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  • Book Reviews

8 hot new love stories from a stellar lineup of Black authors

Some of the most fabulous romances by Black authors still fly under the radar. So we have recommendations for your summer reading enjoyment.

July 19, 2024
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New parents, no time or energy for sex? Here's how to keep the romance alive

Between 3 a.m. feedings and hormonal changes, it can be hard for couples to get in the mood after baby arrives. But that doesn't mean you can't show love and desire in other creative, playful ways.

July 19, 2024
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  • Andee Tagle
FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md.

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Lou Dobbs, the controversial Fox News host, has died

The longtime Fox contributor was 78 years old.

July 19, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
Michail Chkhikvishvili, alleged leader of a Neo-Nazi organization, was indicted at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Wednesday morning for soliciting violent hate crimes. If convicted on four counts, he faces 50 years in U.S. prison.

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  • National

A neo-Nazi leader is indicted for a plot to have a Santa Claus poison children in NYC

Michail Chkhikvishvili, an alleged leader of an extremist group called the Maniac Murder Cult, outlined a detailed plan to hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and also target racial minorities.

July 19, 2024
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  • Lola Murti
Israeli police investigate the scene of a drone attack in Tel Aviv, Israel on Friday. Yemen's Houthi militia claimed responsibility for the blast that left one dead and several injured.

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  • Middle East

Drone strikes Tel Aviv, killing one. Houthis claim responsibility

The deadly drone slammed into an apartment building on the Tel Aviv oceanfront just after 3 a.m. The Houthi militia in Yemen said it carried out the attack as part of its support for Palestinians.

July 19, 2024
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  • Greg Myre and
  • Daniel Estrin
The 2024 Kennedy Center honorees (clockwise from left): the Apollo Theater; the Grateful Dead (Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann); jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; and director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola.

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  • Arts & Life

Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt on 2024 Kennedy Center Honors list

The award for lifetime artistic achievements will also recognize jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval. The Apollo Theater will receive a special Honors as "an iconic American institution."

July 19, 2024
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  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
Ice melting from Greenland and the polar regions is causing sea levels to rise, shifting mass around the planet in a way that's starting to slow its spin, scientists are finding.

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Days are getting slightly longer — and it's due to climate change

So much ice is melting at the Earth's poles that it's affecting the rotation of the planet, scientists say. Its spin is slowing down slightly, causing days to get longer.

July 19, 2024
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  • Lauren Sommer
Left to right: Danielle Butcher Franz, Karly Matthews, Stephen Perkins and Benji Backer talking about plans for the second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Climate

Climate hasn't been core to the GOP. These conservatives are trying to change that

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.


July 19, 2024
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  • Ximena Bustillo
Balloons drop as the final day of the Republican National Convention ends.

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  • Elections

The RNC is over. Here are 5 things you need to know.

With Trump's speech Thursday night, Republicans capped off a four-day celebration in Milwaukee that established the future of the party as completely in the MAGA mold.

July 19, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Blake Marnell, delegate from California, shows us his Make America Great Again hat signed by Donald Trump on the third day of the Republican National Convention.

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  • Elections

Fashion meets politics on the RNC's red carpet

Every four years, party conventions bring together delegates from across the country, many of whom make sure their outfits sparkle. And this year, they showed off their looks on the Republican National Convention's red carpet.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Grace Widyatmadja
An ACT Assessment preparation book is seen in 2014 in Springfield, Ill.

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  • Education

The science section of the ACT exam will now be optional

Students can now opt between several versions of the test: the ACT core exam (which includes reading, math and English), the ACT plus writing, the ACT plus science or the ACT plus science and writing.

July 19, 2024
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  • Ayana Archie
Soldiers patrol on a footbridge over the Seine River on Wednesday in Paris.

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  • Sports

Paris police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony

An Olympics anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine seals off a miles-long area to Parisians and tourists who hadn’t applied in advance for a pass.

July 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis.

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  • National

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief plan

The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness plan.

July 19, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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  • Politics

A solemn Trump recounts details of assassination attempt: 'I'm not supposed to be here'

During his presidential nomination acceptance speech, Donald Trump recounts his feelings and reaction to the shooting at a rally that injured him and killed a supporter.

July 18, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, during the Republican National Convention.

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  • Politics

RNC speakers want to separate the president from the person to show softer side of Trump

Before former President Donald Trump's marquee address tonight, the schedule of speakers has sought to show a softer, friendlier side of Trump than his persona as president and on the campaign trail.

July 18, 2024
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