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It’s Kamala Harris vs. Ron DeSantis in the fight over Florida’s new teachings on slavery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, facing heavy criticism for defending “anti-woke” teaching in Florida, this week teed up an unusual proposal to the nation’s first Black vice president: Come debate the merits of the state’s new curriculum on African-American history.Less than 24 hours later, Kamala Harris was in an African Methodist Episcopal church in Orlando, firing back.“I’m here in Florida,” Harris said Tuesday to a cheering audience at a convention of Black women missionaries. “And I will tell you there is no roundtable, no lecture, no invitation we will accept to debate an undeniable fact: There were no redeeming qualities of slavery.”It was the latest volley in a rhetorical war over Florida’s new education standards that has escalated in recent days. And it highlights the elevated role that Harris has been taking: Leading the White House charge against Republicans vying to face off against President Joe Biden in the 2024 campaign.Harri...

READ: 45-page indictment against Former President Trump in election interference investigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

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Safety regulators investigating steering on some Tesla models

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

(CNN) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating new Tesla Model 3 sedans and Model Y SUVs for a possible steering problem. The apparent issue could involve as many as 280,000 cars, according to a document on NHTSA’s auto safety website.The agency is aware of 12 complaints of the sudden loss of power steering assistance. While seven of the complaints indicated that steering became harder, five mentioned a complete inability to steer, per the document. The agency is aware of one crash connected to the issue. One person who posted a complaint on NHTSA’s website mentioned coming close to oncoming traffic when her vehicle’s power steering failed as she exited a parking lot.NHTSA opened a preliminary investigation into the issue on Friday. The Tesla Model 3 and Model Y are closely related and share much of their engineering.The agency opened a separate probe in March into reports of steering wheels on Model Y SUVs that would detach while dri...

Trump charged on 4 counts, including conspiracy to defraud the US. Follow live updates

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Follow along for live updates on the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The charges focus on schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden.___WHAT TO KNOW— Trump has now been indicted for the third time. Here’s where all the investigations stand— Trump also was indicted in June on charges that he illegally hoarded classified documents— Mar-a-Lago’s property manager is the latest Trump staffer ensnared in his legal turmoil— Special counsel Jack Smith has a long career of confronting corruptionFILE – Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)___PROSECUTORS SAY TRUMP KNEW HIS LIES ABOUT ELECTION WERE FALSEFederal prosecutors said in the indictment filed Tuesday that Trump knew his lies about his lo...

AP PHOTOS: The first supermoon in August rises around the world

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

By The Associated PressThe first of two supermoons in August graced the skies on Tuesday.A supermoon is broadly defined as a full moon that is closer to the Earth than normal. That makes it appear slightly brighter and bigger in the sky.The next one is on the night of Aug. 30. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.

Cape Cod shark sightings: Great white shark was ‘circling’ 50 feet from Orleans shore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

The first day of Cape Cod’s busiest shark month was quite active, as several great white shark alerts and sightings were reported close to shore.Around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, a great white was spotted within 100 feet from the Orleans’ shoreline.“Circling 50-100 feet from shore. In front of Callanan’s pass,” reads the shark alert on the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.Shark alerts on the Sharktivity app are sent out when a white shark sighting is confirmed close to a public beach. A notification goes out with each alert.Another shark alert was issued for Nauset Beach in Orleans Tuesday afternoon.“!! SHARK ALERT !! White shark ~500 ft off Nauset Beach,” tweeted MA Sharks, which is run by local shark researcher John Chisholm, who confirms shark sightings for the Sharktivity app.August has been the busiest month for shark activity along the Cape in recent years.Last year, August had the most shark detections at receivers,...

Patriots claim rookie wide receiver from Bears, place Jalen Hurd on retired list

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

The Patriots have swapped one wide receiver for another on their 90-man roster.The team placed recently signed wide receiver Jalen Hurd on the reserve/retired list on Tuesday. Hurd appeared to suffer an injury Monday in training camp and was absent from Tuesday’s session. The Patriots immediately filled Hurd’s spot on the roster and in the wide receiver room by claiming Thyrick Pitts off waivers from the Chicago Bears.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots must get creative replicating Devin McCourty’s range at free safety New England Patriots | Patriots’ O-line already dealing with injuries, load management early in training camp New England Patriots | Patriots OT Trent Brown sitting out second straight practice Tuesday, 8 others missing New England Patriots | Patriots extra points: Trent Brown reported to training camp ‘lighter than he’s been’ New England Patriots | ...

Henrietta Lacks’ family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

By LEA SKENE and SARAH BRUMFIELD (Associated Press)BALTIMORE (AP) — More than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical cells without her knowledge, a lawyer for her descendants said they have reached a settlement with a biotechnology company that they accused of reaping billions of dollars from a racist medical system.Tissue taken from the Black woman’s tumor before she died of cervical cancer became the first human cells to continuously grow and reproduce in lab dishes. HeLa cells went on to become a cornerstone of modern medicine, enabling countless scientific and medical innovations, including the development of the polio vaccine, genetic mapping and even COVID-19 vaccines.Despite that incalculable impact, the Lacks family had never been compensated.Lacks’ cells were harvested in 1951, when it was not illegal to do so without a patient’s permission. But lawyers for her family argued that Thermo Fisher Scientific...

Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

(NewsNation) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury on four charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.Trump has been charged with four crimes: one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one count each of obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring to do so, and one count of conspiracy against rights."For more than two months following election day on November 3, 2020, the Defendant spread lies that there had been an outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won," the indictment reads. "These claims were false, and the Defendant knew that they were false.Federal prosecutors say Trump's "knowingly false claims" created "an intense national atmosphere of mistrust and anger" that eroded public faith in the election, according to the indictment.Read the full indictment: Trump Indictment by NewsNation Digital on ScribdThe Trump campaign blasted the new charges in a statement Tuesday evenin...

Crews search for missing hiker near El Capitan Reservoir

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:59 GMT

LAKESIDE, Calif. — Officials are searching for a hiker who went missing Monday near the El Capitan Reservoir, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said.Around 5:30 p.m. Monday, the department received a call that the hiker did not return home, SDSO told FOX 5.Crews began searching for the hiker Monday evening after receiving the report. The Sheriff's Search and Rescue Team and ASTREA helicopter were deployed to assist with search. Three county parks close for month of August Officials said the last known address they had for the hiker was at the 16900 block of El Monte Road, but it is unclear which trail the hiker was on as there are many in the area.Authorities are still working to determine when the hiker initially set foot on the trail.No description of the hiker was immediately available, the department said.