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"A Boy. A Girl. A Dream." Goes to Digital & On Demand This Friday!
SYNOPSIS: On the night of the 2016 Presidential election, Cass, an L.A. club promoter, takes a thrilling and emotional journey with Frida, a Midwestern visitor. She challenges him to revisit his broken dreams - while he pushes her to discover hers.
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China Mobile faces US ban over spying fears
The Trump administration has moved to block a state-owned Chinese wireless carrier from linking up with the US market, citing national security concerns.
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Target Celebrates 20 Years of Designer Partnerships
Retailer to commemorate 20 years of making great design accessible to everyone with a limited-edition Anniversary Collection
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Alabama football head coach Nick Saban, seven-time national champion, is retiring
Alabama football coach Nick Saban, whose seven career national championships are the most by a head coach at NCAA football’s highest level, is retiring, the school said Wednesday in a news release.
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Fact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020
Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim. Trump’s deception about what happened in Georgia has not relented even as he prepares to turn himself in this week to face charges in Fulton County over his efforts to overturn his 2020 defeat to Joe Biden. On Saturday, he posted on social media that despite having won Georgia in 2016, doing a “fantastic job” as president and earning millions more votes in 2020 than he did in 2016 and more votes than a sitting president had ever received before, he had “shockingly, ‘LOST’ Georgia” – putting lost in quotation marks.
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Fact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020
Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim.
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5 things for April 23: Nashville shooting, North Korea, Kate Middleton
Earth Day is over, but there are some super simple things you can do every day to show our planet some love. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door
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Students trapped and diplomats assaulted as confusion reigns over ceasefire in Sudan
Gunfire, explosions and overhead fighter jets were heard across Sudan's capital Khartoum and nearby cities on Tuesday, amid conflicting reports of an agreed ceasefire.
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Lancôme and Lupita Nyong'o Award Scholarships to 40 Finalists of the NAACP's Act-So Competition Through the Write Her Future Scholarship Fund
After providing mentoring and career services to ACT-SO applicants, year one of Lancôme's partnership with the NAACP for Write Her Future culminated in the donation of $400,000 in scholarships.
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May is National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: Thanks to a Transplant, a Wisconsin COTA Teen is Winning Her Battle
May is National Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Awareness Month. More than 30,000 adults and kids in the United States have CF. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, a 16-year-old girl is currently winning the battle against CF thanks to her life-saving double lung transplant.
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Tax season has started: 8 things to do before you file
Tax filing season has begun. The Internal Revenue Service is now accepting and processing 2023 federal income tax returns.
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Women in Film & Television Austin annual fundraiser taking place this Friday, April 14; tickets on sale now
Women in Film & Television Austin, a nonprofit organization that advocates for and empowers women in the media industry, is proud to announce its annual fundraiser event, which will be held this Friday, April 14, 2023 from 6 - 9 p.m. The event will help raise money to support the organization's mission to support and empower members through professional educational programming, networking events, development opportunities, creative collaborations and mentoring.
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Why wasn't the UK public told about Prince William's Covid diagnosis?
Sunday night's news that Prince William tested positive for coronavirus earlier this year has raised questions as to why the British public was not told that the second-in-line to the throne had been ill during the pandemic.
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Why do we have right-on-red - is it time to get rid of it?
In America, traveling through red lights on right turns has become a rule of the road. Frequently, you get honked at if you don’t speed through fast enough.
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Deepak Chopra on the Healing Power of "Love-in-Action"
Deepak Chopra has been a mentor of mine from the day of my first interview with him more than a decade ago. I will never forget the day in 2008 when I asked him to explain such existential concepts as the distinction between the brain, mind and soul; the concepts of space and time, and how meditation benefits our physical and mental health. His answers then were clear and precise and without hesitation; on my end it felt like waking up from a dream and setting about on a continuous path of discovery.
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Diversity leaders to Corporate America: Black employees' lives depend on your willingness to change
Racial unrest in the United States motivated many of you to issue heartfelt messages, statements of solidarity and/or conduct employee town halls and listening sessions with Black and Brown employees. You expressed your commitment to ensuring racism-free work environments, frequently calling for a renewed focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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More than 300 workers dead after Indonesian election
More than 300 Indonesian election workers have died, many of which from fatigue-related illnesses, after the world's third biggest democracy hit the polls earlier this month.
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High school graduate sues school board, saying he got banned from schools for criticizing teachers
An 18-year-old Milford High School graduate filed a lawsuit against the city’s school board, claiming they sent a police officer to his home and banned him from schools and meetings because he criticized teachers’ political activity.
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Environmental Justice Concerns Loom Over Rail Merger
A few months back, I wrote a column focused on my misgivings about the proposed merger of two huge railroads – Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern. As I wrote at the time, I feared that the merger would add to the environmental and health burdens already facing Black communities and other communities of color by introducing more rail traffic and more carbon emissions while also negatively impacting things like emergency response and commute times.
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Statement by Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Budget Reinforces Administration’s Commitment to Reversing Years of Underinvestment in Federal Education Programs to Ensure the Success and Wellbeing of our Nation’s Students
