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• NFL announces new diversity committee after Brian Flores lawsuit

  28-03-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  The NFL announced Monday it has created a diversity advisory committee to review its hiring policies and practices with a "focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions."
  
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• NFL announces new diversity committee

  28-03-2022 23:58 via cnn.com
  
  The NFL announced Monday it has created a diversity advisory committee to review its hiring policies and practices with a "focus on senior-level coach and front office personnel positions."
  
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• Camera Caught What Happened 16 Seconds Before Will Smith's Slap - It Changes Everything

  28-03-2022 23:32
  
  The Twitterverse has been abuzz over the slap heard around the world at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony.
  Comedian and award presenter Chris Rock made a joke about the bald head of Jada Pinkett Smith, who was seated in the front row of the audience with her husband, actor Will Smith. She suffers from alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss.
  “Jada, I love ya. ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see ya,” Rock said in a reference to the 1997 film in which actr
  
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• Biden's $26 billion proposal for NASA paves path for 1st human exploration on Mars

  28-03-2022 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  The Biden administration's request for the NASA budget in 2023 is $26 billion, the largest request for science in the space agency's history, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Monday.
  
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• Virginia Animal Rescue Saves 400 Research Beagles and Helps Them Find Forever Homes

  28-03-2022 23:07
  
  An animal rescue in Fairfax, Virginia, has taken on the monumental task of orchestrating the intake of 400 beagles so the dogs can experience loving forever homes instead of lives spent in research.
  Envigo, a facility that breeds beagles for research, was left with hundreds of “surplus” beagles after the COVID-19 pandemic slowed down demand. It reached out to the Homeward Trails Animal Rescue to see if something could be worked out.
  The result was great news for families looking to a
  
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• 'WJ Live': Camera Was Recording 16 Seconds Before Will Smith's Slap: It Changes Everything

  28-03-2022 23:06
  
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• DeSantis signs controversial bill restricting certain LGBTQ topics in the classroom

  28-03-2022 22:41 via cnn.com
  
  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a controversial bill that would ban certain instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms.
  
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• Companies are making a big push to help Ukrainian refugees get jobs

  28-03-2022 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  The practical, financial and emotional difficulties of being a refugee are unfathomable. But for the millions of people who have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded, one obstacle may be somewhat easier to tackle in the coming months: Making a living.
  
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• At least 25 vehicles involved in a crash on Pennsylvania interstate during snow squall

  28-03-2022 22:03 via cnn.com
  
  At least 25 vehicles were involved in a fiery crash on a major highway in eastern Pennsylvania during a snow squall on Monday, authorities said.
  
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• Judge: 'More likely than not' that Trump 'corruptly attempted' to block Congress from counting votes on January 6

  28-03-2022 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge said Monday that former President Donald Trump and right-wing attorney John Eastman may have been planning a crime as they sought to disrupt the January 6 congressional certification of the presidential election.
  
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• Licensed-to-Carry Hero Shoots Rottweiler Mauling 5-Year-Old, Saves Boy's Life

  28-03-2022 21:58
  
  A Philadelphia mother watched helplessly as two large dogs nearly mauled her 5-year-old son to death right in front of her.
  The two loose rottweilers attacked Kasion, who has austism, on the 6100 block of Ogontz Avenue at 7:14 the morning of March 18 as the boy and his mother were headed for his school.
  Nearby good Samaritans tried to help, but the vicious dogs were undeterred. People tried to beat, kick and even shoot at them with a paintball gun, to no avail.
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• Judge orders Trump Organization to comply with NY Attorney General subpoena

  28-03-2022 21:58 via cnn.com
  
  A New York state judge ordered the Trump Organization to comply by the end of April with a subpoena from the New York attorney general as part of its long-running civil investigation into the former president and his real estate company.
  
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• Anchorage residents allowed to return after massive avalanche, but dangerous conditions remain

  28-03-2022 21:56 via cnn.com
  
  Residents in the Eagle River area of Anchorage, Alaska, are being asked to evacuate after a massive avalanche cut off 100 homes without power on Thursday night, officials said.
  
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• DeSantis Signs 'Parental Rights In Education' Bill Into Law

  28-03-2022 21:35
  
  Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law on Monday, which critics have derided as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
  HB 1557 prohibits classroom instruction regarding “sexual orientation or gender identity” in kindergarten through third grade “or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards” for those in higher grades.
  “As many of you know, I
  
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• Teen who died at Florida amusement park was a football standout and a 'gentle giant' with a kind heart, loved ones say

  28-03-2022 21:21 via cnn.com
  
  At the young age of 14, Tyre Sampson mapped out his future: play professional football and buy his mom a house, according to his father Yarnell Sampson.
  
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• Teen Survives Getting Hit by Tornado on His Way Home from Job Interview, Gets Job and a New Truck

  28-03-2022 21:07
  
  When Riley Leon of Texas set out for a job interview at a local fast food restaurant on March 21, his mother warned him against it.
  The weather was ready to turn at any moment, and there were all sorts of dangerous weather warnings, including the chance of thunderstorms, large hail and tornadoes.
  Leon, 16, made it to the interview and was headed home when his mother’s warning became reality. He was driving through Elgin when a tornado crossed directly into his path and picked up his red Ch
  
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• New Orleans and other major cities at risk for severe storms including tornadoes

  28-03-2022 21:00 via cnn.com
  
  It's been less than a week since deadly storms impacted the Deep South, and once again we are looking at the potential for the same areas to get more severe storms.
  
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• Judge Rules Trump Likely Committed Federal Crimes, Says Jan. 6 'Will Repeat Itself' if He Isn't Held Accountable

  28-03-2022 20:34
  
  A federal judge declared on Monday that former President Donald Trump’s actions challenging the results of the 2020 election were likely criminal.
  U.S. District Judge David Carter, a nominee of former President Bill Clinton, issued a 44-page decision in the case of Trump legal adviser John Eastman claiming that Eastman likely committed federal crimes in trying to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, The Hill reported.
  Carter, a judge in th
  
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• Fact-checking three TV ads in North Carolina's Republican Senate primary

  28-03-2022 20:18 via cnn.com
  
  A television attack ad from a prominent candidate in North Carolina's competitive Republican primary for the US Senate, former state governor Pat McCrory, tries to make another top candidate, Rep. Ted Budd, sound like a defender of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  
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• Video: Russia Launches Spectacular Missile Strike After Biden Demands Putin Ouster, Regime Change

  28-03-2022 20:03
  
  Attempts by the White House to walk back President Joe Biden’s call for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s head during his fiery speech in Poland on Saturday were in vain.
  Biden’s ad-libbed line, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” could hardly have been misconstrued. The damage had been done.
  A top U.S. official confirmed to Axios that this remark was not read from Biden’s teleprompter, nor included in his prepared text.
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• How to invest in tech and leave Facebook behind

  28-03-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Tech stocks have taken a tumble this year, but some investing experts say there are now plenty of good values in the sector. You just have to look beyond the increasingly tired MT. FAANG stocks.
  
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• Elon Musk wants to get to Mars with this behemoth rocket

  28-03-2022 19:23 via cnn.com
  
  SpaceX says Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built. Here's everything you need to know about the vehicle Elon Musk plans to use to set up a self-sustaining city on Mars.
  
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• Matt Gaetz Blasts Will Smith, Hypocritical Dems with Scathing Take on Slap Heard Round the World

  28-03-2022 19:22
  
  How was Will Smith able to smack Chris Rock in the face and walk back to his seat as if nothing had happened?
  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz is pointing out elitist Hollywood liberal hypocrisy by comparing the code of conduct at the Oscars with a far different venue.Less violence at the Trump rally than at the Oscars.
  — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) March 28, 2022Will Smith walked onto the stage during Sunday’s Oscars and brazenly slapped Chris Rock in the face.
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• Biden Foundation Named After Beau Was Supposed to Help Kids, But Here's What Happened Instead: Report

  28-03-2022 18:52
  
  A foundation named for President Joe Biden’s late son Beau is spending far less than what a top charity watchdog says should be spent on its mission.
  The Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children took in $3.9 million in 2020, but spent far less than that on children, according to the New York Post.
  CharityWatch, a watchdog group, says top-rated nonprofits put at least 75 percent of what they collect into programming.The Beau Biden Foundation, named after Joe’s dead son, ra
  
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• World's largest retailer to stop selling cigarettes in some stores

  28-03-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Walmart, the world's largest retailer, will stop selling cigarettes in select US stores following years of pressure on big chains to end tobacco sales.
  
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• Walmart will stop selling cigarettes in some stores

  28-03-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  Walmart, the world's largest retailer, will stop selling cigarettes in select US stores following years of pressure on big chains to end tobacco sales.
  
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• Jan. 6 panel will seek interview with Ginni Thomas, sources say

  28-03-2022 18:45 via cnn.com
  
  Following the revelation of Virginia "Ginni" Thomas' text messages with then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, most members of the House select committee investigating January 6 -- including chair Bennie Thompson and vice chair Liz Cheney -- believe the panel should interview her, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told CNN.
  
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• Off the Charts Sticker Shock

  28-03-2022 18:06
  
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• Matt Gaetz Officially Announces He's Nominating Trump for Speaker of House if GOP Defeats Pelosi in 2022

  28-03-2022 17:55
  
  Former President Donald Trump could return to Washington in January if Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has his way.
  During a Trump rally in Georgia on Saturday, Gaetz told a screaming crowd he would go forward with an idea he first considered last year.
  “There is no greater country than America! There is no greater president than Donald J. Trump! And if you don’t mind me saying so, there is not a better member of Congress than Marjorie Taylor Greene,” Gaetz said.
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• Girls Who Code founder: Women need flexibility in the workplace

  28-03-2022 17:30 via cnn.com
  
  Covid-19 wreaked economic havoc on women globally, especially mothers, bringing into sharp focus the policies and practices that continue to thwart gender equality at work and at home.
  
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• Tesla plans another stock split

  28-03-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla is asking its shareholders for permission to split its stock for the second time in two years.
  
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• Could Will Smith Lose His Oscar? Actor Widely Condemned for Violence at Awards Show

  28-03-2022 17:23
  
  Just when you thought it was safe to tune out the Oscars, Sunday’s show had an unscripted moment that has caused ripples of controversy.
  Moments before actor Will Smith was given the Academy Award for best actor, he stalked onstage and smacked comedian Chris Rock in the face.
  The New York Post reported Monday that the incident could be enough to make Smith give back his award.
  While presenting an award for the best documentary, Rock joked that Smith’s wife, actress Jada Pinkett
  
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• Why a terror designation is the last sticking point in Iran-US talks

  28-03-2022 17:19 via cnn.com
  
  After weeks of signals from Iranian and Western officials that a deal to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement was imminent, an escalation in rhetoric between Tehran and the United States over the weekend dampened hopes for a breakthrough.
  
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• FBI Made Mistakes Across Hundreds of Cases, But Here's What's Happening Now That Republicans Have Found Out

  28-03-2022 16:33
  
  House Republicans are seeking answers after an FBI audit found 747 compliance errors in cases involving political groups and others in the bureau’s “sensitive” category over an 18-month span of Donald Trump’s presidency.
  The Washington Times reported on the audit on March 11, saying it covered the period from Jan. 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
  No names were given in the audit report, but 191 of the 353 cases involved domestic public officials.
  Other cases involved religious
  
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• Analysis: Trump just can't stop praising Putin

  28-03-2022 15:53 via cnn.com
  
  When someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time. Or in the case of Donald Trump, the 10th time.
  
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• NATO Member Breaks with Biden on Russia: 'I Can't Leave My People in the Cold'

  28-03-2022 15:51
  
  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inadvertently illustrated how useless the North American Treaty Organization is and how toothless Western sanctions against Russia are, when all is said and done.
  The leader of NATO member Turkey — which has good relations with both Russia and Ukraine — said that while he condemns Russian aggression, he will not impose sanctions because doing so would harm his nation’s energy industry and hurt the Turkish people.
  “We are buying
  
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• In One Tweet About Will Smith, Academy Awards Put Hollywood's Hypocrisy on Full Display

  28-03-2022 15:18
  
  So, how ’bout them Oscars?
  Everyone will doubtlessly remember where they were when “CODA” won the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday. The drama, which I’m sure starred some people and was watched by somebody, scored a slight upset over woke-Western “The Power of the Dog,” also apparently watched by people. Thrilling stuff. That’s the moment everyone’s going to hearken back to when they talk about this year’s ceremonies, right?
  Oh yeah,
  
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• Evacuation orders for 8,000 homes are lifted after a wildfire torches parts of the Boulder area

  28-03-2022 15:01 via cnn.com
  
  All evacuation orders have been lifted after 19,000 residents were told to flee as the NCAR Fire ripped through part of Colorado, officials said.
  
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• Audience Explodes as Trump Drops the F-Bomb on Biden, Kerry

  28-03-2022 14:49
  
  We’re in a situation with Russia and Ukraine where people are worried about an A-bomb being used. It’s enough to get former President Donald Trump to drop the F-bomb.
  In a speech in Commerce, Georgia, on Sunday, Trump mocked the priorities of President Joe Biden’s administration — particularly climate czar John Kerry, whose concerns regarding the escalating conflict in Eastern Europe seem to be centered, as Trump noted, on whether “the ocean will rise one one-hundre
  
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• Heineken is leaving Russia

  28-03-2022 13:15 via cnn.com
  
  Dutch brewer Heineken said Monday it will exit the Russian market following a review of its operations triggered by the invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Ariana DeBose makes history as first Afro Latina, openly queer actor of color to win Oscar

  28-03-2022 05:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Ariana DeBose has made history as the first Afro Latina and first openly queer woman of color to win an Academy Award for acting.
  
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• Apple TV+ makes history as first streaming service to win best picture with 'CODA'

  28-03-2022 05:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  Apple TV+ on Sunday became the first streaming service to win the Academy Award for best picture with "CODA."
  
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• Oscars 2022 Winners List: Live Updates

  28-03-2022 05:28 via nbcnews.com
  
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• Jane Campion becomes third woman to win best director Oscar

  28-03-2022 05:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jane Campion on Sunday night became the third woman in film history to win the best director prize at the Academy Awards.
  
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• St. Peter's Final Four fairy tale ends in disappointment, 69-49

  28-03-2022 04:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  The St. Peter’s University Peacocks’ magical run through college basketball’s postseason came to an end Sunday in Philadelphia.
  
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• Dollywood closes ride out of 'abundance of caution'

  28-03-2022 03:53 via cnn.com
  
  Dollywood is temporarily closing its drop tower attraction after a boy fell to his death from a similar type of ride by the same manufacturer at a park in Orlando, a spokesman for Dolly Parton's Tennessee theme park said.
  
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• Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl found a musical 'twin flame' in Taylor Hawkins

  28-03-2022 00:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  When the rock musician Dave Grohl set out to find a new drummer for his up-and-coming band Foo Fighters, the odds were stacked against whoever sat behind the
  
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• Troy Kotsur and Ariana DeBose make history at Oscars as 'Dune' dominates with 6 wins

  28-03-2022 00:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Oscars are returning to the beloved Dolby Theatre on Sunday with hosts, presenters and performers.
  
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