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Florida Yearbook Censored Over Black Lives Matter Pages

By Christina Maxouris Florida teacher David Fleischer says his students on the yearbook committee spent the past year carefully planning the topics and events they wanted to include in their high school’s yearbook — and they were proud of the finished product. But on Friday, the students at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines

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US Vice President Kamala Harris (C) participates in a bilateral meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura in Guatemala City on June 7, 2021. - US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Guatemala on June 6, 2021, bringing a message of "hope" to a region hammered by Covid-19 and which is the source of most of the undocumented migrants seeking entry to the United States. Harris, who will also visit Mexico, is making her first journey abroad as President Joe Biden's deputy with an eye toward tackling the root causes of migration from the region -- one of the thorniest issues facing the White House. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Kamala Harris Faces Scrutiny on Border During Central America Trip

By Nikki Carvajal, Kate Sullivan, Dana Bash, Phil Mattingly and Jeremy Diamond Vice President Kamala Harris endured a rocky first foreign trip since taking office, with sources telling CNN her two-day swing through Mexico and Guatemala left some administration officials quietly perplexed about what they perceive as her bumpy answers to questions about whether she

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Senate Policing Reform Talks Stall Over Qualified Immunity

By Ted Barrett and Ali Zaslav The top Republican negotiator of a broad policing reform bill said that the two sides remain far apart on a number of issues that go beyond the key sticking point of qualified immunity and include many other issues that they’re finding “really hard” to resolve. GOP Sen. Tim Scott

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US Covid Cases Hit New Low, Experts Warn on Variants

By Aya Elamroussi The US is making significant strides in curbing the coronavirus pandemic just in time for the summer, with reported infections reaching a new low over the last year. The country averaged less than 14,400 daily reported infections and 427 deaths over the past seven days, according to Johns Hopkins University data. It’s

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President Joe Biden talks about the May jobs report from the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, June 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden Prepares for First Foreign Trip, Summit with Putin

By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and Kaitlan Collins When President Joe Biden told officials this spring that he wanted to meet soon with his Russian counterpart for a summit, his team quickly set out to make it happen — even if some wondered what he really hoped to achieve. The last two administrations — including

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Prince embraces Apollonia Kotero in a scene from the film 'Purple Rain', 1984. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

Apollonia Kotero Remembers Prince on His 63rd Birthday

By Lisa Respers France Monday would have been the singer Prince’s 63rd birthday in the year which marks the fifth anniversary of his death and Apollonia Kotero says she’ll celebrate the way she always does. The former Prince protégée and his costar in the 1984 film “Purple Rain” told CNN she misses her beloved friend

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Obama Warns of Media’s Role in Eroding U.S. Democracy

Analysis by Brian Stelter “All of us as citizens have to recognize that the path towards an undemocratic America is not gonna happen in just one bang,” Barack Obama said in an arresting interview with Anderson Cooper on Monday night. It happens “in a series of steps,” Obama said, citing the devolution of places like

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PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 07: Coco Gauff of The United States celebrates victory in their ladies singles fourth round match against Ons Jabeur of Tunisia during day nine of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 07, 2021 in Paris, France. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)

Coco Gauff Becomes Youngest French Open Quarterfinalist

By Ben Morse For 17-year-old Coco Gauff, breaking records is a regular occurrence. The American tennis star was at it again on Monday, becoming the youngest woman to reach a grand slam quarterfinal since 2006 at the 2021 French Open. She breezed past Ons Jabeur in just 53 minutes at Roland Garros, 6-3 6-1, to

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Jackson County Makes Juneteenth an Official Paid Holiday

By Zoe Brown On Monday, Jackson County designated Juneteenth as an official paid holiday for county staff. This comes after the county legislature approved Ordinance 5513 during a meeting at the county courthouse. A release states: “Per the ordinance, the County will observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday for staff and close county offices on

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Boston Mayor Fires Police Commissioner Over Abuse Claims

By Amir Vera Boston Mayor Kim Janey announced Monday that she has fired Dennis White as commissioner of the Boston Police Department, effective immediately. The termination stems from White’s ex-wife accusing him of domestic violence 20 years ago, according to his attorney. White has denied those claims and the allegations were resolved in court in

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