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Biden demands action on voting rights at South Carolina State University commencement
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday dug into Republican opposition to advancing federal voting rights legislation during a commencement address at South Carolina State University. His remarks came ahead of a [Read More…]
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Trump ally Roger Stone invokes 5th Amendment in appearance before Jan. 6 committee
Ting Shen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Roger Stone, longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, appeared Friday before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, where he said he invoked his Fifth Amendment [Read More…]
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Supreme Court deals another blow to Texas abortion providers
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has dealt another blow to Texas abortion providers waging war against SB8 in order to restore a constitutional right for millions across the [Read More…]
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FDA lifts restriction on abortion pill, permanently allowing delivery by mail
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday permanently lifted its restriction on the abortion pill mifepristone that required providers to dispense the drug in person, allowing [Read More…]
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COVID cases in New York state triple, hit new record on Friday
ED JONES/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York State reported 21,027 positive COVID test results on Thursday, a new single-day record, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday. This brings the positivity rate in New York [Read More…]
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Florida police issue missing child alert for 12-year-old Edilsy Roca, say she could be in ‘danger’
Getty Images (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Police in Fort Myers, Florida, issued a missing child alert for 12-year-old Edilsy Roca from Lee County. According to police, Edilsy was last seen in Fort Myers at approximately [Read More…]
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Major sports and entertainment events canceled, rescheduled due to rising COVID-19 cases
Andrew Merry/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With a rise in COVID-19 cases across the nation alongside spread of the new omicron variant, several major events this week have been rescheduled or canceled. New York [Read More…]
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‘Shopping cart killer’ linked to at least 4 Virginia slayings, police say
Tadas Kazakevicius Copyrigted/ Getty Images (HARRISONBURG, Va.) — Police in Virginia said they believe an alleged serial killer whom they’ve dubbed the “shopping cart killer” may be responsible for the deaths of four people — [Read More…]
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Parents refuse to give up hope in search for missing 26-year-old daughter
Yuri Arcurs/Getty Images (DALLAS) — Mercedes Clement was last seen in surveillance video on Oct. 11, 2020, walking across the parking lot of the Koko Apartments in Dallas, Texas, with a man. She hasn’t been [Read More…]
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Russia makes sweeping demands for security guarantees from US amid Ukraine tensions
mashabuba/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Russia published a list of sweeping new security guarantees it wants from the United States and NATO on Friday — including a promise not to expand the alliance — staking out [Read More…]
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Notre Dame restoration kicking off in France
Francois LOCHON/ Getty Images (PARIS) — After 2 1/2 years of cleaning and consolidating — and a pandemic that halted French workers for a few months — the restoration phase of the Notre Dame cathedral [Read More…]
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Australia mourns 5 ‘angels’ killed in bouncy castle accident
JasonDoiy/iStock (LONDON) — Australia is coming together as a nation following Thursday’s bouncy castle tragedy in which five children were killed. A gust of wind lifted the castle into the air, causing several children at [Read More…]
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Haitian gang releases remaining hostages from US-based missionary group
Michael Hickey/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The remaining 12 hostages from a U.S.-based missionary group have been released by the Haitian gang that had held them for two months, Haitian authorities and the missionary group confirmed [Read More…]
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US accuses Chinese tech firms, research institutes of weaponizing biotechnology, creating ‘brain-control weaponry’
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has blacklisted and sanctioned dozens of Chinese government research institutes and private-sector tech firms, accusing them of weaponizing technology for use at home and abroad, the U.S. departments [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘Cyrano’ premiere cancelled over COVID; Hulu’s ‘The Dropout’ first look, and more
Thursday’s Los Angeles premiere of Cyrano has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. “Out of an abundance of caution given the changing COVID landscape, United Artists Releasing has decided to postpone the Los Angeles premiere of CYRANO,” the [Read More…]
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Jeff Garlin out at ‘The Goldbergs’ following HR investigation into on-set behavior
ABC/Scott Everett White ABC’s long-running sitcom The Goldbergs lost cast member George Segal last year when the veteran actor passed away, and now it has lost its patriarch. Jeff Garlin has reportedly exited the show, following “multiple misconduct allegations and [Read More…]
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Ben Affleck responds after “insensitive” comments seemed to blame ex-wife Jennifer Garner for his drinking
RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images After an interview on Sirius/XM’s The Howard Stern Show made headlines for all the wrong reasons, Ben Affleck tried to set the record straight on Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! During the chat with Stern, Affleck talked at length about his career, [Read More…]
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Flavor Flav says he was Kim Kardashian’s “birthday gift” to Pete Davidson
Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Flavor Flav is shedding some light on how that picture of him with Kim Kardashian, Pete Davidson and Kris Jenner came to be. Turns out Flav was a gift from Kim to her rumored beau, Pete. Speaking [Read More…]
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Report: NeNe Leakes dating new man three months after losing husband to cancer
ABC Months after losing her husband to cancer, NeNe Leakes appears to have found a new boo. The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum is dating businessman Nyonisela Sioh, who owns a couture suit company in Charlotte, North Carolina, sources tell TMZ. Sioh, [Read More…]
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Lawmakers propose bipartisan committee on supply chain issues
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Not far from the San Pedro Bay Port Complex in Orange County, which sees 40% of the nation’s imports, Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., has been witnessing supply chain issues in [Read More…]