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Staples Center to change name to Crypto.com Arena
stevezmina1/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — The Staples Center is getting a new name before the new year. Arena owner AEG announced Tuesday a new 20-year partnership with Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform, Crypto.com. Beginning December 25, the Staples [Read More…]
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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…]