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Year: 2021

This woman is a chess champion. And she’s blind

Jessica Lauser is relentless on the chess board. She plays quickly, applying constant pressure on her opponents. She attacks constantly, not unlike the Beth Harmon character from the Netflix television series, “The Queen’s Gambit.” She baits her opponents out of their comfort zones, then leverages the element of surprise. Her success in the game has

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Biden administration moves to make gender confirmation surgery available through Veteran Affairs health care system

ORLANDO, Florida — Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is moving to make gender confirmation surgery available to transgender veterans through Veterans Affairs health care coverage, according to a VA department spokesperson. McDonough was to announce the move at a Pride event at the Orlando Vet Center in Florida later on Saturday, according to the spokesperson.

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Juneteenth by the Numbers 2021

Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on June 17, 2021. Here’s a look at

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An Arizona student was arrested after threatening to kill medical school classmates and bomb the campus, authorities say

A student in Arizona was arrested after threatening to kill some of their medical school classmates and bomb the school campus, the Glendale Police Department said in a news release. The student faces four felony counts of computer tampering by using a computer in a course of conduct that threatened, terrorized or tormented specific individuals,

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Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, wins Iran’s presidential election

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, has won Iran’s controversial presidential election. Raisi, who is currently under US sanctions, emerged as the frontrunner after an election supervisory body barred all of his serious rivals from the race. Analysts described the vote as the country’s most uncompetitive election since the

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Ebrahim Raisi, ultra-conservative judiciary chief, set to win Iran’s presidential election

Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline judiciary chief with a brutal human rights record, is set to win Iran’s controversial presidential election, according to preliminary results announced by the interior ministry and reported by state media Saturday. Raisi, who is currently under US sanctions, emerged as the frontrunner after an election supervisory body barred all of his

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En entrevista exclusiva con Bloomberg, Nicolás Maduro dice que se negocia con la oposición venezolana para lograr garantías electorales

(CNN Español) — El cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, dijo que hay una negociación “intensa” con todos los sectores de la oposición para ampliar las garantías electorales de cara a los comicios municipales y regionales del 21 de noviembre. En una entrevista exclusiva con Bloomberg publicada este viernes, adelantó que “muy pronto” habrá “buenas

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El presidente de Perú, Francisco Sagasti, dice que es inaceptable incitar a las FF.AA. a quebrantar el Estado de derecho

(CNN Español) — El presidente interino de Perú, Francisco Sagasti, solicitó al Ministerio Público este viernes que se investigue una carta que han recibido los altos mandos de las Fuerzas Armadas, y que se ha divulgado por redes sociales, donde se sugiere que Sagasti ha vulnerado el principio de neutralidad favoreciendo a un candidato. Durante

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The US marks a vaccine milestone, but one expert warns that the coronavirus Delta variant has a worrying impact on patients

As President Joe Biden celebrated America’s 300 million vaccine dose milestone Friday, experts warned that the spread of coronavirus variants could spur a surge in troubling new cases if more people don’t get inoculated. Overall, Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the US have declined significantly in recent months. But virus variants, particularly the Delta

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Moderate candidate in Iran’s presidential election concedes loss to hard-line judiciary chief

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians have voted in a presidential election dominated by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s hard-line protege after the disqualification of his strongest competition. That fueled apathy that left some polling places largely deserted despite pleas to support the Islamic Republic at the ballot box. Opinion polling by state-linked organizations indicated that

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