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The US pandemic at one year: Looking back at the week everything changed, and looking forward

This week's news coverage of the coronavirus will toggle between retrospectives about the one-year anniversary of the pandemic and forward-looking reports about vaccines and variants. I have compiled what some news outlets are doing to mark the moment, but first, here is a flashback to twelve months ago.

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Christian diet guru and 'Tarzan' actor are among 7 presumed dead in plane crash near Nashville

Seven people are presumed to have died in Saturday's crash of a small jet into a Tennessee lake, including Remnant Fellowship Church founder and Christian diet guru Gwen Shamblin Lara, officials said.

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THE INTERNET Details New Album HIVE MIND, Release New Song "Come Over"

Following the release of their incredible song, “Roll (Burbank Funk),” THE INTERNET are pleased to announce the details of their forthcoming fourth album, HIVE MIND, due out July 20th, 2018 on Columbia Records. In addition to “Roll (Burbank Funk),” a brand new song from the record - entitled “Come Over” - can be heard now following its debut as Zane Lowe’s World Record on Beats 1 on Apple Music today; click HERE to listen to it. Following the release of their incredible song, “Roll (Burbank Funk),” THE INTERNET are pleased to announce the details of their forthcoming fourth album, HIVE MIND, due out July 20th, 2018 on Columbia Records. In addition to “Roll (Burbank Funk),” a brand new song from the record - entitled “Come Over” - can be heard now following its debut as Zane Lowe’s World Record on Beats 1 on Apple Music today; click HERE to listen to it.

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Michael B. Jordan pens powerful tribute to Chadwick Boseman

One of the last times Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan spoke, Boseman said they were forever linked, Jordan wrote on Instagram Monday.

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Seven takeaways from the DNC's third night

The nation's most prominent Democrats on Wednesday night sought to instill a sense of urgency in voters that was absent four years ago, when Donald Trump was elected President.

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Azealia Banks Issued Arrest Warrant After Missing Court Date For Assault Charges

According to a statement from her lawyer, Azealia was at Paris Fashion Week during her scheduled court appearance.

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Stars join Parkland students for benefit concert

Drama students past and present shared the stage Monday night for a benefit concert featuring stars and survivors of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

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At least 4 dead after fire breaks out in hospital in Rome

At least four people have died and more than 200 people evacuated after a devastating fire broke out near the mortuary of the San Giovanni Evangelista hospital in the Roman suburb of Tivoli late Friday night, according to Italy’s fire brigade. The fire broke out on the lower level between the mortuary, clinic and kitchen area at around 10:30 p.m. local time (4:30 p.m. ET) and quickly spread to the emergency room area on the floor above. Witnesses who were in the emergency room waiting for treatment said the electricity went out and the fire seemed to then engulf the entire wing quickly, according to Italian press reports. Two of the four victims died as a result of smoke inhalation, one died from a heart attack and one as a result of burns. Other bodies that were in the mortuary at the time were also burned, the fire brigade said. Seven children and several newborns were among those evacuated. A hospital spokesperson told CNN affiliate Sky24 that 134 of the evacuees were transferred to nearby hospitals.

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Dallas Police Turned Down Donation From Group Led By Dallas Mavs CEO Cynthia Marshall

The Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynthia Marshall had planned to bring breakfast to police as a gesture to recognizes the Dallas officers killed in the July 7th ambush as well as two black men killed by police across the nation earlier that same week in 2016.

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New Documents Reveal FBI Secretly Monitored Protests, Feared 'Black Supremacist' Attack

Newly released FBI and Department of Homeland Security documents reveal federal law enforcement agencies worried that violent “Black Supremacist Extremists” would kill police officers, attack the Democratic National Convention and the cause chaos Republican National Convention.

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Wells Fargo to Merge International Business With Wholesale Banking

Wells Fargo & Co, the third-largest U.S. bank by assets, said on Thursday it would merge its international business with its wholesale banking unit that serves corporate clients. Spokesman Alan Elias said the international business previously stood on its own since it was so small that it needed more individual attention.

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First Indian American tapped to lead Office of Communications in district history

Effective today, Tejal Patel will serve as Executive Officer of Communications for the Houston Independent School District.

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‘Power’ Showrunner Says 50 Cent Nudity Beef Was Staged

The creator and executive producer of Power is coming clean about an August 2016 Instagram spat with the show’s producer and star 50 Cent, which was sparked after a full-frontal shot of his manhood was shown on camera.

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Fifth Ward Nonprofit Helps Provide 21,000 Meals for the Elderly

On April 13, Julia C. Hester House became a food sorting site for the Houston Food Bank and Harris County Precinct One serving seniors living in a food desert.

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What we know -- and still don't know -- about what led to Tyre Nichols' death

It's been almost three weeks since a traffic stop in Memphis led to a violent arrest and, three days later, the death of the 29-year-old Black driver.

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Puerto Rico's Cash Crisis: 35% of Banks Still Closed

More than a third of the banks in Puerto Rico are still closed a month after Hurricane Maria pummeled the island.

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'The physical violence we experienced was horrific and devastating': Officers recount harrowing events of Capitol insurrection

The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol kicked off its first high-profile hearing Tuesday with harrowing testimony from officers who experienced firsthand the violent events of that day at the hands of a pro-Trump mob.

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Uvalde teacher feels forgotten by the officers sent to rescue him and his students

As he lay in his own blood, with dead and dying students around him, Arnie Reyes knew help was just outside the classroom door.

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Janet Jackson asks police to check on son while in father's care

Janet Jackson called police Saturday over concern for her 1-year-old son, Eissa Al Mana, authorities told CNN. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Kimberly Alexander said deputies made a welfare check on behalf of Jackson Saturday evening.

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Netflix's 'The White Helmets' Takes Home the Company's First Oscar Win

"The White Helmets," a documentary about volunteer rescue workers in Syria, took home the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Sunday.