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More than 8,400 returning travelers that have entered California from Asia on commercial flights are being monitored for the coronavirus, according to California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Governor urged residents to take precautions regarding the coronavirus, while emphasizing that the risks to public health were low. He said there was no need to declare a …
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Leaders of a Neo-Nazi group have been arrested and charged in a pair of federal investigations with conspiring to harass journalists, churches and a former Cabinet official, among others, with phony bomb threats and other forms of intimidation. John C. Denton, 26, of Montgomery, Texas, a former leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, was …
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On Wednesday, a federal appeals court said the Trump administration can withhold funds from New York City and seven states that have declared themselves sanctuaries from federal immigration policies, setting the stage for possible U.S. Supreme Court action. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said President Trump acted …
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On Tuesday night, the seven Democratic candidates in the race for President took the debate stage in South Carolina, hoping to win over voters before the state’s primary on Saturday. Democrats went after current frontrunner Bernie Sanders and focused on former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s past with women in the workplace, as the candidates continued …
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged for the second straight day, tumbling more than 800 points after health officials warned the novel coronavirus likely will spread throughout communities in the U.S. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all had fallen about 3% through early-afternoon trading on Tuesday. Losses were widespread, with American Express, Dow …
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Katherine Johnson, the NASA mathematician who was depicted in the film “Hidden Figures,” died Monday, NASA said in a tweet. She was 101. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine in a statement: “Ms. Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers of space even as she made huge strides that also opened doors for women and people of …
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Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of third-degree rape and a criminal sex act on Monday. After over five days of deliberation, jurors in Manhattan Supreme Court cleared Weinstein, 67, of the most serious charge against him, predatory sex assault. He faced five charges, including predatory sexual assault and first-degree rape, for the …
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Celebrated restaurateur and model Barbara Elaine Smith, known professionally as B. Smith, died Saturday after struggling with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. Dan Gasby, Smith’s husband, announced on Facebook that she died late Saturday at the couple’s home on Long Island, New York. 70-year-old Smith began her career as a model in the 1960s, and became the …
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New York’s , Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the Albany Jewish Community Center in New York was evacuated and searched Sunday morning, after it and several other centers around the country received anonymous emails with vague threats that mentioned a bomb. Cuomo went to the Albany center after police evacuated about 100 people, searched the …
Three people were killed in a small plane crash in Abilene, Texas on Thursday morning, authorities said. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said the twin-engine Beechcraft BE20 Super King Air disappeared from air traffic radar just before 6 a.m. Feb. 20. Officials said the pilot was trying to return to an airport because of …
