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Month: June 2021

EXPLAINER: Will help with rent get to Utah tenants in time?

EXPLAINER: Will help with rent get to Utah tenants in time?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The end of tenant protections by month’s end has raised concerns that thousands of Utah residents will be unable to afford their monthly rent and face eviction. The state has received millions in federal funding to help with outstanding rent, utility payments and other expenses. […]

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Carl Nassib’s coming out signals shift from toxic masculinity, homophobia in sports, advocates say

Carl Nassib’s coming out signals shift from toxic masculinity, homophobia in sports, advocates say

Chris Unger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib made history as the first openly gay active NFL player when he came out on social media. In a June 21 Instagram video, the 28-year-old said he finally felt comfortable enough to get the news off his […]

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US Olympic women’s gymnastics trials feature more diverse athletes, but barriers persist

US Olympic women’s gymnastics trials feature more diverse athletes, but barriers persist

Jamie Squire/Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — Roughly every four years, when athletes take on the world stage at the Olympics, excitement buzzes over the USA gymnastics team. The 2021 Tokyo Olympic trials for Team USA are taking place June 24 through June 27 in St. Louis, Missouri, and gymnast Simone […]

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‘Progress’ flag to fly at State Department for 1st time to mark Pride month

‘Progress’ flag to fly at State Department for 1st time to mark Pride month

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A year after Pride flags were banned from being displayed at U.S embassies, the State Department, for the first time, will raise the “Progress” flag outside its building in Washington on Friday and throughout the weekend in celebration of Pride. Secretary of State […]

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Surfside building collapse latest: 159 still unaccounted for as death toll rises to four

Surfside building collapse latest: 159 still unaccounted for as death toll rises to four

Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MIAMI) — At least four people are dead and 159 others are unaccounted for after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in southern Florida’s Miami-Dade County early Thursday, officials said. “Tragically, I woke up to learn that three bodies had been pulled […]

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Police seek four suspects who vandalized George Floyd statue

Police seek four suspects who vandalized George Floyd statue

Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Less than a week after a statue of George Floyd was erected in Brooklyn, New York City on Juneteenth, the monument has been vandalized with an alleged white supremacy marking. Four unidentified individuals allegedly used black spray paint to deface the […]

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Allyson Felix launches lifestyle brand inspired by fight against gender injustice

Allyson Felix launches lifestyle brand inspired by fight against gender injustice

Andy Lyons/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nine-time Olympic medalist Allyson Felix is heading to her fifth Olympics, the Toyko games, which will be her first since becoming a mom. Now, she has a new accomplishment to add to her long list — her own lifestyle brand. The 35-year-old track star […]

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Pacific Northwest braces for historic heat wave, experts say climate change could be to blame

Pacific Northwest braces for historic heat wave, experts say climate change could be to blame

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A historic heat wave is headed for the Pacific Northwest, with temperatures expected to surpass all-time records in some regions, threatening the lives of some residents. Over the weekend, temperatures will be soaring over 100 degrees in major cities like Seattle and Portland, both of […]

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Survivors recount horror of Surfside building collapse: ‘We knew it was a race against time’

Survivors recount horror of Surfside building collapse: ‘We knew it was a race against time’

ABC News (SURFSIDE, Fla.) — Albert and Janette Aguero suddenly awoke early Thursday to what they said sounded like a “really loud clap of thunder.” Then their bedroom began to shake. The New Jersey couple were vacationing with their two children in southern Florida, staying on the 11th floor of […]

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Surfside building collapse latest: 159 still unaccounted for as death toll rises

Surfside building collapse latest: 159 still unaccounted for as death toll rises

Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MIAMI) — As the investigation into the residential building that collapsed in Surfside, Florida, continues, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told ABC News Friday that three more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, bringing the death toll to four. The […]

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