Republican Susan Wright will advance to a runoff in the special election for Texas’ 6th Congressional District, CNN projects, in a race that has been an early window into the fight over the future of the Republican Party in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election
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When many kids were running around playing tag or video games, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein was thinking about particle physics. After her mother took her to see “A Brief History of Time,” Errol Morris’ 1991 documentary about theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, she fell in love with the discipline. She was just 10 years old. Nearly 30 years
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At least 1 person has died Two shootings in New Orleans overnight left one dead and eight others injured, police said Sunday. The first shooting happened in the city’s Fifth District shortly before midnight. Officers found five victims with gunshot wounds, the New Orleans Police Department said. All five were taken to a hospital, where
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Four people were arrested at a Black Lives Matter march in Louisville, Kentucky, according to police, shortly after the Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs a few miles away. Two men and two women were arrested, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department. Police did not provide the names of those arrested or the
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A 29-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of attacks on synagogues and Jewish centers in the Bronx, the New York Police Department said. Jordan Burnette is being charged with burglary as a hate crime and also faces numerous charges related to the acts of vandalism as alleged hate crimes that have
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Despite the strain that online learning has placed on students across the country, some have excelled — and made history in the process. Nine students at a Houston-area high school were named valedictorians in mid-April. Yes, you read that right. The students at Bellaire High School achieved a 5.0 grade point average, breaking the record
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Although we’re closer than ever to resuming life as usual in the United States, globally, the end of the pandemic is horrifyingly far away. India is now the epicenter of the worst ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and the situation there could get worse before it begins to get better. Despite hope in the United States, where
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The 93rd Academy Awards are being presented Sunday. Below is a complete list of nominees. Check back for updates on all the winners throughout the night. BEST PICTURE “The Father” “Judas and the Black Messiah” “Mank” “Minari” “Nomadland” *WINNER “Promising Young Woman” “Sound of Metal” “The Trial of the Chicago 7″ ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING
Continue Reading For centuries, parents have been the uncontested masters of embarrassment, but at Sunday night’s Academy Awards, Daniel Kaluuya struck a blow for the younger generation, making his mother squirm. The 32-year-old Briton won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in biographical drama “Judas and the Black Messiah,” and, like any good son, he
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Big banks have changed their attitude toward cryptocurrencies in recent years, going from dismissive to cautiously interested. But Wall Street still isn’t fully embracing digital currencies. Cryptos are no longer condemned as a bizarre alternative investment, and even central banks around the world are considering issuing digital currencies. Bitcoin is trading at more than $50,000
Continue ReadingThings have been quieter around here in presidential-fact-check land. Not because President Joe Biden is accurate all the time. He certainly isn’t. But through his first 100 days in the Oval Office, Biden has given us intermittent false claims rather than the staggering avalanche of daily wrongness we faced from his predecessor. By CNN’s rough
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(CNN Español) — Diego Maradona agonizó 12 horas y el equipo médico tratante fue «deficiente, temerario e indiferente» ante la posibilidad de su fallecimiento, según un reporte de la junta médica encargada de investigar su muerte. El exfutbolista argentino «no estaba en pleno uso de sus facultades mentales» y podría haber tenido «más chances de
Continue Reading Honesty Liller started using drugs when she was 12. “I just wanted to fit in with my friends,” she said. It was the start of a rocky journey that Liller, now 40, said took her to many dark places and made her a very different person. “With a name like Honesty I would lie, lie,
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Changes to the California correctional system’s Good Conduct Credit (GCC) program took effect Saturday, increasing the rate at which “incarcerated individuals are able to receive credits for good behavior,” a spokesperson for the corrections department said. Good conduct credits and educational achievements can help move up a person’s release date or parole hearing date, the
Continue Reading Eleven people were taken to the hospital after a restaurant deck collapsed on Saturday afternoon, the Hamilton County, Tennessee, Office of Emergency Management said in a news release. Authorities responded to a 911 call around 4 p.m. reporting that more than 40 people had fallen from a collapsed deck at a restaurant in Soddy-Daisy, the
Continue Reading The United States has fully vaccinated more than 100 million people against Covid-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — a milestone that comes with optimism about the future. “I think we can confidently say the worst is behind us,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of Brown University School of Public
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Law enforcement agencies responded to an active shooter situation late Saturday at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wisconsin. The scene was later contained, according to Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, who said in a tweet, “There is no longer a threat to the community.” Melinda Danforth, director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Oneida Nation,
Continue Reading (CNN) — Hace un año cuando la pandemia de covid-19 estaba aún en su relativa infancia, el director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) destacó que un enfoque global sería la única salida a la crisis por covid-19. “Para salir adelante necesitamos solidaridad: solidaridad a nivel nacional y solidaridad a nivel mundial”, dijo el
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A leading Myanmar swimmer has called for the country’s Olympic committee to be expelled from the Olympic Movement, saying “genocidaires do not deserve to be in the Olympics.” In a Facebook post, swimmer Win Htet Oo said by rejecting the Myanmar Olympic Committee he had foregone any chance of competing at the Tokyo Olympic Games
Continue Reading Law enforcement agencies are responding to an active shooter situation at the Oneida Casino near Green Bay, Wisconsin, a tweet from the casino said Saturday. Officers are working to secure the location, according to the tweet. The casino is telling people not to go near the area as the investigation continues. “All Oneida Casino locations
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