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Mar 22 2022
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Ukraine says it retook control of a town near Kyiv from Russia as heavy fighting continues around the capital
Ukraine's army said it had retaken control of a town near Kyiv after Russia's invasion.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine said on Facebook on Tuesday that Makariv, west of Kyiv, was back under Ukrainian control, writing that the "state flag of Ukraine was raised over the city of Makariv."
This means that Ukraine can stop Russia surrounding the city from the northwest, The Associated
Business InsiderJul 23 2012
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President shares story of hero who tended to friend in theater shooting
(CNN) -- Seconds after a gunman shot Allie Young in the neck in a crowded Colorado theater, a friend, Stephanie Davis, pulled her into an aisle, put pressure on her wound and dialed 911. Young told her friend to run, but Davies refused.
CNN DigitalDec 26 2020
Analysis
The Content of Our Christmases
Christmas has a tendency to collect things, even things that don’t exactly go together. We celebrate the birth of a child in the Levant with christened winter traditions from Germany and Victorian morality fables. A 1990s pop songstress follows on a French carol. And even the phrases on my lips this time of year are a collection of nationalities. The “merry” in Merry Christmas was ditched for
National Review (News)Oct 24 2022
Perspectives Blog
Media Bias Alert: Left-Right Divide on Hunter Biden Continues as Feds Weigh Charges
Each week, AllSides Media Bias Alerts examine media bias in coverage of a major or important story using the AllSides Media Bias Ratings™ and our AllSides Media Bias Chart™.
On October 6, multiple outlets reported that federal investigators believed they had accumulated enough evidence to charge Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son, with lying on a 2018 gun purchase form and
Joseph RatliffJan 10 2022
News
Omicron is surging — and Democrats aren’t shutting things down this time
Democrats have a message for Omicron-flooded America: get vaxxed and carry on.
From New York to California, Democratic mayors and governors are fighting to keep schools and businesses open with an urgency they haven’t flexed before in the pandemic.
In Chicago, where a teachers union dispute has shuttered the nation’s third-largest school system, Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted
PoliticoJan 17 2022
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Kamala Harris says Senate Democrats ‘must pass’ voting rights bills or risk being ‘complicit’
Vice President Kamala Harris, in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech that appeared targeted at a pair of fellow Democrats, called on senators to pass stalled voting rights bills or be “complicit” in disenfranchising people.
Harris’ stern pitch for the seemingly fated bills on Monday follows President Biden’s controversial speech last week that likened Republican senators to racists for
New York Post (News)Jun 20 2022
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White House COVID adviser touts Moderna, Pfizer shots as ‘good choices’ for parents of kids under 5
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha on Monday heralded the recent authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for kids under the age of 5, saying it gives parents “two good choices.”
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Moderna’s and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5, the last group of people in the U.S. to be permitted to receive
The HillFeb 28 2022
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'Trying despite the odds': Beto O'Rourke embraces return to long-shot status in bid to oust Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
More than an hour after Beto O'Rourke had wrapped up a town hall meeting at Prairie View A&M University, three female students who had waited in a selfie line were trying to teach the former congressman a TikTok dance.
O'Rourke, the favorite for the Democratic nod in Tuesday's primary to take on Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, was struggling. But he embraced the embarrassment.
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CNN DigitalAug 03 2021
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New York Governor Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, Report Finds
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, including current and former government workers, breaking state and federal laws and engaging in a pattern of unwanted touching and inappropriate comments, according to a much anticipated report from the New York State attorney general, Letitia James, released on Tuesday.
The 165-page report said that Mr. Cuomo, a third-term
New York Times (News)Mar 17 2021
Opinion
How well does the media cover the climate movement?
THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 19, thousands of young activists around the world will march and strike for climate action as part of Fridays for Future, a movement launched by Greta Thunberg and other organizers. Events are planned on five continents. The theme: #NoMoreEmptyPromises. “Those in power continue to only deliver vague and empty promises for far off dates that are much too late,” reads a
Columbia Journalism Review