The Jan. 6 Committee has been uncovering what led up to the insurrection. But just beneath the surface is a central cause of the riot — racism and the fear of losing white power.
It's primary day in Florida, New York and Oklahoma. Here's what to watch, most notably the top of the Florida ticket — where Democrats will pick a nominee to try to defeat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Dr. Anthony Fauci says he will step down from his roles as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation and Chief Medical Advisor to Joe Biden. He has served under seven presidents and guided the U.S. through two pandemics: COVID and the AIDS crisis.
Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the FDA to greenlight an updated version of their COVID vaccine that targets omicron and its subvariants. If authorized, the new COVID-19 boosters could be available as soon as September.
Donald Trump is asking a federal court to appoint a special master to examine documents that the FBI seized from Mar-a-Lago this month during a court-authorized search, and requested that the court prevent the government from further reviewing the documents until the special master is appointed.
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When news of monkeypox spread, Eric Sosa and Michael Zuco — owners of two gay bars in Brooklyn — had a familiar sinking feeling. 🎧 Listen to owners of bars that serve gay and bisexual men talk about how they share information without adding stigma, or read the story.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license, American Airlines operated a flight out of Dallas with an all-Black, all-female crew.
Climbers can now snap and send selfies as they ascend Mount Kilimanjaro, since high-speed broadband has finally been installed.
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