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[ad_1] CNN  —  Los Angeles police have launched a criminal investigation into the recording of a conversation that included racist comments and was leaked online, leading to the resignation of two officials involved, the police chief said. The leaked audio, which was posted anonymously on Reddit and obtained by The …

[ad_1] Hyundai executives and government officials break ground on the automaker’s new “Metaplant America” in Bryan County, Georgia, on Tues., Oct. 25, 2022. CNBC | Michael Wayland SAVANNAH, Ga. – South Korean officials are working closely with the U.S. government to adjust restrictive regulations on electric vehicles under the recently …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A House progressive leader abruptly withdrew a letter pushing the Biden administration to pursue diplomacy in Russia’s war with Ukraine, an about-face following furious internal backlash from Democrats who felt blindsided by the move just two weeks before the November midterms. The move by Rep. Pramila Jayapal, …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Hope Hicks, who served as former President Donald Trump’s communications director, is having a transcribed interview with the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, a source familiar with the details told CNN. Hicks previously had an “informal interview” with the …

[ad_1] A patient receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at Sparrow Laboratories Drive-Thru Services in Lansing, Michigan, December 27, 2021. Emily Elconin | Reuters People who caught mild cases of Covid-19 during the first year of the pandemic had a higher risk of developing blood clots than those who were …

[ad_1] Washington CNN  —  The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be honored with a new postage stamp in 2023, the US Postal Service announced Monday. Ginsburg, a longtime liberal member of the high court who died at age 87 in 2020, will be featured on a forever …

[ad_1] The nation’s largest employers collectively laid off more than 100,000 workers during the pandemic, according to a report released Tuesday by a House subcommittee. Hourly workers were hit particularly hard. Not only were they more likely to get fired in 2019, 2020 and 2021 than salaried employees, but they …

[ad_1] Rishi Sunak has been named as the U.K.’s new prime minister and the country’s first leader of color. Jeff J Mitchell | Getty Images News | Getty Images Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to assume office Tuesday and, with it, one of the most daunting political …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A US Navy sailor who was arrested in a federal undercover operation targeting illicit weapon sales has been convicted of possessing and selling unregistered machine guns, the Justice Department announced Monday. Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, was indicted earlier this year in Virginia after special agents from the …

[ad_1] US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, stands inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022.  Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images …