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Can’t make the ‘Road To Majority Policy Conference’ this year? Here’s how to watch it at home
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The conference, set to take place in Orlando, Florida, is focused on providing attendees with the information and professional connections they need to drive engagement and voter turnout. "Road to Majority is the na...
Fentanyl seizures at the border in May nearly 300% higher than last year
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics show that 951 pounds of the deadly drug – which can be fatal in tiny amounts – were seized at the southern border in May. That is the highest amount seized since Decembe...
Hornets’ LaMelo Ball selected NBA Rookie of the Year
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That belief became a reality Wednesday night as Ball’s versatility as a passer, scorer and rebounder earned the Charlotte Hornets point guard the honor despite missing 21 games with a fractured wrist. CLICK HERE FOR ...
New Jersey offering extra year of school to special education students because of COVID-19 pandemic
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The new law will affect students who would otherwise turn 21 and age out of the state's educational system over the next three years. "We recognize the pandemic has been especially hard on the roughly 8,700 students...
Atlanta violence: Nearly 60% more murders so far this year amid crime wave
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There have been 58% more murders, or 63, reported so far in 2021, compared to last year’s 40, as of June 5, Atlanta Police Department statistics show. Just earlier this month, a 71-year-old man died after he was att...
Wisconsin turkey hunt harvest hits over 20 year low
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According to recently revealed data, the state of Wisconsin recently saw its lowest harvest in over two decades for the most recent turkey hunting season. According to some officials, they believe this is due to lock...
Migrant crossings hit 10 year high this fiscal year amid border crisis, with four months to go
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced this week that the number of migrants encountered at the border in May was more than 180,000, a massive spike over the 23,000 encountered during the same month in 2020 --...
The appeal of supersonic civilian flight after a year of no travel
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This was excerpted from the June 4 edition of CNN's Meanwhile in America, the daily email about US politics for global readers. Click here to read past editions and subscribe. There were few sights more graceful tha...
Pompeo: Wuhan lab theory wasn’t the ‘politically correct thing’ to say last year
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MIKE POMPEO: What precisely happened? We don't know. But every one of those laboratories that the Chinese engage in, just like, frankly, every state-owned enterprise, is operated and controlled by the People's Liber...
Over 440 LA County deputies have left this year, as sheriff calls violence, homelessness ‘existential threats’
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The LASD's highest-ranking official is asking county executives to allow his department to hire hundreds more deputies to address critical issues, such as violent crime and homelessness. This comes as newly obtained ...
Fauci: Are you saying we’re implicated over $120K a year for bat surveillance?
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"Are you really saying that we are implicated because we gave a multibillion-dollar institution $ 120,000 a year for bat surveillance?" he asked, according to the Financial Times. The paper did not post the precise ...
Biden administration formally ends ‘remain in Mexico’ policy after suspending it earlier this year
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The Biden administration formally ended the Trump-era policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico until their court dates in the United States, according to a memo issued by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Ma...
Baltimore students who failed classes this year will still pass, school board says
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Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Sonja Santelises made the announcement during a virtual Tuesday board meeting. "As we approach the end of the 2020-2021 school year, we all recognize that students have experienced i...
Sports fans come back to arenas and stadiums after year at home — and so does their wild behavior
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Fans have packed stadiums and arenas over the last few weeks, and some pro athletes have noticed a palpable difference. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant was among those who noticed the difference the fans made at the ...
AP reporter accuses GOPers of ‘practicing revisionist history’ for taking lab-leak theory seriously last year
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"We should note one thing about former President Trump and some Republicans here, who seem to be almost taking a victory lap," Lemire said on Thursday during a panel discussion on MSNBC's "Morning Joe." Lemire argue...
Chris Cuomo falsely claims US gov ‘had not been open to the lab theory’ after he reported it last year
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Cuomo suggested that the leak theory is a "newer notion" than the previous theory that the virus jumped from animal to human after the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. intelligence believes at least three Wuhan...