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Virginia Beach police work the scene of a shooting the night before on Saturday, March 27, 2021 in Virginia Beach, Va. A pair of overnight fatal shootings along the beachfront in Virginia Beach wounded several people in a scene described by authorities on Saturday as “very chaotic.” (AP Photo/John C. Clark)

The US has reported at least 50 mass shootings since the Atlanta spa shootings

By Madeline Holcombe and Dakin Andone At least three people were killed and two were injured in a shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, early Sunday, continuing the long string of similar incidents that preceded it. Since March 16, when eight people were killed and one wounded at three Atlanta-area spas, the United States has had at

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on March 14, Mickey Guyton performs onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California and broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

A Black woman is hosting the Academy of Country Music Awards for the first time

By Alexis Benveniste Country music singer Mickey Guyton will make history Sunday when she hosts the Academy of Country Music Awards with Keith Urban. The 37-year-old singer from Arlington, Texas, will be the first Black woman to host the awards ceremony. And this isn’t Guyton’s first time making history in the country music world. In

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Dasia Taylor is a 17-year-old from Iowa City, Iowa who used beet juice to create color-changing sutures. She's now seeking a patent for the invention after receiving national attention for it.

A student harnessed the power of beets to make healing from surgery safer — and more equitable

By Anjali Huynh and Michelle Krupa Dasia Taylor didn’t expect to become a nationally recognized scientist at 17 years old. The Iowa student has dedicated her life to equity work, from serving as one of her school district’s diversity equity leaders to participating in her high school’s Black History Game Show club. But when her

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Negotiations over Biden’s infrastructure package continue in Congress this week. Here’s what to watch

By Paul LeBlanc and Phil Mattingly, CNN Washington is staring down a bumpy road to infrastructure consensus. The Biden administration’s roughly $2 trillion proposal focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis enters a critical week on Capitol Hill as congressional Republicans wrestle with what a scaled-down counter offer might look like. Complicating the already winding

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Morris Brown’s reaccreditation could signal more longevity among HBCUs

By Skylar Mitchell It is no secret that at some point, something went very wrong at Morris Brown College. It was a disappointing, though not unfamiliar story. A school with a dedicated faculty and loyal students had run into financial challenges that eventually made it impossible to operate. On April 13, the historically Black college

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ST PAUL, MN - MARCH 19: People march near the Minnesota State Capitol to honor George Floyd on March 19, 2021 in St Paul, Minnesota. This morning Judge Peter Cahill rejected motions for change of venue and continuance by the defense of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin, who is accused of killing George Floyd last May. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Closing arguments in Derek Chauvin’s trial will contrast the prosecution’s concise case with a more complex defense

By Eric Levenson, CNN Prosecutors and the defense will offer competing visions of Derek Chauvin’s role in George Floyd’s death during closing arguments Monday in the former Minneapolis officer’s criminal trial. For the prosecution, that means drilling home their concise argument that Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020, was exactly what it appeared to be

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 23: Leonida Lipshy, RN in the COVID unit at the Broward Health Medical Center, prepares to inoculate a frontline caregiver with a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on December 23, 2020 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Broward Health Medical Center began vaccinating frontline healthcare workers last week with the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine and are continuing to inoculate frontline caregivers with both of the vaccines after the arrival of the Moderna. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

White House to promote vaccine eligibility with media blitz

By Arlette Saenz As all Americans 16 years and older become eligible for the vaccine on Monday, the White House is launching a media blitz to raise awareness about Americans’ vaccine eligibility, an administration official said. Earlier this month, President Joe Biden moved up the deadline for states to make all American adults eligible for

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Funny how far women have come in comedy

Analysis by Lisa Respers France The death of pioneering “Saturday Night Live” writer Anne Beatts last week was a reminder of the strides made by women in comedy — and the work toward equity that remains. Beatts, who died at the age of 74, also created the ’80s sitcom “Square Pegs” and was the first

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