By Clare Foran and Jessica Dean, CNN The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Wednesday to renew the lapsed Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation championed by President Joe Biden. A bipartisan bill to reauthorize the VAWA, as it is known, was introduced in the House earlier this month by Democratic Reps. Sheila
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Unhappy anniversary, jobless Americans. This week marks a year since the coronavirus pandemic began upending the US economy, costing millions of people their jobs and forcing them onto unemployment benefits. Those who are still out of work could soon start getting notices from their state unemployment agencies advising them that they
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By Jasmine Wright, CNN Kamala Harris declared “the status of women is the status of democracy” on Tuesday, in her first speech before the United Nations as the first female vice president of the United States. “Eleanor Roosevelt, who shaped the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, once said, ‘Without equality, there can be no democracy.’
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Yaphet Kotto, an actor known for bringing gravitas to his roles across television and film, has died, according to his agent, Ryan Goldhar. He was 81. Kotto died on March 14 at 10:30 p.m. local time in the Philippines, where he lived with his wife, Goldhar said. Information on the cause
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN For many people of color, hearing Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, speak about racism within the royal family was, though shocking, not exactly surprising. And one of those people was former first lady Michelle Obama. In an interview with Jenna Bush Hager on NBC’s “Today” show, Obama spoke about her thoughts
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By Chauncey Alcorn, CNN Business Former Starbucks executive Rosalind “Roz” Brewer assumed her new role as CEO of Walgreens on Monday, officially making her the only Black woman currently serving as the head of a Fortune 500 company and just the third in history to achieve the career milestone. Former Xerox chief executive Ursula Burns
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Lawmakers are rushing to extend the federal government’s key relief program for small business owners as the deadline to apply for a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program approaches with more than $110 billion still untouched. With about 40% of the funds allocated by Congress in December remaining, lawmakers approved another
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By Christina Maxouris, CNN Experts say there’s a tough race between Covid-19 vaccinations and a contagious variant that’s rapidly spreadingacross the US, threatening another dangerous surge — and the eased restrictions only further complicate things. “It’s going to be a close call,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health told
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By Greg Wallace, Pete Muntean and Hollie Silverman, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration will extend its stricter enforcement against unruly passengers — specifically targeting those who disobey masking policies — after receiving more than 500 reports of misbehaving passengers since December, the agency said Monday. “The number of cases we’re seeing is still far too
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By Chloe Melas, CNN The Oscar nominations were announced Monday morning and some history was made. Not only did women account for a record-breaking 76 nominations, but two women were nominated in the best director category for the first time. Below are reactions from some of the nominees. Daniel Kaluuya, Best Actor in a
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