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Month: March 2021

Waukegan Latinx activists protest renaming Thomas Jefferson Middle School after Barack and Michelle Obama

Click here for updates on this story     WAUKEGAN, Illinois (WLS) — Waukegan’s Board of Education met Tuesday night as it considers changing the names of two of its schools, Thomas Jefferson Middle School and Daniel Webster Middle School. Jefferson, who was the nation’s third president, owned slaves. Webster was a former senator who supported slavery.

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‘The Candy Book’ and 5 other reads that defy ‘outdated rules of gender’

Transgender, gender-nonconforming, nonbinary, crossdressing and androgynous people, and drag queens, inspired and contributed to the fashion industry for years. But they hadn’t been honored for their contributions, Candy magazine creative director and publisher Luis Venegas said. That’s why he launched Candy in 2009 — to focus on what he calls transversal people: those who are

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Russia registers world’s first Covid-19 vaccine for animals

As governments across the globe scramble to secure Covid-19 vaccine doses for humans, Russia has registered the world’s first coronavirus vaccine for animals, state media outlet TASS reported Wednesday. The vaccine is named Carnivak-Cov, TASS said, citing Konstantin Savenkov, the deputy head of Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor.) “Carnivak-Cov, a sorbate

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Britney says she ‘cried for two weeks’ after ‘Framing Britney Spears’ documentary

Pop superstar Britney Spears says she was reduced to tears by a documentary that explored her career and high-profile conservatorship battle with her father. “Framing Britney Spears,” which aired in February, profiled the singer’s traumatic life in the spotlight and delved into the court-sanctioned conservatorship that gives her father, Jamie Spears, power over her finances

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St. Louis company begins producing medical marijuana candies; goal is 20,000 per day

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — Proper Cannabis in St. Louis County is the first company in Missouri to be licensed to grow and manufacture medical marijuana under one roof. The company began production Tuesday. “Today we’re making gumdrops. Blood orange strawberry is the flavor,” said Proper’s Culinary

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Children among the dead and injured in Myanmar military airstrikes, say activists

Children were among those killed and injured in airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on an ethnic rebel-controlled area in the country’s southeast, a humanitarian aid group said Tuesday, as junta forces stepped up their offensive in the region. Myanmar’s military, which seized power in a February 1 coup, has been conducting airstrikes in southeastern Karen state

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14 countries and WHO chief accuse China of withholding data from pandemic origins investigation

It was supposed to offer insight into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. But since its release on Tuesday, the long-awaited World Health Organization investigation has drawn criticism from governments around the world over accusations it is incomplete and lacks transparency. In a joint statement, the United States and 13 other governments, including the United

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