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Stacey Abrams Launches Second Campaign to Become Georgia’s Governor—and the First Black Woman to Hold the Office
(ATLANTA) — Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black woman governor. Without serious competition in a Democratic primary, the announcement sets up a likely rematch between Abrams and incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Their 2018 contest was one…
The White House Just Announced the First Confirmed U.S. Case of the Omicron Variant of COVID-19
A person in California became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant of COVID-19, the White House announced.
Should Public Companies Be Required to Have Women on Their Boards? A California Court Will Decide
(LOS ANGELES) — When then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s first law requiring women on boards of publicly traded companies, he suggested it might not survive legal challenges. Three years later, a judge will begin hearing evidence Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court that could undo the law credited with giving more women seats…
What a Giant Map of the World’s Fungal Networks Can Tell Us About Climate Change
Vast underground networks of fungi around the world are changing as a result of human activity — including global warming
Does the Global Scramble to Contain Omicron Show that China’s COVID Zero Approach is Simply Better?
The resumption of global travel restrictions raises questions over whether China’s strategy offers better defense from coronavirus variants
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo for Helping His Brother Andrew in a Sexual Harassment Scandal
Details have emerged about how the news anchor helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, face charges of sexual harassment
FDA Panel Narrowly Backs a First-of-a-Kind COVID-19 Antiviral Pill Made By Merck
WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday narrowly backed a closely watched COVID-19 pill from Merck, setting the stage for a likely authorization of the first drug that Americans could take at home to treat the coronavirus. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 13-10 that the drug’s benefits outweigh…
3 Dead in Mass Shooting at Michigan High School
(OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — A 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school on Tuesday, killing three students and wounding six other people, including a teacher, authorities said. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe said at a news conference that he didn’t know what the assailant’s motives were for the attack at Oxford High School…
Josephine Baker Becomes First Black Woman Inducted Into France’s Pantheon
(PARIS) — The U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist Josephine Baker was inducted into France’s Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first Black woman to receive the nation’s highest honor. Baker’s voice resonated through streets of Paris’ famed Left Bank as recordings from her extraordinary career kicked off an elaborate ceremony at the domed…
Elizabeth Holmes Accuses Ex-Lover, Business Partner of Abuse
The Theranos founder said she fell under Sunny Balwani's sway after she dropped out of Stanford in 2003 to found the company
Facebook Owner Meta Must Sell Giphy on Competition Concerns, U.K. Says
It’s the first time a Big Tech firm has been ordered by regulators in Europe and the U.S. to undo an acquisition rather than pay a hefty fine.
Ex-Trump Aide Mark Meadows Cooperating with House Jan. 6 Panel
(WASHINGTON) — Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and providing some documents, putting off for now the panel’s threat to hold him in contempt, the committee’s chairman said Tuesday. But the panel “will continue to assess his degree of compliance,” Mississippi…