MLB moving All-Star Game from Georgia after state passes new restrictive voting laws
Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to Georgia’s…
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Salman Rushdie reflects on post-colonial India 40 years after release of ‘Midnight’s Children’
Forty years after the publication of “Midnight’s Children,” author Salman Rushdie said he believes the India he was brought up in…
Continue ReadingHow a Bay Area clinic is helping provide vaccines to people experiencing homelessness
While some people nationwide have successfully booked their vaccine appointments online, many others — including people who are experiencing…
Continue ReadingTop homicide detective says Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd was ‘totally unnecessary’
The Minneapolis Police Department’s top homicide detective testified that kneeling on George Floyd’s neck after he had been handcuffed…
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Big businesses side with Democrats in clash over voting rights
Immediately after Major League Baseball announced it was moving this year’s All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to the state’s new…
Continue ReadingAmericans should continue to follow Covid-19 precautions despite record vaccinations, experts say
Millions of Americans have been vaccinated against Covid-19, and more are getting vaccinated every day. But that doesn’t mean the US can let…
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Biden orders White House flags lowered to half-staff after Capitol Police officer killed
President Joe Biden has been receiving ongoing briefings from his homeland security adviser following an attack on the US Capitol that killed Capitol…
Continue ReadingPost-Covid PTSD: the storm after the storm
At first, the thermometer read 101. But when Ricardo Ramirez arrived in the emergency department it just kept rising. He began pleading for his life,…
Continue ReadingTesla temporarily halts production of its Model S and Model X
Tesla has not built any of its two most expensive cars — the Model S and Model X — so far this year. Tesla did not respond to any…
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Major League Baseball has postponed the rest of the Mets-Nationals series due to Covid-19
The two remaining games of the Washington Nationals’ season-opening series with the New York Mets have been postponed due to Covid-19 concerns…
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What John Boehner gets *exactly* right about Fox News
In an explosive excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, former House Speaker John Boehner calls Texas Sen. Ted Cruz a nasty name, refers to lots of…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey lawmakers approve bills expanding voting rights as GOP-led states move to restrict access
Lawmakers in New Jersey have sent the state’s Democratic governor two election bills that together would expand voting rights for residents in…
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How to stop a killing like that of George Floyd from ever happening again
First there was the agonizing video, showing Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin grinding his knee into George Floyd’s neck for nearly…
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MLB to move All-Star Game from Georgia
Major League Baseball announced Friday that this season’s All-Star Game and MLB Draft will not be held in Atlanta in response to…
Continue ReadingWhite House tells Democratic investigators it no longer has Trump White House Capitol attack documents
The White House says it no longer has custody of the documents House Democratic investigators sought to shed light on the inner workings of then…
Continue ReadingCapitol Police officer killed, another injured after suspect rams car into police barrier outside building
One US Capitol Police officer has died and another is injured after a suspect rammed a vehicle into a police barricade outside the Capitol building…
Continue ReadingManufacturing moonshot: How Pfizer makes its millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses
When the coronavirus pandemic began, the challenge for Pfizer and BioNTech wasn’t just developing a Covid-19 vaccine — they also had to…
Continue ReadingNew York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang discharged from hospital after kidney stone
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said he was released from the hospital Friday after being treated for a kidney stone. “Have been…
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Why Matt Gaetz’s days in politics are likely numbered
It’s been a week for Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. First came the news that he was considering resigning from Congress for a job in the…
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Suspect dead and Capitol Police officer stabbed, another injured after car rams into barrier outside building
The suspect in Friday’s attack on US Capitol Police officers outside the iconic Washington building has died, multiple sources told CNN, and…
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