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Nation / World

Published
May 27, 2021

Woman in racist Central Park confrontation with birdwatcher sues over firing

In her lawsuit, Amy Cooper accuses her former employer of not doing an investigation before her termination because of her race and gender.
Published
May 27, 2021

Physician warns Tokyo Olympics could spread variants

Fans from abroad will be banned but 15,000 athletes and tens of thousands of officials and members of the media from 200 countries and territories will attend.
Published
May 26, 2021

Republicans poised to block bill to create Jan. 6 commission

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine has been working with other senators to try to find a compromise, but most Republicans have held fast to their opposition.
Published
May 26, 2021

Ford says electric vehicles to be 40% of its global sales by 2030

Much of the sales target will come from Europe, where the company has pledged to convert its entire passenger vehicle lineup to electric power by that year.
Published
May 26, 2021

‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ author Eric Carle dies at 91

Carle wrote and-or illustrated more than 75 books, and his signature illustrations were made by piecing together chiefly tissue paper that he had painted with various colors and textures.

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Published
May 26, 2021

Howard names College of Fine Arts for Chadwick Boseman

The acclaimed movie actor, an alumnus of the university in Washington, D.C., died in August at 43 of colon cancer.
Published
May 26, 2021

Bezos will pass baton to new Amazon CEO on July 5

Andy Jassy will take over on that date, which is the anniversary of the company's incorporation in 1994.
Published
May 26, 2021

GM’s newest vehicle: Off-road, self-driving rover for the moon

The automaker is teaming up with Lockheed Martin to produce light yet rugged vehicles that will travel farther and faster than the lunar rovers that carried NASA’s Apollo astronauts in the early 1970s.
Published
May 26, 2021

Amazon to buy MGM, studio behind James Bond and ‘Shark Tank’

The $8.45 billion deal is the latest in the media industry that's aimed at boosting streaming services to compete against Netflix and Disney+.
Published
May 26, 2021

Biden orders further investigation on origins of COVID-19

The president asks U.S. intelligence agencies to report back within 90 days, including on any possibility the trail might lead to a Chinese laboratory.