President Joe Biden’s nominee for the nation’s top health position Xavier Becerra will stress his upbringing as a son of a Mexican immigrant, his father’s recent passing and his history expanding health care access during his time as a longtime congressman and California’s attorney general, in a pitch to senators at his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, according to his prepared opening statement first obtained by CNN.
How one documentary reframes the history of Black women
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Black women are the mules of the world, Zora Neale Hurston wrote in 1937. More than 80 years later, Hurston's words in "Their Eyes Were Watching God" still ring true, but one filmmaker is on a journey to both expose...
Chloé Zhao makes history at Golden Globes
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Chloé Zhao has made Golden Globes history. Zhao, who directed "Nomadland," is the first woman of Asian descent and second woman ever to win the best director award in the Golden Globes' 78-year history. "This awa...
Baseball legends honored in MLB’s Black History Month art series
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Major League Baseball celebrated Black History Month this year by merging America's favorite pastime with art. The MLB commissioned 10 artists to celebrate the careers of legendary Black baseball players, in an effo...
Murkowski to meet with Tanden on Monday as confirmation remains on the rocks
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Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska will meet on Monday with Neera Tanden, the Biden administration's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. Tanden's con...
A Wisconsin firefighter was shot after heat from a burning building discharges loaded firearm inside, the fire department says
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A Wisconsin firefighter is in critical condition Tuesday after a loaded firearm inside a burning building discharged and struck him, according to the fire department. Justin Frederickson, a firefighter with the Corn...
Lawmakers to revive proposal for federal commission tasked with examining America’s history of racism
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Two Democratic lawmakers will reintroduce legislation Thursday calling for the formation of the first federal racial justice commission tasked with examining the country's history of systemic racism against Black pe...
Key GOP senator says she won’t support Tanden’s OMB confirmation
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Washington Republican Sen. Susan Collins will vote against the nomination of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget, dealing another blow to her chances of being confirmed after Democratic Sen. Joe ...
The face of the Perseverance landing was an Indian American woman
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It was Swati Mohan who first delivered the news to earthlings that NASA's Perseverance rover had successfully landed on Mars. "Touchdown confirmed," she announced to roaring applause from mission control at NASA's J...
A California woman’s new ID has a photo of her wearing a face mask
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, a California woman's ID photo says a lot about life during the pandemic. Lesley Pilgrim, 25, was issued an identification card from the California DMV with a photo of her wea...
Watch more than just ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ this Black History Month
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