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Meimei Xu grew up in Illinois, Florida and Georgia. But that didn’t stop people from asking her, “Where are you from?” The 19-year-old says growing up Asian American hasn’t been easy. When she was in grade school there were classmates who made hurtful comments. They told her Chinese food was strange and one of them

You’ve been binge-watching television and movies the whole pandemic. Might as well get paid for it. In yet another job that encourages you to essentially do nothing, the website Nerd Bear wants to pay someone $1,000 to watch all 24 James Bond movies in 30 days. The website says it hopes the gig will keep

The Library of Congress has added Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814” and Kermit the Frog’s “The Rainbow Connection” to its National Recording Registry. The songs are among 25 “audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage,” the Library of Congress said

An African American mother says she won’t sit down to talk with two men who came armed with about 13 other White people to her North Carolina home last year looking for a missing teenage girl — and she doesn’t care that a court acquitted them. Still, lawyers for the two men say they not

At last, the moment you dreamed of all year is here — your vaccination day. The thought of being pricked with a needle has never been more thrilling. Perhaps your city has converted a sports stadium, a local college or some big, empty parking lot into a mass vaccination site. Easy! All you have to

Several people may have life-threatening injuries after a shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, police tweeted early Saturday. Police are investigating the incident that happened “at the oceanfront between 17th and 22nd St.,” the post said. There is a large police presence in the area and officials are asking people to stay away. This is a

Don’t be surprised if you find your neighbors turning off their lights for a full hour Saturday night. They’re taking part in a global movement called Earth Hour. How did it start? Earth Hour is an annual tradition in which people switch off their lights to spread awareness about sustainability and climate change. Started by

A man being held on a murder charge in New Jersey was charged Friday with three counts of first-degree murder in New Mexico. Sean Lannon is accused of killing his ex-wife Jennifer Lannon, Jesten Mata and Matthew Miller and stuffing their bodies into a car that was left in the Albuquerque airport parking lot, according

A Washington, DC, church discovered a noose hanging in a tree on its property Friday, and police are now investigating the incident as a possible hate crime, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Rev. Michele Morgan, rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, told CNN the rope was found by a technician preparing for musical performances

Award-winning novelist and screenwriter Larry McMurtry has died of heart failure, according to his publicist, Amanda Lundberg. McMurtry, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for “Lonesome Dove,” died on Thursday. “Larry McMurtry passed away last night, on March 25 of heart failure at 84 years old surrounded by his loved ones who he lived