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Month: December 2023

Biography of the late Rep. John Lewis that draws upon 100s of interviews will be published next fall

NEW YORK (AP) — An upcoming biography of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis will draw upon hundreds of interviews, along with the civil rights activist’s FBI files and materials from a planned book that was never completed. Historian David Greenberg’s Lewis biography is scheduled for release next fall, Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday. Greenberg,

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The past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

By Laura Paddison and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. The report, released Tuesday at the COP28 conference in Dubai, found rising concentrations

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Lawsuit seeks to block North Carolina congressional map, alleging it discriminates against minority voters

By Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — A group of Black and Latino North Carolina voters has filed a lawsuit against the state’s new congressional map, alleging it “intentionally discriminates against minority voters” and is therefore unconstitutional. The map, approved by the state’s GOP-led General Assembly in October, favors the GOP in 10 of the state’s

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British Museum loan to Greece coincides with dispute over demand to return Parthenon Marbles

By THANASSIS STAVRAKIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Acropolis Museum has launched an exhibition that includes a renowned ancient Greek water jug from 420 B.C. on loan from the British Museum. The exhibit comes during a dispute between the countries over Greek demands for the return of sculptures from the

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Biden tells donors he’s ‘not sure I’d be running’ in 2024 if Trump wasn’t in the race

By Kevin Liptak, David Wright and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN Boston (CNN) — President Joe Biden told Democratic donors Tuesday he wasn’t confident he’d be seeking another term if his predecessor Donald Trump wasn’t running for the White House, a notably candid assessment of his reelection rationale as he enters a likely rematch with his 2020

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