By Alaa Elassar, CNN Paul Robeson was a true Renaissance man – an athlete, actor, author, lawyer, singer and activist whose talent was undeniable and whose outspokenness almost killed his career. An All-American football star at Rutgers University, where he was class valedictorian, Robeson earned a law degree at Columbia and worked for a New
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By Jim Acosta and Pamela Brown, CNN Advisers to former President Donald Trump say he still has not expressed remorse for the siege at the US Capitol, which could end up being important for Senate jurors to consider after House impeachment managers on Wednesday released new video of the violent mob’s assault on January 6.
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By Maggie Fox, CNN A once-a-week injected diabetes drug helped overweight and obese people lose an average of 15% of their body weight over 16 months, researchers reported Wednesday. The maker of the drug, called semaglutide, has asked the US Food and Drug Administration to approve it for chronic weight management. If approved, it would
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By MJ Lee and Michael Nedelman, CNN With coronavirus variants posing a serious threat to President Joe Biden’s efforts to contain the pandemic, a Biden official tells CNN that the administration is still simply “not where we want to be” on surveillance of mutations in the US — and simultaneously worried that Americans will grow
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By Allison Morrow, CNN Business SPAC-ERNICK Colin Kaepernick, the activist and former NFL quarterback, is the latest high-profile investor to get in on the SPAC craze. A SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company, is a very trendy way to take a company public. Rather than go through the expensive, time-consuming process of an IPO, private
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By Katia Hetter, CNN While vaccinations are ramping up across the United States and many parts of the world, some preliminary studies have suggested the current vaccines may not be as effective with emerging coronavirus variants. With companies looking to develop booster shots that target these variants, some have asked — should I wait before
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By Clare Foran, Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju, CNN House impeachment managers will finish arguing their case on Thursday that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection one day after they showed violent and disturbing video footage of the attack on the US Capitol as they urged senators to convict at the Senate trial. Never-before-seen
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By Nicole Chavez, CNN Constance Baker Motley graduated from her Connecticut high school with honors, but her parents, immigrants from the Caribbean, couldn’t afford to pay for college. So Motley, a youth activist who spoke at community events, made her own good fortune. A philanthropist heard one of her speeches and was so impressed he
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