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March 4, 2020 at 10:16 am

California’s 1st death brins U.S. virus toll to 11

California announced its first coronavirus-linked death Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the United States to 11. The fatality is the first in the United...

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the coronavirus, during a press conference at the White House in Washington, March 2, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times) XNYT177 XNYT177

March 3, 2020 at 8:30 pm

U.S. reports 9th coronavirus death as the virus continues to spread; Fed cuts interest rate

Washington state reported new deaths from coronavirus on Tuesday, raising the U.S. death toll from the virus to nine. With the coronavirus spreading unpredictably and...

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February 14, 2020 at 4:20 pm

Yes, that Harriet Tubman debit card is real, and no, she’s not supposed to be doing the Wakanda salute

Harriet Tubman is in fact saying the word “love” in American Sign Language, according to OneUnited, the Black-owned bank that made the debit cards for...

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January 23, 2020 at 8:36 am

Mount Vesuvius eruption was so hot it turned one victim’s brain into glass, researchers say

The man died alone, lying on his stomach and probably asleep, as hot ash flowed down from Mount Vesuvius. He was likely the sole victim...

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Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway speaks with reporters on the driveway outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington on January 16, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS) 1543534 1543534

January 21, 2020 at 5:10 am

Asked why Trump’s schedule had no MLK events, Conway says impeachment goes against King’s ideals

On a holiday set aside to honor King, and in the week in which the Senate is set to begin its impeachment trial of Trump,...

January 9, 2020 at 6:30 am

Comedy group was firebombed for its portrayal of ‘gay Jesus’ — now Netflix has been ordered to remove the movie

The tongue-in-cheek Christmas special, a Netflix satire portraying Jesus as gay, was meant to provoke — and it did. Politicians and preachers called the Brazilian...

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November 21, 2019 at 6:56 am

Jury acquits activist charged with felony after helping migrants in Arizona desert

The first jury that heard Scott Warren's case earlier this year could not agree. Should he should face prison time for helping migrants who had...

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November 4, 2019 at 6:02 am

Buffalo Wild Wings staffers near Chicago fired for telling group to move because customer didn't 'want black people sitting near him'

The Vahls went out on a Saturday night near Chicago in search of dinner. But the family and their party, a mostly African American group...

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., laughs as CNN moderator Chris Cuomo speaks during the Power of our Pride Town Hall Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. The LGBTQ-focused town hall featured nine 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) CAMT141 CAMT141

October 11, 2019 at 4:36 am

‘Pronouns are not a punchline’: CNN’s Chris Cuomo apologizes for gaffe at LGBTQ candidate town hall

Coming on stage at the event in Los Angeles, Sen. Kamala Harris said, "My pronouns are she, her and hers," and Cuomo joked, "Mine too,"...

October 9, 2019 at 4:38 am

He said an antipsychotic drug caused him to grow breasts. Now, Johnson & Johnson owes him $8 billion, jury rules.

At age 9, Nicholas Murray was prescribed the drug Risperdal for off-label treatment — to address the sleeping troubles associated with his autism. But once...

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