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The skyline of Washington, DC, including the US Capitol building, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and National Mall, is seen from the air, January 29, 2010. 

House passes bill that would grant DC statehood

Clare Foran, CNN April 22, 2021

(CNN) -- The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that faces obstacles to final passage even with the party now...

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 09: Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) questions Intelligence Committee Minority Counsel Stephen Castor and Intelligence Committee Majority Counsel Daniel Goldman during the House impeachment inquiry hearings in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill December 9, 2019 in Washington, DC. The hearing is being held for the Judiciary Committee to formally receive evidence in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, whom Democrats say held back military aid for Ukraine while demanding they investigate his political rivals. The White House declared it would not participate in the hearing. (Photo by Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

GOP senator floats compromise on policing legislation as bipartisan talks pick up pace

(CNN) -- The lead Senate GOP negotiator over new policing legislation is floating a compromise on a major sticking point that has derailed past efforts to curb excessive force by law enforcement: civil...

This image from NASA's EarthKAM shows Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. The superb natural harbor at Lisbon is a commercially important European port handling much of the import-export traffic for Portugal and Spain.

On Earth Day, here’s the view from space

By Katia Hetter and Ashley Strickland, CNN April 22, 2021

 (CNN) -- The view from space of our planet's most impressive natural and constructed landmarks is striking, and not just on this year's Earth Day.The long and winding Grand Canyon; the European Union's...

Apple

Apple unveils a new iPad Pro, colorful iMacs, AirTag and more

(CNN) -- Apple made good on its "Spring loaded" promise by unveiling a slew of new products at its annual Spring product launch event.From a new IPad Pro and redesigned, colorful iMacs to a purple iPhone,...

Representative Maxine Waters(C) (D-CA) speaks to the media during an ongoing protest at the Brooklyn Center Police Department in Brooklyn Centre, Minnesota on April 17, 2021. - Police officer, Kim Potter, who shot dead Black 20-year-old Daunte Wright in a Minneapolis suburb after appearing to mistake her gun for her Taser was arrested April 14 on manslaughter charges.

Waters calls for protesters to ‘get more confrontational’ if no guilty verdict is reached in Derek Chauvin trial

Chandelis Duster, CNN April 20, 2021

(CNN) -- Rep. Maxine Waters on Saturday night called for protesters to "stay on the street" and "get more confrontational" if former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is acquitted in the killing...

Defense attorney Eric Nelson (left) is seen with Chauvin during trial proceedings.

Derek Chauvin found guilty of murder and manslaughter in death of George Floyd

Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper, CNN April 20, 2021

(CNN) -- Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday on charges of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.The jury of five men and seven women deliberated for four...

Authorities fire gas munitions at demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright, late Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Officer charged with 2nd-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright killing

(CNN) -- A police officer who shot and killed a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb after a traffic stop has been arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter in the case, authorities said Wednesday.Kim...

Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh attends the Presentation Reception for The Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award holders in the gardens at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on July 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Jane Barlow (Photo credit should read JANE BARLOW/AFP via Getty Images)

Prince Philip, longtime consort to Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99

(CNN) -- The most famous family on earth is mourning the loss of its patriarch.Prince Philip, the husband of British monarch Queen Elizabeth II, has died, Buckingham Palace has announced. He was 99.The Duke...

A recreational marijuana smoker indulges in smoking weed on April 14, 2020 in the Bushwick section of the Brooklyn borough of New York City. 

New York legalizing weed could mean big things for the future of the cannabis industry

Alicia Wallace, CNN Business April 1, 2021

(CNN) -- New York this week became the latest state to legalize recreational cannabis, and in doing so, it's poised to become one of the nation's largest markets.Another multibillion-dollar business...

Pfizer Manufacturing

Manufacturing moonshot: How Pfizer makes its millions of Covid-19 vaccine doses

By Amanda Sealy, CNN April 1, 2021

 (CNN) -- When the coronavirus pandemic began, the challenge for Pfizer and BioNTech wasn't just developing a Covid-19 vaccine -- they also had to make it, and by the hundreds of millions.This was no...

Biden administration launches $10 million ad campaign, leaders' network to encourage vaccination

Biden administration launches $10 million ad campaign, leaders’ network to encourage vaccination

By Jeremy Diamond, CNN April 1, 2021

(CNN) -- The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled a large-scale effort to encourage Americans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, rolling out its first national ad campaign and announcing...

A handout photograph made available by the Suez Canal Authority, shows floatation work being carried out on the Ever Given container ship which ran aground in the Suez Canal, Egypt, 28 March 2021. The Ever Given, a large container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal on 23 March, blocking passage of other ships and causing a traffic jam for cargo vessels. The head of the Suez Canal Authority announced on 28 March that efforts for the floatation of the Ever Given are continuing. Its floatation is being carried out by 14 tugboats that are towing and pushing the grounding vessel, it has on 27 March moved by two inches and the authorities hope that the ship will move further after the water starts running underneath it. Suez Canal blocked as container ship runs aground, Egypt - 28 Mar 2021

Ever Given container ship freed in the Suez Canal

Asmaa Khalil, Mostafa Salem, Magdy Samaan, Ben Wedeman, Mick Krever, Jessie Yeung and Zamira Rahim, CNN March 29, 2021

(CNN) -- The Ever Given container ship has been dislodged and is now floating, after blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week, authorities said Monday.Tug boats had spent several hours on Monday working...

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