Bitcoin drops below $50,000 over tax hike scare
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were deep in the red early Friday, selling off over worries that the US government will hike taxes in the near…
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The royal rebrand is already underway
A version of this story appeared in the April 23 edition of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on the royal…
Continue ReadingBiden will seek to raise taxes on richest Americans to fund sweeping education and child care proposals
President Joe Biden is preparing to outline the next step of his economic agenda during a joint session to Congress next week and his proposal to pay…
Continue ReadingZlatan Ibrahimović’s new AC Milan contract will allow him to join fabled club of Serie A’s quadragenarians
Zlatan Ibrahimović has signed a one-year contract extension at AC Milan that will enable him to play beyond his 40th birthday. “AC Milan is…
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SpaceX rocket carrying four astronauts launches from Florida
A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying four astronauts from three countries — took off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida…
Continue ReadingBush says he wrote in Condoleezza Rice for president in 2020
Former President George W. Bush wrote in the name of his former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on his 2020 presidential ballot rather than…
Continue ReadingCalifornia police officer involved in fatal March shooting faces charges for a 2018 shooting death
A California police officer is facing multiple felony charges for the 2018 shooting death of a man during a slow-speed pursuit, the Contra Costa…
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Terrence Clarke, Kentucky basketball player and NBA prospect, has died following a car accident in LA
Basketball player Terrence Clarke, who last month declared for the 2021 NBA draft after playing his freshman season for the University of Kentucky,…
Continue ReadingStates tackling ‘qualified immunity’ for police as Congress squabbles over the issue
The fight in Congress to reform how the nation’s police officers go about their jobs has reinvigorated a discussion over so-called…
Continue ReadingThe world is waking up to the climate crisis. Just look at Wall Street
President Joe Biden kicked off a virtual climate summit on Thursday with a pledge to slash US greenhouse gas emissions by up to 52% below 2005 levels…
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5 things to know for April 23: Police violence, Covid, climate, Indonesian sub, Mars
Severe storms are going to roll through the Southeast this weekend, teeing up an active few days of rough weather. Here’s what you need to know…
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China calls these Uyghur parents ‘terrorists’ without evidence. But they say they just want to be with their children again
Three Uyghur parents who publicly appealed to Beijing to let their children leave China have been accused, without evidence, of child abandonment and…
Continue ReadingUS has the opportunity to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic but a major challenge lies ahead, expert says
On the road toward a return to normalcy, the rapidly climbing number of Covid-19 vaccinations is good news. But a major challenge may lie ahead, a…
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Ma’Khia Bryant should be remembered as a loving teenager, not for what happened to her, her mother says
Ma’Khia Bryant’s mother doesn’t want her daughter to be remembered by the incident that ended her life. “I want the world to…
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In an ancient desert city, a decisive battle could determine Yemen’s fate
Marib has the forlorn feel of a place awaiting its destiny, while embracing stoic and stubborn optimism. The desert oasis, and reputed home to the…
Continue ReadingArizona mail-in voting bill stalls in Senate amid heated debate between GOP lawmakers
A bill aimed at changing the mail-in voting process in Arizona, including stopping some voters from automatically receiving ballots, has stalled…
Continue ReadingWoman pleads guilty to hate crime charges after police say she ran over a girl because she ‘was a Mexican’
An Iowa woman who told police in 2019 that she ran over a girl because she “was a Mexican” pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal hate crime…
Continue Reading‘Mortal Kombat’ ratchets up the gore, but as a movie, it’s not a winner
Any sober analysis of “Mortal Kombat” already risks overthinking it, but even taking this adaptation of the game on its decidedly R-rated…
Continue ReadingSenate overwhelmingly passes anti-Asian hate crimes bill
The Senate passed with a wide bipartisan majority Thursday a bill denouncing discrimination against Asian communities in the United States, and…
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Ma’Khia Bryant argued about housekeeping before fatal police shooting, foster parent says
Ma’Khia Bryant and two other young women argued over a messy house and unmade bed before a fight that ended with the fatal police shooting…
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