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Meteor Streaks Over Cuba, Causes Explosion
What is believed to be a meteor lit the sky over eastern Cuba and caused an explosion, scientists on the island said Saturday. There were no reports of damage or injury.
Ex-judge Cheri Beasley To Run For U.S. Senate, Advisers Say
Coming off a narrow election defeat in 2020, North Carolinas first Black woman to serve as chief justice on the state Supreme Court will soon enter the 2022 U.S. Senate race, two advisers familiar with her deliberations said Thursday.
Alexi McCammond Parts Ways With Teen Vogue Over Past Tweets
Saying her past antiAsian and homophobic tweets have overshadowed her work, Alexi McCammond said Thursday that she and publisher Conde Nast have decided to part ways at Teen Vogue.
Atlanta Police Search For Motive In Spa Murders As Asian Americans Decry Attacks
Atlanta police on Thursday were considering all motives including hate crime in the fatal shootings of Asian women at two spas in the city as a U.S. lawmaker said the AsianAmerican community was "screaming out for help" to combat discrimination.
Factbox: Parisians Banned From Regional Travel As New Local Lockdown Starts
Paris and the IledeFrance region around it, as well as several other areas where the COVID19 epidemic is accelerating, will start a new fourweek lockdown this weekend but confinement measures will not be as strict as in previous nationwide lockdowns, Fren...
Georgia Police Search For Motive In Spa Murders As Asian Americans Decry Attacks
Georgia police on Thursday were considering all motives including hate crime in the murders of eight people, six of them Asian women, at Atlantaarea spas as a lawmaker said the AsianAmerican community was "screaming out for help" to combat discrimination.
U.S. To Share 4 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine With Mexico, Canada
Mexico will receive 2.5 million doses of the vaccine and Canada is to receive 1.5 million doses
WHO Experts Say Countries Should Keep Using Astra Zeneca Jab
The WHO, Europe's medicines regulator and AstraZeneca itself have repeatedly said the vaccine was safe after several countries reported feared links with blood clots or brain haemorrhages.
Man Carrying Weapon Arrested Outside US Vice-President Kamala Harris' Official Residence
Officers allege Murray was in possession of an "AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, 113 rounds of unregistered ammunition, and five 30 round magazines."
Court Tosses $8M Verdict In 'Walking Dead' Stuntman's Death
An appeals court has thrown out an $8 million jury verdict awarded to the family of a stuntman who was fatally injured while filming an episode of The Walking Dead in 2017.
President Biden Says Andrew Cuomo Should Resign if Investigation Confirms Sexual Harassment Allegations
Joe Biden said that it takes a lot of courage to come forward so the presumption is it should be taken seriously.
Biden To Hold First Formal News Conference Next Week
President Joe Biden will hold his first formal news conference on March 25 at the White House, press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Tough Covid-19 Rules See Babies Isolated, Families Cramped in Tiny Spaces
Hong Kong authorities have ordered that anyone testing positive for the virus must go to hospital, including babies, while all their close contacts are sent to makeshift quarantine camps.
Covid-19 Is `Most Discriminatory Crisis' For Women: UN Women
Emerging from the pandemic, 59 percent of women reporting having to spend more time on domestic work since the pandemic began, and a digital gender gap leaving many women unprepared for the future.
Missiles Fired By Houthis Hit Uninhabited Areas, Saudi-led Coalition Says
The Saudiled coalition fighting in Yemen said on Monday that the Iranianaligned Houthi group fired two ballistic missiles towards the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, but succeeded in hitting only uninhabited border areas, Saudi state TV...
Georgia Tech Honors Fauci With Annual Social Courage Prize
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the nation's fight against COVID19, has accepted an award that honors his courage in leading Americans through an exceptionally partisan pandemic.