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U.S. actor Kevin Costner on why its important to tell the “ugly” truths about American history
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Academy Award winner Kevin Costner explains why all facets of American history, even the “embarrassing” parts, are important to understand today. Source
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Putin cancels plan to storm last stronghold in Mariupol; Russian ramp-up likely ahead of May 9
Putin cancels storming of Mariupol steel plant, instructs it to be sealed off instead Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to ditch its plan to storm the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian troops as well as civilians are encamped. He is opting instead to continue to hermetically […]
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Parachute demo at Nats Park causes brief Capitol evacuation
Pedestrians walk by the United States Capitol building in Washington, March 15, 2022. Emily Elconin | Reuters The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed “a probable threat” — but the plane was actually carrying members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights, who then parachuted into […]
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Trump asks judge not to hold him in contempt, says he complied with subpoena from NY attorney general
New York State Attorney General Letitia James in New York City, November 19, 2019. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Former President Donald Trump asked a judge to reject New York Attorney General Letitia James’ bid to hold him in contempt for allegedly failing to comply with a subpoena as part of a civil investigation into his […]
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Trump campaign must pay $1.3M in legal fees to ‘Apprentice’ star Omarosa Manigault Newman in White House book lawsuit
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Omarosa Manigault (R) attend a church service, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., September 3 2016. Carlo Allegri | Reuters An arbitrator ordered Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to pay $1.3 million in legal fees to Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former “Apprentice” star whom the campaign unsuccessfully sued over a book about […]
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Relief, confusion and disappointment as masks come off on planes
Passengers at LaGuardia Airport on April 19, 2022. Leslie Josephs | CNBC The Biden administration’s transportation mask mandate was one of the most divisive policies of the Covid pandemic. Its sudden end this week was just as contentious. A federal judge in Florida on Monday struck down the mandate, which for more than a year […]
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DOJ announces $150 million in Covid health fraud, bogus vaccination prosecutions nationwide
Signage is seen at the United States Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., August 29, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced criminal charges against two people in California in a scheme that allegedly made $144 million in false and fraudulent health claims to federal programs for unnecessary […]
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The latest U.S. sanctions against Russia target a digital currency company, a bank and another oligarch
US President Joe Biden, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (R), speaks during a meeting with his cabinet at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 3, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it expanded its wide raft of sanctions […]
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Novavax says vaccine targeting Covid and flu shows promising results in early data
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 21, 2022 in The Hague, Netherlands. Patrick Van Katwijk | Getty Images Novavax on Wednesday said its vaccine targeting both Covid-19 and the flu triggered an immune response similar to its […]
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New York Gov. Hochul warns of ‘rising tide’ of Covid cases as omicron subvariants drive spike in infections
Kathy Hochul, governor of New York, speaks during a news conference in New York, on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two mutated strains of the highly transmissible omicron variant of Covid-19 are the main culprits behind a “rising tide” of infections in New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. […]
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