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Biden, Obamas, Trump and more react to Supreme Court restricting affirmative action
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers, legal experts, presidential candidates — past and present — and others are reacting on Thursday to a landmark ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court setting new [Read More…]
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Justices Thomas and Sotomayor, who say they benefitted from affirmative action, divide on its future
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s most senior conservative, Justice Clarence Thomas, and its most senior liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, both rose from humble beginnings to join the elite ranks of Yale [Read More…]
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Jada Pinkett Smith announces new memoir, gives update on ’Red Table Talk’
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Jada Pinkett Smith announced Thursday she’ll be releasing a new tell-all memoir this October — and she’s determined to tell the true story of her life. “On October 17th, I invite you into a journey [Read More…]
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan had “to earn” producer titles on ‘The Walking Dead: Dead City’
AMC/Peter Kramer An executive producer title can mean many things in Hollywood, and it ranges from a person who fronts the money and all the logistics to get an idea to the screen, to basically [Read More…]
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Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are locked and loaded for war in epic new ‘Dune: Part Two’ trailer
Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. dropped an epic new trailer to Denis Villeneuve‘s highly anticipated sci-fi sequel Dune: Part Two on Thursday, June 29. The new preview has Zendaya‘s Chani and Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides [Read More…]
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US economy actually grew 2% over first quarter, up from prior 1.3% estimate
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. economy grew significantly more at the outset of this year than an initial measurement indicated, according to a major upward revision released on Thursday by the Commerce Department. [Read More…]
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Netflix rounds out cast for ‘Squid Game’ season 2
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk — Netflix/Noh Juhan Netflix has announced that its cast for the follow-up to its global phenomenon Squid Game is now fully assembled. While the names might not be familiar to audiences on [Read More…]
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Don’t miss your shot: Disney+ dropping sing-along version of ‘Hamilton’
Disney+ Lin-Manuel Miranda‘s everything-winning production Hamilton was a hit when it came to Disney+ three years ago this Friday, June 30, and to celebrate, the streaming service is about to unveil a new version. Just [Read More…]
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Wildfire smoke live updates: Air quality alerts issued in 23 US states
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are on alert for unhealthy air quality as smoke from wildfires in neighboring Canada drifts to the United States. Wildfires have burned a record of more than [Read More…]
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Three men who funded Trump-acquired social media company charged with insider trading
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three men who funded the company that became Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform have been charged with insider trading. Michael Shvartsman, Gerald Shvartsman and Bruce Garelick made more than [Read More…]
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University of Idaho murders house to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The off-campus University of Idaho house where four students were stabbed to death is set to be torn down despite calls from victims’ families to postpone until after the [Read More…]
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Experts: SCOTUS affirmative action decision highlights diversity needs in higher ed
© 2011 Dorann Weber/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court decided Thursday to set new limits on affirmative action, striking down the current race-conscious admissions policies in place at University of North Carolina and Harvard [Read More…]
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Supreme Court sets new limits on affirmative action programs in landmark ruling
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Thursday set new limits on affirmative action programs in cases involving whether public and private colleges and universities can continue to use race as one factor [Read More…]
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Mike Pence makes surprise trip to Ukraine, in move to set himself apart from GOP field
Guy Davies/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic move to differentiate himself on a key foreign policy issue, former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday made a surprise trip to Ukraine, projecting solidarity against Russia [Read More…]
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Top Trump campaign aide identified as key individual in classified docs indictment: Sources
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of the top advisers on Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign is among the individuals identified but not named by special counsel Jack Smith in his indictment against the former president [Read More…]
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DHS investigator takes over as acting director of ICE, nation’s immigration agency
ICE.gov (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration has selected the new head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sources confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday. Patrick “P.J.” Lechleitner, a career ICE official, will become acting director of [Read More…]
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Madonna’s hospital stay highlights risks of bacterial infection
File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Madonna has been discharged after several days from a hospital intensive care unit and is now recovering from a “serious bacterial infection,” according to [Read More…]
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Supreme Court rules employers must be more accommodating of religious observance
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier from Pennsylvania who didn’t want to work on Sundays in order to observe [Read More…]
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Virgin Galactic live updates: Company to launch its first fully commercial spaceflight
Ahmet Okur/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Virgin Galactic is launching its first fully commercial flight of the SpaceShipTwo space plane, the company announced. The ship will carry four people and launch around [Read More…]
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Party of two: ‘Party of Five’ alums Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf reuniting for Hallmark Channel holiday movie
Hallmark Media/Steffan Hill Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf are reuniting for an upcoming Hallmark Channel holiday film, more than 20 years after they wrapped their career-launching roles on Fox’s Party of Five. The actors, who [Read More…]