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New York Public Library makes banned books available for free
Friday, April 15, 2022
Anyone 13 and older can access some of the commonly banned books through the library's app. The Brooklyn Public Library has also launched a similar initiative.
U.S. Olympian Allyson Felix says she'll retire after the 2022 season
Friday, April 15, 2022
Felix, the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete in history, announced her decision on Instagram. The 36-year-old has won 11 Olympic medals over the course of her career.
Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James makes his first court appearance
Thursday, April 14, 2022
James will be held without bail after his arraignment Thursday on charges of conducting a violent attack against a mass transportation system.
For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the U.S.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
For a single day at the end of March, wind was the second-largest source of electricity generation, the Energy Information Administration says. Natural gas is still the nation's largest power source.
Elon Musk is offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion in cash
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Musk's offer comes after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO became Twitter's largest shareholder. Musk says he will unlock Twitter's potential.
The Hubble telescope confirms the largest comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
The comet, known as C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has an estimated diameter of about 80 miles. That's bigger than Rhode Island and about 50 times larger than the heart of most comets.
A man shot by police after disarming a gunman during a brawl files a civil rights suit
Friday, April 08, 2022
K'aun Green, a college student, took a weapon from a patron at a restaurant who was brandishing it at others inside, a lawsuit says. But police shot Green when they arrived.
2 men impersonated federal agents to get close to the Secret Service, FBI says
Thursday, April 07, 2022
They have been impersonating federal agents since early 2020, the FBI says. They allegedly offered favors to several Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady's detail.
Some Kinder chocolates are recalled in the U.S. after a salmonella outbreak in Europe
Thursday, April 07, 2022
Two Kinder products in the U.S. are being recalled due to an outbreak across Europe. The manufacturer has suspended operations at the Belgian plant where the outbreak is believed to have originated.
Woman wins $10 million after accidentally pushing the wrong button on lottery machine
Thursday, April 07, 2022
LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into a lottery vending machine at a supermarket in Los Angeles when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to buy a different lottery ticket than she intended.
An anti-abortion group claims it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
Washington, D.C., police originally said it found five fetal remains in one of the group member's apartments. Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising now says there were 115 fetuses in total.
No, Russian cosmonauts were not making a pro-Ukraine statement with their spacesuits
Wednesday, April 06, 2022
Mark Vande Hei, a NASA astronaut who returned to Earth on March 30, said the yellow and blue colors were from the university the Russian cosmonauts attended.
UNESCO says 53 cultural sites in Ukraine have been damaged since the Russian invasion
Saturday, April 02, 2022
The damaged sites include churches, historic buildings, museums and monuments. A UNESCO spokesperson said they fear more sites will be added to the list, as the group works to verify the destruction.
A federal judge dismisses a lawsuit that claimed Pop-Tarts aren't strawberry enough
Friday, April 01, 2022
The lawsuit was originally filed in September 2020 by Kelvin Brown, who argued that the strawberry Pop-Tarts box is "misleading" because the pastries also contain apples and pears in their filling.
The pope apologizes for abuse of Indigenous children in Canada's residential schools
Friday, April 01, 2022
Pope Francis met with Indigenous leaders and survivors of Canada's residential schools this week. He had expressed sorrow in the past on behalf of the church, but this is the first formal apology.
On Transgender Day of Visibility, White House announces moves to expand trans rights
Thursday, March 31, 2022
The administration's announcement comes as several Republican-led states have passed anti-trans legislation in the last few months, which the White House calls "un-American."
COVID disparities persist for Black Americans. But there are lessons for the future
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
The Black Coalition Against COVID released a report two years into the pandemic as hospitalization rates for Black people with COVID-19 in the U.S. were the highest they've ever been.
Physician-assisted death in Oregon is no longer limited to just state residents
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Under a settlement reached in a federal lawsuit this week, terminally ill patients seeking physician-assisted death in Oregon are no longer required to be residents of the state.
Biden says of Putin: 'For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power'
Saturday, March 26, 2022
President Biden's remark about Russian President Vladimir Putin came in a speech in Warsaw. A White House official later said Biden "was not discussing Putin's power in Russia, or regime change."
Virginia's law barring mask mandates does not apply to 12 children with disabilities
Friday, March 25, 2022
A federal judge said a new state law violates protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But the preliminary injunction only applies to those children whose parents challenged the law.