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Thanks to decreased case numbers and changes implemented by the state in response to vaccination efforts, Los Angeles County officials said Monday that they are preparing to advance to a less-restrictive tier of the state’s Covid-19 economic reopening blueprint as early as next week. But whether the county will…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined with Amanda Gorman for a virtual Q&A to mark International Women’s Day, and the youth poet laureate had a semi-personal question for both of them: “I have some interest in the public sphere, and I wanted to ask: What advice would you give…

New York Attorney General Letitia James Monday set two lead attorneys to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate conduct against Governor Andrew Cuomo, They are Joon Kim, former acting U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and employment discrimination attorney Anne Clark. "We are…

LAUSD chairman Austin Beutner at a Monday briefing confirmed plans for a mid-April opening for preschool and elementary school students and targeted the end of April for secondary schools. Elementary schools could have opened this month. However, the District has been negotiating with the United Teachers Los Angeles…

“I want to highlight farm workers. I want to highlight women, children, caregivers and a bright future for California,” said Governor Gavin Newsom when asked on Monday about the State of the State speech he will deliver Tuesday. “This is not going to be state of the state that lays out policy initiatives,” said…

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said that he had no contact with the team behind Judas and the Black Messiah before he and other lawmakers reintroduced a bill to strip J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the FBI building. “The movie is a clear depiction of his efforts to impede the civil rights movement,” Cohen said in an…

If there wasn’t a scramble to get vaccinated before, the CDC’s newly-issued recommendations may ignite one. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control issued its first set of public health recommendations for Americans fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. A growing body of evidence, according to the CDC…

UPDATE, 2:51 PM PT: NBC News will carry President Joe Biden’s primetime address, in a special report anchored by Lester Holt and Savannah Guthrie. Other broadcast networks also are likely to carry the speech as well. PREVIOUSLY: President Joe Biden will deliver a primetime address on Thursday, the one-year anniversary…

CBS This Morning aired additional portions of Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan on Monday, including one clip where Harry talked about the role of racism in he and wife Meghan’s decision to leave the country. “Did you leave the country because of racism?” Winfrey asked. “It was a large…

John Oliver had a lot to unpack as Last Week Tonight hits its first birthday in the white void. For those who are new to the HBO show, production of Oliver’s show shifted to this mystery space at the top of the pandemic, which has proven to be quite entertaining and enjoyable. As much as I would like to see the show…

The eyes of the world will focus on Minneapolis this Monday, as the trial of a former police officer accused of killing George Floyd is expected to begin. Protests are already underway in the city and its surrounding neighborhoods, which were devastated in the aftermath of Floyd's death. As widely reported, Officer Der…

A federal courtroom is a lot like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. That was never truer than Friday, when the attorney representing Jacob Chansley, aka Jake Angeli, better known as the “QAnon Shaman,” used the fictional film Forrest Gump in his argument before a federal judge. The QAnon…