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Behind closed doors at a US Border Patrol facility in Texas

(CNN)As the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the US-Mexico border continues to rise, hundreds have been kept in US Border Patrol facilities not meant for minors.The Biden administration has not allowed journalists to independently visit the facilities, but several lawmakers have visited sites. Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar provided […]

‘No indication’ AstraZeneca shot causes clots, EU agency says

A version of this story appeared in the March 17 edition of CNN’s Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction newsletter. Sign up here to receive the need-to-know headlines every weekday. (CNN)After virtually all of western Europe temporarily suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, the continent’s top medicines regulator […]

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With anti-Asian hate crimes on the rise,And right-wing media rationalizing genocide,Has Dr. Seuss’ publisher just gone too far?Dr. Seuss wasn’t perfect.  None of us are.If they stop printing a few in their catalog,Who cares?  Mr. Potato Head has a schlong!So says the GOP (Greedy Old […]

Sports Illustrated’s first black Asian transgender model

By Viviane Faver  Leyna Bloom, from Chicago, is featured on the pages of the 2021 edition of Sports Illustrated, becoming the first black Asian transgender model to appear in the magazine. She follows Valentina Sampaio, whom last year became Sports Illustrated’s first transgender swimsuit model.   Quincy […]

Ruth Bader Ginsburg honored with bronze statue

A larger-than-life bronze statue of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on display in her hometown of Brooklyn.The 7-foot-tall, 650-pound statue was unveiled last week at City Point Brooklyn, a mixed-use development about a half mile away from the Brooklyn Bridge.It was created by Australian artists […]