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How skateboarding went mainstream in Japan

As skateboarding makes its Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan’s home team is gunning for gold. CNN’s Blake Essig speaks with the Osaka Daggers, a cutting-edge street skateboarding crew, to trace the country’s skateboarding origins and explores how it’s gaining in popularity as it prepares to make a splash at the Summer Games.

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Thieves in California are stealing scarce water amid extreme drought, ‘devastating’ some communities

By Brisa Colon, CNN As an extreme drought grips California, making water increasingly scarce, thieves are making off with billions of gallons of the precious resource, tapping into fire hydrants, rivers, and even small family homes and farms. State and local officials say water theft is a long running-issue, but the intensifying drought has driven

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The Virginia Beach school board voted against a motion which would make mask-wearing in school optional for the upcoming school year

Virginia Beach school board votes against making masks optional following heated hourslong meeting

By Elizabeth Stuart, Mallory Simon and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Virginia Beach school board voted against a motion which would make mask-wearing in school optional for the upcoming school year, during a heated Tuesday night meeting that lasted more than four hours. The board voted 6-4 against the effort, keeping masks mandatory for the district’s

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FAA changes policy on who qualifies for commercial astronaut wings on same day as Blue Origin spaceflight

By Kristin Fisher and Ellie Kaufman, CNN Even though Jeff Bezos crossed into space on Tuesday, he still may not get his official astronaut wings from the federal government. On the same day as Blue Origin’s first human spaceflight, the Federal Aviation Administration announced a change to its Commercial Astronaut Wings Program for the first

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Abortion Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at abortion in the United States. Facts January 22, 1973 – Roe v. Wade – The US Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, affirms the legality of a woman’s right to have an abortion under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. 2003 – President George W. Bush signs a

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Roe v. Wade Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. Case 1971 – The case is filed by Norma McCorvey, known in court documents as Jane Roe, against Henry Wade, the district attorney of Dallas County, who enforced a Texas law that prohibited abortion, except to save a woman’s life.

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THURSDAY UPDATES: Gov. Parson directs state resources to Springfield-Greene County due to rise in COVID-19 cases

Gov. Mike Parson is sending additional personnel and equipment to Springfield and Greene County to assist in the fight against COVID-19 and support the local health care system. “Throughout this pandemic, we have worked with our local partners to provide support and resources as quickly as logistically possible, and that has not changed,” Governor Parson

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