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Month: July 2021

Biden says platforms like Facebook are ‘killing people’ with Covid misinformation

By Donald Judd, Maegan Vazquez and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN President Joe Biden said Friday social media platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with misinformation surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic as the White House ramps up its rhetoric around false information on social media regarding the pandemic. “They’re killing people — I mean they’re really, look, the

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Approximately 1 in 25 children hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological complications: U.K. study

By Tom Yun Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — A new U.K. study has found that children who are hospitalized with COVID-19 are significantly more likely than adults to develop rare neurological disorders. The study, “Neurological manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalised children and adolescents in the UK: a

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Cannes Film Festival 2021: ‘Titane’ wins Palme d’Or; Julia Ducournau becomes second female director to win top prize

Thomas Page, CNN French filmmaker Julia Ducournau has become only the second female director to win the Palme d’Or, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, for her film “Titane.” In a shock moment, jury president Spike Lee announced the win in error early in the awards ceremony after a miscommunication. Gasps rang around the Grand

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Illinois becomes first state to ban police from lying to minors during interrogations

By Chris Boyette, Veronica Stracqualursi and Harmeet Kaur, CNN Illinois this week became the first state in the nation to ban law enforcement from using deceptive tactics when interrogating minors. Under the law, confessions made by juvenile suspects who were deceived by law enforcement officers during the interrogation process will be deemed “inadmissible as evidence.”

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‘Titane’ wins Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival; Julia Ducournau becomes 2nd female filmmaker to win top honor

CANNES, France (AP) — “Titane” has won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Julia Ducournau the second female filmmaker to win the festival’s top honor in its 74 year history. The awards ceremony Saturday started where it should have ended, with jury president Spike Lee mistakenly announcing the serial killer odyssey as

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Federal judge blocks new DACA applications and says program is illegal

By Priscilla Alvarez, Tierney Sneed and Rachel Janfaza, CNN A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Obama-era program shielding certain undocumented immigrants from deportation, is illegal and blocked new applicants. The ruling from Judge Andrew Hanen would bar future applications. It does not immediately cancel current permits

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Report finds little-known security unit in Commerce abused power and investigated employees of Chinese or Southeast Asian ancestry for years

By Daniella Diaz, CNN A report by a Senate committee found that a little-known security unit within the Department of Commerce abused its power and oftentimes monitored employees of color without any evidence of wrongdoing. The report, involving more than two dozen whistleblowers with allegations dating to the mid-2000s, found that the Investigations and Threat

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El gobierno de Cuba organiza una manifestación de “reafirmación revolucionaria” en La Habana

Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El gobierno de Cuba organizó una masiva manifestación en La Habana el sábado que fue anunciada como una “reafirmación revolucionaria”, luego de las históricas protestas a principios de semana que pidieron un cambio en Cuba. Con el presidente de Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel y el exlíder cubano Raúl Castro al

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