Opinion by Peniel E. Joseph “The Underground Railroad,” premiering against the backdrop of America’s current national reckoning on the politics of race, offers a luminous, troubling, artistically sophisticated and emotionally wrenching journey into racial slavery that reveals the peculiar institution’s continuous grip on our national soul. Based on Colson Whitehead’s acclaimed and popular 2016 novel,
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By Taylor Romine A Michigan judge dismissed an election fraud case Tuesday that state officials said was the last of the lawsuits challenging the 2020 election. The suit, which was originally filed by Michigan voter named William Bailey on November 23 of last year, alleged that “material fraud or error” took place when inaccurate results
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By Nicole Chavez and Christina Carrega A federal jury has awarded $75 million to two brothers in North Carolina, decades after they were convicted of rape and murder they did not commit. Leon Brown and Henry McCollum were arrested in 1983 and spent nearly 31 years in prison before the half-brothers were exonerated in 2014.
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By Amy Woodyatt Prince Harry has spoken about mental health in the trailer for an Apple TV+ documentary series with Oprah Winfrey, which aims to destigmatize the topic. Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex appear in the emotional trailer for “The Me You Can’t See,” which will be released Friday. It also features
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By Dan Merica and Daniella Diaz Florida Rep. Val Demings plans to run for US Senate against Republican Sen. Marco Rubio in 2022, two sources familiar with the plan told CNN Tuesday. The planned bid provides Democrats with a high-profile candidate in a key Senate race against a nationally known — and well-funded — opponent.
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By Carly Walsh Less than 10 weeks out from the postponed start to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, organizers have promised athletes they are doing everything they can to ensure the Games take place safely. Japan is struggling with a renewed outbreak of coronavirus, with only about 1% of the population vaccinated — renewing calls for
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Opinion by Joanna Mikulski and Molly Dillon In the coming weeks, state and local governments will have to decide how to spend $350 billion in flexible, federal aid that will be distributed as part of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. One important way they can spend these funds is to invest in women so
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By Emma Tucker A federal appeals court on Tuesday granted so-called qualified immunity to Louisiana officers who were accused of forcing an unarmed Black man to the ground and beating him into compliance, a case that experts say exemplifies how difficult it can be for victims of police brutality to overcome the controversial doctrine in
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By Christina Maxouris and Holly Yan The US has reached a “landmark day” in the Covid-19 pandemic as 60% of American adults have gotten at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. In addition, more than 3.5 million people ages 12 to 17
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By Jeff Zeleny Patti Eisenbraun had been anxiously waiting for the pandemic to subside so the dining room and patio at the Brown Iron Brewhouse would be bustling once again. Yet the lights were off, and her business was closed here Monday — not for a lack of thirsty customers, but for a lack of
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