Senate passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill on Saturday brought the massive legislation one step closer to law. But first, the bill has to go back to the other side of the Capitol, where the House — which already passed its own version of the bill — is scheduled to vote
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Egyptian swimmer Omar Sayed Shaaban soared to success when he set a new record for the highest jump out of water while wearing a monofin. The 21-year-old from Ismailia reached the unusual event’s new best height when he made a spectacular leap of 7 feet 11 inches (2.3 meters), according to Guinness World Records. A
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Manchester United ended Manchester City‘s 21-game winning streak with a brilliantly executed 2-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. A Bruno Fernandes goal and a rare strike from defender Luke Shaw were enough to hand Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side a confidence boosting win in the derby. Coming into the Premier League match, City hadn’t
Continue Reading Over 166,000 laying hens died on Saturday after a fire broke out at a bird warehouse in Arizona. Flames engulfed three massive warehouses containing chickens and hens at Hickman’s Family Farms in Arlington, about 50 miles west of Phoenix, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). The fire broke out when a piece of
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(CNN Español) — Desde Simone de Beauvoir a Malala Yousafzai, mujeres de todo el mundo han inspirado la lucha por la igualdad con sus acciones y también con sus palabras. En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer, repasamos algunas de las reflexiones que acompañan a quienes trabajan cada día para hacer que el
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Fox News follows the money and the Republican Party follows Fox News. Now, the network is setting the stage for what the next four years of the GOP might look like under the Biden administration. “We very much focus on on the center right. We think that’s where America is,” Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch’s son
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Jury selection is one of the most difficult — and crucial — steps in any criminal trial. A veteran defense lawyer once told me, “Jury selection isn’t just the most important thing; it’s everything. As soon as the jury is chosen, the case is decided.” That process of choosing a jury is especially complicated in
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls “an initial step” in its efforts to “protect the right to vote and ensure all eligible citizens can freely participate in the electoral process.” The move comes as Republicans in statehouses around the country work to advance voter
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U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents arrested a man and woman after fleeing the I-8 checkpoint in a grey BMW sedan on Thursday evening, March 5, at about 7:30.
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Democrats muscled past unified Republican opposition, resolved their own last-minute identity crisis and are on the cusp of delivering a massive Covid relief bill that will put $1,400 checks in the pockets of millions of Americans, shore up unemployment for the millions still out of work and notch the first major legislative accomplishment of Joe
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Philadelphia 76ers stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons were pulled from the NBA All-Star Game Sunday due to the league’s Covid-19 protocols. “Prior to traveling to Atlanta, Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons had contact with an individual who is confirmed today to have tested positive for the coronavirus,” the NBA said in a statement
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Jenna Dewan celebrated her baby boy’s first birthday in a heartwarming Instagram post, where she said her son brought with him “pure joy.” “Callum, you came into this world and changed it the instant you were here,” the actress said. “You bring everyone around you together like the bright shining sun and we all want
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden opposes ending the legislative filibuster despite a slim Democratic majority in the Senate, White House communications director Kate Bedingfield said Sunday, as the administration faces hurdles in pushing the President’s priorities through Congress. “His preference is not to end the filibuster. He wants to work with Republicans, to work with independents,” she
Continue Reading Beyoncé shared an emotional video montage on Saturday to pay tribute to her late superfan, Lyric Chanel. Chanel, who was 13 years old, passed away on Friday morning after a battle with anaplastic ependymoma, a tumor that forms when cells in the central nervous system begin to multiply rapidly. In children, the tumor often occurs
Continue Reading (CNN) — Situado entre los escombros que dejaron los ahora derrotados terroristas de ISIS en la ciudad iraquí de Mosul, el papa Francisco declaró el sábado que la esperanza es «más poderosa que el odio y la paz más poderosa que la guerra». Francisco pidió una «coexistencia armoniosa» de personas de diferentes orígenes y culturas
Continue ReadingDemocratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his role in stalling the Senate’s passage of President Joe Biden’s massive stimulus plan for hours into the weekend, saying he was pushing for a “fair compromise” on a tax provision for unemployment benefits. The West Virginia Democrat played a key role in the Senate’s passage of the
Continue ReadingIt was Friday afternoon, and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Sen. Joe Manchin, the conservative West Virginia Democrat who felt blindsided by his party leaders and now was at risk of defecting and effectively torpedoing a central pillar of the White House’s domestic agenda. Just a couple hours earlier as he walked
Continue Reading More than a year since Tesla unveiled the first version of the Cybertruck, the company has been mostly silent about plans for its highly anticipated electric pickup. But CEO Elon Musk said an updated version of the Cybertruck might be coming soon. On Saturday, Gary Black, the former CEO of Aegon Asset Management, tweeted, “@elonmusk
Continue ReadingA tent camp in Matamoros, Mexico, where hundreds of migrants stayed in deplorable conditions after being subject to a Trump-era policy requiring they stay in Mexico until their immigration court date in the US, has been drawn down, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN. Over recent years, migrants have set up camp in
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The NBA sent roughly 200 cease-and-desist letters to Atlanta-area promoters who were using the league’s trademarks without permission, a source with knowledge of the situation told CNN. Promoters were using the NBA’s All-Star Game logo and event name to advertise independent events happening in the city this weekend, Marc Stein from The New York Times
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