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Newsbreak July 21, 2022

Teachers and students continue to testify at Nikolas Cruz' sentencing trial. The Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has a strong effect...

Florida in focus as state representatives visit White House for Roe...

Last week, amid a crowded White House calendar, Vice President Kamala Harris met with state legislators from Florida, Indiana, South Dakota, Montana and Nebraska...

White House focuses on ‘highest level of protection possible’ with uptick...

Several subvariants of the COVID-19 omicron strain, primarily the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, have caused a sharp uptick in infections, hospitalizations and reinfections this...

Sculpture of civil rights pioneer unveiled in National Statuary Hall (includes...

After an arduous five-year process, and a fundraising effort that generated almost one million dollars, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune’s statue becomes the first Black...

Newsbreak July 14, 2022

Video surveillance from the Uvalde shooting is released. A sculpture of a civil rights pioneer representing Florida replaces a Confederate statue in the Capitol's...

Uvalde community rallies in DC after video from inside Robb Elementary...

A group of mothers and community members from Uvalde, Texas and Highland Park, Illinois organized a peaceful rally, which they call March Fourth, on...

Dad of Parkland shooting victim interrupts Biden’s speech on gun reform...

Manuel Oliver, father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, interrupted President Biden Monday while the president commemorated the passing of the bipartisan "Safer Communities...

Olympic medalist Simone Biles among 17 honored with Presidential Medal of...

Last week, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 American citizens at the White House. Among the most important honors given...

Death toll for Texas migrants rises to 53 (includes video story)

The number of migrants found dead in a stifling trailer in Texas rose to 53 on Wednesday, after two more people died in San...

Soil is disappearing worldwide and that means less food (includes video...

Over Father’s Day weekend, Washington, D.C. residents joined thousands of others in more than 60 cities across the United States and Latin America to...