Bold colors and ruffles: People are buying dresses again
Dresses — the pretty ones worn to work, cocktail hour or anytime a pick-me-up was needed in the “before times” — have been in…
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Kamala Harris cements her place in Biden’s inner circle during a consequential week
Vice President Kamala Harris was huddled with other White House officials in President Joe Biden’s private dining room last week when the room…
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Late rapper DMX honored in memorial attended by family and friends in Brooklyn
The late rapper DMX was honored at a “Celebration of Life Memorial” in Brooklyn on Saturday in a tribute attended by his fiancée,…
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English football is set to boycott social media over sustained racist abuse online
The world of English football is set to unite behind a social media boycott in a bid to combat the sustained racist abuse received by players online.…
Continue Reading The last Roaring Twenties ended in disaster. Should investors be worried?
If this is a new Roaring Twenties for stocks and the economy, do we need to worry about how the 1920s ended? There has been a lot of talk about how…
Continue Reading The truth behind the famous meeting of four Black heroes in ‘One Night in Miami’
On February 25, 1964, four African American icons met in a Miami hotel room for a night of revelry, bonding, arguments and ice cream. One of them,…
Continue ReadingDemocratic senators push Biden to include health care in American Family Plan
President Joe Biden is set to unveil the next phase of his massive plan to rebuild the American economy this week, and a collection of Democratic…
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Officials say the US is getting closer to the ‘finish line’ for coronavirus. What does that mean?
Everybody is talking about the “finish line.” After more than a year of trauma and heartbreak, state and local officials are pointing to…
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Trial for former officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting pushed to 2022
The trial for a former Louisville police officer charged in connection with Breonna Taylor’s shooting has been pushed back to February 1, 2022,…
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Derek Chauvin’s conviction is progress but not ‘true justice’ for people of color facing police violence, activists say
While the family of George Floyd, supporters and civil rights activists celebrated a Minneapolis jury’s decision to convict Derek Chauvin of…
Continue Reading Travon Free works to make ‘Two Distant Strangers’ more thought-provoking than triggering
Travon Free cut his teeth as a Hollywood comedy writer drafting jokes for some of late night’s biggest names. His latest project, though, a…
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New Milky Way map reveals a wave of stars in our galaxy’s outer reaches
A new map reveals the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, including a wave of stars disturbed by a small galaxy on a collision course with our own.…
Continue Reading The US may have more vaccines than people who want them by mid-May. Here’s why that’s a big problem.
The US will likely soon come up against a significant obstacle in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic — more doses of the vaccines than…
Continue Reading A man lost 150 pounds in lockdown. Now he’s chasing a number not measured in pounds
When Kyle White of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and his wife began working from home last year, they, like many Canadians, turned to Netflix and takeout…
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Acusan formalmente a cuatro hombres por el asesinato de un ambientalista indígena en Honduras
(CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Honduras acusó formalmente a cuatro hombres por su presunto involucramiento en el asesinato del líder…
Continue Reading Detienen a 158 personas por «infringir las normas sanitarias vigentes» en Santiago de Chile
(CNN Español) — Al menos 158 personas fueron detenidas este viernes en Santiago de Chile por «infringir las normas sanitarias vigentes» por la…
Continue Reading ANÁLISIS | La reconfiguración de la realeza británica es un hecho
Londres (CNN) — Los miembros de la familia real de Gran Bretaña retomaron esta semana sus compromisos públicos a medida que se acerca el final…
Continue Reading Confirman asesinato de una taxista venezolana en Georgia y buscan a sus presuntos homicidas
(CNN Español) — Autoridades en Georgia confirmaron este sábado la muerte de Rossana Delgado, una venezolana de 37 años, madre de dos hijos,…
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Local healthcare providers begin using J&J shot following lift of pause
The FDA and CDC lifted the pause on the Johnson & Johnson single dose covid vaccine for all adults following a safety…
Continue ReadingBiden officially recognizes the massacre of Armenians in World War I as a genocide
President Joe Biden on Saturday became the first US president to officially recognize the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire as a…
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