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Month: February 2022

Hempstead High School Sets Example, As Students Come Out In Droves To Donate Blood At Time When It’s Needed Most

By Carolyn Gusoff Click here for updates on this story     HEMPSTEAD, New York (WCBS) — Yet another consequence of the pandemic has been school blood drives being cancelled, and that’s having a big impact on the nation’s supply. CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff spoke with Hempstead students who brought back a drive on Thursday with high hopes.

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Rodrigo Chaves es el candidato ganador de las elecciones presidenciales de Costa Rica, según resultados preliminares

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Costa Rica eligió este domingo presidente en una segunda vuelta en la que, como en los comicios de febrero, se registró un alto índice de abstención. Según el último corte de resultados preliminares del Tribunal Supremo Electoral, con el 98,15% de las juntas procesadas, Rodrigo Chaves es el

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Pro-Trump supporters storm the US Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6

Virginia deputy attorney general resigns after posts emerge of her praising January 6 rioters

By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A deputy attorney general in Virginia resigned Thursday after Facebook posts resurfaced in which she called rioters who had stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, “patriots” and made reference to the “deep state.” Monique Miles, a now-former deputy for Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, is the

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in Mission

Texas national guardsmen say their mission to secure the border is a waste of time and resources

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Since Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott deployed thousands of personnel to the US-Mexico border, the operation has been slammed as overtly political and a waste of resources by Democratic lawmakers and even some of the National Guard members participating in the mission. Last March, Abbott, who’s up for reelection, launched “Operation

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A select committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives will investigate the death of Ronald Greene in state police custody and "who knew what and when" during the two years it took for videos of incident to be released

Louisiana House of Representatives will create a select committee to investigate the death of Ronald Greene

By Amir Vera and Tina Burnside, CNN A select committee of the Louisiana House of Representatives will investigate the death of Ronald Greene in state police custody and “who knew what and when” during the two years it took for videos of incident to be released, according to Speaker Clay Schexnayder. The announcement from Schexnayder

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