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President Donald Trump meets on Monday morning with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, center, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office at …
Published on July 20, 2020
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Poor diets threaten US national security — and it's serious
America's poor diet isn't just bad for us. It's now considered a threat to national security.
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Civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis dead at 80
John Robert Lewis, the son of sharecroppers who survived a brutal beating by police during a landmark 1965 march in Selma, Alabama, to become a towering figure of the civil rights movement and a longtime US congressman, has died after a six-month battle with cancer. He was 80.
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SPLC Action Fund Calls for Immediate Removal of Mississippi Confederate Monument
On Monday, July 20, the Black Empowerment Organization (BEO) and community members will call on the Neshoba County Board of Supervisors to eliminate symbols of the Confederacy in public spaces by removing the Confederate monument located in front of the courthouse.
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New rule will put more African-Americans and Hispanics at risk for COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the nation and taking a disproportionate toll on African American and Hispanic communities. Yet the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services just moved ahead with a rule that will make it more difficult for vulnerable Americans to access the medicines they need.
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More than 940 deaths reported in one day as US coronavirus cases shatter another record
Battles over wearing face coverings intensified even as the US shattered another daily coronavirus record and health officials warned hospitalizations are getting out of control in some areas.
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New Generation of Protest Holds Great Promise for America
The inspiring rise of a new generation protesting against racial injustice is driving a new era of change in America, like the generation that emerged 60 years ago to build the civil rights movement of that time. July 16, 1960 is marked in my memory: that is the day I joined seven other friends to walk into the whites-only Greenville Library, and be arrested for violating the segregation laws.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital
She Is Home and Doing Well
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for a possible infection in her latest health scare.
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National French Fry Day is today. Here's where to grab free fries
Today is National French Fry Day and not even coronavirus can ruin America's love affair with the crispy golden spuds.
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Judge blocks first federal execution in 17 years
A federal judge on Monday blocked the planned execution of convicted killer Daniel Lewis Lee, and three others, citing ongoing challenges to the federal government's lethal injection protocol.
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Trump granted another 45-day extension to file annual financial disclosure
President Donald Trump has been granted a second 45-day extension to submit his annual financial disclosure form, a White House official told CNN on Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump has been granted a second 45-day extension to submit his annual financial disclosure form, a White House official told CNN./Credit: Alex Brandon/AP
Published on July 13, 2020
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McConnell: No recovery bill without lawsuit protections for 'everyone related to the coronavirus'
A new plan under development by the White House and Senate Republicans to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is expected to include financial incentives to push schools to reopen while also shielding health care workers and companies against lawsuits, Republicans said Monday, a move that will spur a fight with Democrats.
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Can Trump fire Fauci? Technically, no
President Donald Trump on Monday sought to downplay tension with Dr. Anthony Fauci after a White House official shared a statement that appeared to undermine the nation's leading infectious disease expert.
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Lady A, the singer, is fighting back against Lady A, the group
The singer Lady A is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A.
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Anita White, the singer known as Lady A ,is pushing back against a suit from the band Lady A./Credit: Anita White/Facebook
Published on July 13, 2020
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Valentina Sampaio becomes Sports Illustrated's first trans model
She is no stranger to making history. In 2017 she became the first trans woman to appear on the cover of Vogue Paris. Two years later, she was the first openly transgender model to be hired by Victoria's Secret. Now in 2020, 23-year-old Valentina Sampaio continues to break barriers in the modeling industry by becoming the first transgender woman to be featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
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1 in 3 young adults vulnerable to severe Covid-19 — and smoking plays a big part, research finds
One in three young adults is at risk of severe Covid-19, and smoking plays a big part in that risk, according to new research published Monday in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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A California city could be one of the first to remove police from traffic stops
Berkeley, California, may become one of the first cities in the US to remove police from traffic stops. It's an effort to reduce racial profiling in policing, city officials say.
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'It's the same thing': Experts baffled by Trump's misleading distinction between 'absentee' and 'mail-in' ballots
President Donald Trump has railed against "mail-in voting" while defending "absentee voting," baffling experts who say those voting systems are essentially the same thing.
