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Louisiana to require textured hair training for cosmetologists
Delmaine Donson/iStock (BATON ROUGE, La.) — While laws against natural hair discrimination continue to be introduced in states and localities around the country, there are also big changes being made for future hair professionals — [Read More…]
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Amazon to pay $500,000 to California regulators after allegations of failing to properly notify workers of COVID-19 case numbers
iStock (NEW YORK) — Amazon will pay a $500,000 settlement related to California’s “right-to-know” labor law after state regulators alleged the retail giant failed to adequately notify warehouse workers and local health agencies of COVID-19 [Read More…]
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Nike delays Travis Scott Air Max sneaker collaboration following Astroworld tragedy
Thank you for your assistant/iStock (NEW YORK) — Nike is pressing pause on the release of its collaboration with Travis Scott “out of respect” for the victims of Astroworld. The footwear company sent out a [Read More…]
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Drug overdose deaths hit new high in US during the pandemic
EHStock (NEW YORK) — More than 100,000 people in the U.S. died of a drug overdose during the first year of the pandemic, a nearly 29% increase from the same time period in 2019, the [Read More…]
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Which states have opened COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all?
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 infection rates steadily increasing across the country, a growing list of states are now moving ahead of federal authorization, to recommend booster shots for all residents 18 years [Read More…]
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COVID vaccine can be bundled with a child’s routine shots, doctors say
Geber86/iStock (NEW YORK) — It’s perfectly acceptable for 5- to-11-year-olds preparing to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 also to receive other protective shots they may have missing during the pandemic lockdown. For some children, that [Read More…]
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Eating disorder hospitalizations doubled during COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows
ronstik/iStock (NEW YORK) — The number of people who were hospitalized for eating disorders in the United States doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. The increase in in-patient treatment for eating disorders came [Read More…]
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Mom shares warning about extreme thirst, wet diaper after son diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes
Courtney Moore (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — November is National Diabetes Month. Around 1.6 million people in the United States have type 1 diabetes, including 200,000 young people under the age of 20, according to the Juvenile Diabetes [Read More…]
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Fears grow for missing Chinese tennis star who accused ex-official of sexual assault
Fred Lee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fears are growing about the safety and whereabouts of a Chinese tennis star, who has remained unheard from since she accused a former Chinese official of sexual assault. Peng [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 11/16/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Golden State 117, Brooklyn 99 Utah 120, Philadelphia 85 LA Clippers 106, San Antonio 92 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Florida 6, [Read More…]
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Dwyane Wade on how basketball made him a better father and husband
Michael Reaves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dwyane Wade said his time as a professional basketball player made him a better father and husband. The former NBA star, whose photographic memoir Dwyane hit bookshelves on Nov. [Read More…]
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House votes to censure GOP Rep. Gosar, remove him from committees over violent video
Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted for a resolution on Wednesday that both censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and removes him from his committee assignments after the Arizona congressman tweeted an edited Japanese [Read More…]
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Catholic bishops approve new guidance on Communion for pro-abortion rights politicians
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a controversial teaching document on who should receive Holy Communion that many believe was aimed at President Joe Biden and [Read More…]
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With gas prices soaring, Biden calls for probe into possible ‘illegal conduct’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if “illegal conduct” is to blame for surging gas prices hurting Americans’ pocketbooks. Fuel prices are averaging [Read More…]
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Rep. Liz Cheney ousted from Wyoming GOP
Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In its second formal rebuke of Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney, the state party passed a resolution this week to no longer recognize her as a member — but [Read More…]
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White House insists Biden, China’s Xi aren’t ‘old friends’ following Monday meeting
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — White House officials insisted Tuesday that President Joe Biden does not consider China’s President Xi Jinping a “friend” after Xi, speaking through an interpreter in a virtual meeting with Biden Monday [Read More…]
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Travis McMichael testifies in his own defense in Ahmaud Arbery case
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — In a high-stakes move, Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday afternoon. The 35-year-old McMichael was the first defense witness [Read More…]
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Two men found guilty in the Malcolm X assassination expected to have convictions thrown out
Bettmann/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 57 years after the assassination of Malcolm X in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is moving to vacate the convictions of [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Moderna asks FDA to authorize booster for all adults
Teka77/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 766,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
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DOJ finds Bureau of Prisons failed to apply earned time credits to 60,000 inmates
iStock (NEW YORK) — Sixty-thousand inmates potentially did not properly receive credits for time served under the First Step Act’s recidivism programs, the Department of Justice inspector general found. “We are concerned that the delay [Read More…]