two missing California toddlers took a disturbing twist Tuesday night when their adoptive parents were jailed on murder [Read More…]
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Juror in Ghislaine Maxwell trial intends to take the fifth at hearing
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of the jurors who convicted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking in December intends to take the Fifth Amendment at a hearing next week regarding his role [Read More…]
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Meet the figure skaters behind Michigan’s first Black women-owned skating club
Dream Detroit Skating Academy (DETROIT) — Figure skaters Candice Tamakloe and Angela Blocker-Loyd have turned their passion project into reality. The Dream Detroit Skating Academy co-founders both started skating when they were young girls and [Read More…]
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White House signals next era in COVID with sweeping new strategy
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Wednesday released a sweeping new 96-page plan on COVID, marking a new era in the pandemic in which the virus is still circulating but [Read More…]
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FDA warns about some powdered infant formula amid investigation of five illnesses
AlasdairJames/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain powdered infant formulas made at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan, facility amid an investigation into five infant illnesses. Previously, [Read More…]
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Sandra Lee shares hysterectomy surgery news to inspire ‘strength’ for others
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sandra Lee opened up on social media about the latest on her yearslong breast cancer journey, sharing the news with her 119,000 followers that she was going in for [Read More…]
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‘Futurama’ star John DiMaggio tweets he’s returning for new Hulu episodes
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for STARZ After a salary dispute that reportedly had Hulu searching for a soundalike, a triumphant John DiMaggio tweeted he’ll be returning to voice the hard-drinking, foul-mouthed robot Bender in new Futurama episodes bound for Hulu. [Read More…]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda explains why he didn’t submit “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” for Oscar consideration
ABC/Rick Rowell Lin-Manuel Miranda has a message to Encanto fans who believe “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” deserved an Oscar nod over “Dos Oruguitas” — the latter captures the essence of the film. “When you’re submitting a song to [Read More…]
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Lindsay Lohan signs new Netflix deal to star in 2 more films
James Gourley/Getty Images Lindsay Lohan‘s return to acting will be threefold — and available to stream on Netflix. On Tuesday, Lohan and the streaming giant announced that they’ve signed a deal for the actress to star [Read More…]
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Naya Rivera’s family “very pleased” after settling wrongful death suit
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Almost two years after Naya Rivera‘s tragic death, the Glee alum’s family has settled a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Ventura County. Rivera’s estate and Ryan Dorsey — the father of the late actress’ son, Josey — filed [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘Coda’, ‘Dune’ hailed by Hollywood Critics Association, and more
The Hollywood Critics Association held its fifth annual awards on Monday in Los Angeles, and Siân Heder’s CODA — which won for outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture at Sunday’s SAG Awards — took the [Read More…]
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Over 46,000 people died on US roads in 2021, report finds
Ditto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Approximately 46,000 people died on U.S. roads last year, according to preliminary data from the National Safety Council. That number is up 9% from 42,339 deaths recorded in 2020, and [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Third world war would be nuclear, Lavrov warns
SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]