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• Biden, Harris Offer Solace, Denouce Racism in Atlanta Visit

  19-03-2021 23:57
  
  President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are offering solace to Asian Americans and a reeling nation as they visit Atlanta just days after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women.
  
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• A Look at Cuomo Aides' Sexual Harassment Allegations

  19-03-2021 23:57
  
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing allegations that he sexually harassed or behaved inappropriately toward several women who have worked with him.
  
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• Russian Man Pleads Guilty in Nevada to Plot to Extort Tesla

  19-03-2021 23:56
  
  A Russian man has pleaded guilty to offering a Tesla employee $1 million to cripple the electric car company’s plant in Nevada with ransomware in an extortion scheme.
  
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• Biden's diplomacy decries actions of China, Russia

  19-03-2021 23:54
  The Biden administration is advancing its foreign policy approach toward Russia and China that is more openly critical of the countries concerning actions while preserving some hard-line policies put in place by former president Trump. (March 19)      
  
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• Wise Takes Three-Shot Lead at Midway Point of Honda Classic

  19-03-2021 23:49
  
  Aaron Wise is making PGA National look easy.
  
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• Report Calls for Better Data Protection at Louisiana-Monroe

  19-03-2021 23:48
  A state audit report says the University of Louisiana at Monroe needs to do more to protect student data.
  
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• AP Top Stories March 19 P

  19-03-2021 23:48
  Here are the top stories for Friday, March 19: President Biden visits Atlanta after a gunman killed eight people, most of them Asian American women; the CDC relaxes guidelines for schools; a judge refuses to delay Derek Chauvin's trial; Oscars plans solidify.      
  
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• Trump's Florida Resort Partially Closed, Workers Quarantined After Coronavirus Outbreak: Sources

  19-03-2021 23:47
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Parts of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, golf resort have been temporarily closed because of a...
  
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• Arkansas Lawmakers Approve $100,000 for Drowning Deaths

  19-03-2021 23:47
  Arkansas lawmakers have reversed a panel's decision and approved the state paying $100,000 for the drownings of a woman and her son.
  
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• 4 More Women Sue Texans QB Watson Alleging Sex Assault

  19-03-2021 23:46
  
  Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson has been sued by four more women who accuse him of sexual assault and harassment.
  
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• Left Tries to Compare Biden Fall to Gerald Ford Slip, Video Proves They Are Nothing Alike

  19-03-2021 23:45
  
  Immediately after President Joe Biden’s multiple slips and final tumble while climbing the stairs to board Air Force One on Friday, leftists online went into damage-control mode and attempted to justify the embarrassing moment. Their defense? Former President Gerald Ford. Ford, the United States’ 38th president from 1974 to ’77, took a tumble down a…
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• LA Mayor Says Vaccines by ZIP Code Would Have Saved Lives

  19-03-2021 23:44
  
  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said “a lot of deaths" could have been prevented if the state had focused earlier on vaccinating those in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods.
  
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• Ecuador Health Minister Resigns After Less Than 3 Weeks as Prosecutors Probe Vaccine Rollout

  19-03-2021 23:43
  QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's health minister has resigned less than three weeks on the job, the Andean country's government said on Friday, as...
  
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• Aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment in latest allegation

  19-03-2021 23:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alyssa McGrath is the first current employee to publicly accuse the governor of making inappropriate comments.
  
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• Arizona Governor, Florida Senator Blast Biden Over Border

  19-03-2021 23:39
  Republicans overseeing their party’s efforts to elect senators and governors trekked to the Arizona-Mexico border and laid blame for a surge in migrants at the feet of President Joe Biden.
  
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• Plans Unveiled for Nearly $300 Million Beef Processing Plant

  19-03-2021 23:35
  Plans have been unveiled for a nearly $300 million beef packing plant that would employ 875 people in western Nebraska.
  
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• Biden, Harris Meet With Asian American Community in Atlanta

  19-03-2021 23:35
  
  Days after a gunman opened fire on spas in the Atlanta area, the president met with the Asian American community there and insisted ‘hate can have no safe harbor in America.’
  
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• Ex-Politician in Prison in Adoption Scam Gets 5 More Years

  19-03-2021 23:34
   A former Phoenix politician already in prison on a six-year sentence for operating an illegal adoption scheme involving women from the Marshall Islands was ordered to serve another five years behind bars for defrauding Arizona’s Medicaid system in a scam to get taxpayer-funded health coverage for the birth mothers.
  
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• Panel Calls for Paradigm Shift in School-To-Prison Pipeline

  19-03-2021 23:31
  Speakers at a recent University of Richmond symposium say schools have become places of trauma for students of color and help reinforce centuries of systemic racism by driving students into the criminal justice system.
  
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• ‘Not appropriate’ for media to see inside border facilities for migrant kids, Dem Rep says defending Biden’s lack of transparency

  19-03-2021 23:31 via rt.com
  
  Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-California) has defended the Biden administration’s lack of transparency at migrant facilities, claiming it’s “not necessarily appropriate” for the media to see the conditions because they aren’t “permanent.”“I don't necessarily think that it's appropriate for journalists to be inside centers that are not permanent places for children,” Sanchez told CNN after being asked about the current administration denying press acc
  
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• CDC: Students can social distance at 3 feet apart; FEMA will begin funeral reimbursements in April; 540K US deaths: Live COVID-19 updates

  19-03-2021 23:29
  
  Elementary school students can distance at 3 feet apart in classroom while wearing masks regardless of community transmission. Latest COVID-19 news.      
  
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• Beloved Coachella Priest's Death Spurs Migrant Vaccinations

  19-03-2021 23:27
  
  The Rev_ Francisco Valdovinos served at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mecca for just two years, but the priest had “a unique ability” to connect with people and understand their needs “beyond the spiritual.”.
  
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• Volcano Erupts Near Iceland's Capital

  19-03-2021 23:25
  
  By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-PedersenCOPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A volcano erupted near Iceland's capital Reykjavik on Friday, shooting lava...
  
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• Volcano Erupts in Iceland Near Capital Following Weeks of Seismic Activity

  19-03-2021 23:25
  
  COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A volcanic eruption began in southwestern Iceland near the capital Reykjavik on Friday following thousands of small...
  
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• We now know the names of all 8 people killed in the Atlanta area spa shootings. Here's who they are.

  19-03-2021 23:23
  
  All eight people killed in the three shooting at Atlanta area spas have been identified. Here's who they are.      
  
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• Insurer Chubb Needs to Pay up to Bulk up With Hartford

  19-03-2021 23:23
  
  By Alwyn Scott and David FrenchNEW YORK (Reuters) - Chubb Ltd's $23.4 billion bid for Hartford Financial Services Group Inc would catapult it well...
  
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• Former Arizona Politician Already in Prison for Six Years in Adoption Scam Sentenced to Five More Years Behind Bars.

  19-03-2021 23:23
  Former Arizona politician already in prison for six years in adoption scam sentenced to five more years behind bars.
  
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• How low can the U.S. go? Biden feeling the heat on emissions

  19-03-2021 23:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  How low can U.S. emissions go? Under President Joe Biden, the number to watch for may be 50 percent.
  
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• The Latest: Biden Praises CDC's Staff During Visit to HQ

  19-03-2021 23:20
  
  President Joe Biden has paid a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and used the appearance to celebrate his administration reaching the benchmark of injecting 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine since his inauguration.
  
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• Battle for Voting Rights Is Not Over in Georgia, Biden Says

  19-03-2021 23:20
  
  ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday the battle for voting rights in the state of Georgia was not over.Biden and Vice...
  
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• Conservative Activists Warn of ‘Constitutional Crisis’ as WY Votes to Maintain the Death Penalty

  19-03-2021 23:19
  
  Despite substantial efforts to abolish capital punishment, state lawmakers voted down the latest attempt to repeal Wyoming’s death penalty system. According to Wyoming Tribune Eagle News, the Wyoming Senate voted against SF0150 in a 19-11 vote on Thursday. If the measure had passed, the state would have joined 23 others that have already taken steps…
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• Feds, charities adjust to rising migrant numbers

  19-03-2021 23:18
  The Biden administration is responding to a wave of children crossing the southern border into the U.S. with some of the very tactics that evoked moral outrage from Democrats when former President Donald Trump embraced them. (March 19)      
  
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• U.S. Officials Say Talks With China Useful, but Do Not Highlight Any Concrete Outcomes

  19-03-2021 23:14
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Senior U.S. officials briefing reporters after the Biden administration's first high-level face-to-face talks with...
  
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• Arkansas Coronavirus Cases, Hospitalizations Drop Further

  19-03-2021 23:12
  Arkansas’ active coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have dropped further.
  
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• U.S. VP Harris Says Asian Americans Have Been Attacked and Scapegoated

  19-03-2021 23:10
  
  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Kamala Harris, the first U.S. Vice President of Asian American descent, said on Friday that Asian Americans have been attacked...
  
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• Muscogee (Creek) Nation Offering Vaccines to Oklahoma Adults

  19-03-2021 23:09
  The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is the latest Oklahoma-based tribe to offer vaccines to all Oklahoma adults.
  
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• With Incoming Arizona Heat, Vaccine Sites to Move in April

  19-03-2021 23:06
  Arizona's top health official says state-run outdoor vaccination sites will switch to nighttime operations or shut down next month in anticipation of hotter temperatures.
  
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• Former UCLA Soccer Coach Gets 8 Months in Prison in U.S. College Scandal

  19-03-2021 23:04
  
  By Nate RaymondBOSTON (Reuters) - A former men's soccer coach at the University of California, Los Angeles was sentenced on Friday to eight months...
  
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• Controversial congressman could emerge as favorite in Alabama Senate race despite inflammatory remarks

  19-03-2021 23:02 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks delivered fiery remarks before the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, telling then-President Donald Trump's supporters in stark terms, "Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass."
  
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• Lawsuit: NJ Prison Guards Kicked, Punched Transgender Woman

  19-03-2021 23:00
  New Jersey prison guards punched and kicked a transgender woman during an attack on inmates in January and struck her so forcefully about a month later that she had to be hospitalized.
  
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• Four more sexual misconduct lawsuits against Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson

  19-03-2021 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Houston Texas quarterback Deshaun Watson now faces seven separate sexual misconduct and assault lawsuits.
  
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• Garment workers in Myanmar fight for democracy

  19-03-2021 22:59
  Garment workers in Myanmar vow to fight the military dictatorship following a coup on Feb. 1.International brands source some of their products there in a burgeoning clothing industry that's been rapidly growing in recent years. (March 19)      
  
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• U.S. Representative Tom Reed Accused of Sexual Misconduct -Washington Post

  19-03-2021 22:58
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Representative Tom Reed, who has been mulling a challenge to Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, has...
  
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• Viral Video Shows 102-Year-Old Joining in on Great Grandson’s Virtual Gym Class

  19-03-2021 22:57
  
  As restrictions are lifting and many people are getting vaccinated, families who haven’t seen each other in over a year are finally spending time with one another again. Julia Fulkerson is an independent woman from Ajo, Arizona. She’s 102 years old and drove a car up until she was 100. She’s missed out on seeing…
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• NCAA Teams Locked Away in Hotel Rooms Amid Texas Reopening

  19-03-2021 22:56
  
  Kentucky All-American Rhyne Howard can see the San Antonio River Walk bustling with life from the window of her hotel overlooking the city's iconic tourist destination.
  
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• Trump's Mar-A-Lago Partially Closed Due to COVID Outbreak

  19-03-2021 22:55
  Former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, club has been partially closed because of a COVID outbreak.
  
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• Lawyer: Canada Border Questions Violated Huawei CFO's Rights

  19-03-2021 22:54
  
  Lawyers for a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies argue that her detention and questioning at the Vancouver airport in late 2018 violated her rights.
  
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• Jury Finds Man Guilty in 2016 Theft at Mall, Guard Abduction

  19-03-2021 22:53
  A jury has convicted a 36-year-old man in the 2016 abduction of a security guard and theft of cell phones at a northern Illinois shopping mall.
  
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• Trump's Mar-a-Lago partially closed because of Covid outbreak

  19-03-2021 22:49 via nbcnews.com
  
  The resort has shut down a section "for a short period of time” and quarantined some of its workers, a person familiar with club operations says.
  
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• Don’t Forget Media Speculated About Trump’s Health Following Ramp Slow Walk, While Biden Mocked Him

  19-03-2021 22:49
  
  President Joe Biden’s multiple stumbles walking up the steps to Air Force One on Friday drew comparisons to the coverage former President Donald Trump received when he walked slowly down a ramp at West Point’s graduation last summer. NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck shared a video of Biden himself making fun of Trump at the…
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