Becky Sullivan
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National
University Of South Carolina President Resigns After Plagiarizing Part Of Speech
The crowd gasped when Robert Caslen, a former Army flag officer, called the graduating students "the newest alumni from the University of California." But his bungled speech didn't stop there.
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Sports
Knight Commission Urges NCAA And Schools To Tackle Racial Inequity
Although Black athletes make up about half of D1 football and basketball players, they graduate and get coaching jobs at lower rates than their white peers. The commission says it's time that changes.
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World
28 Reported Dead In Gaza From Israeli Airstrikes; Gaza Rockets Kill 3 In Israel
Israel said Palestinian militants have fired hundreds of rockets from Gaza. Palestinians said scores of Israeli airstrikes have left 28 dead, including at least 10 children.
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Health
U.S. Will Protect Gay And Transgender People Against Discrimination In Health Care
The announcement, which effectively reverses a Trump-era rule, springs from last summer's landmark Supreme Court decision banning employment discrimination against LGBTQ people.
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Politics
CDC Official Who Warned Americans Coronavirus Could Cause 'Severe' Disruption Resigns
Dr. Nancy Messonnier had served as the agency's top respiratory disease official since 2016. President Trump reportedly threatened to fire her after her comments in February 2020.
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Science
A Fancy Bottle Of Wine That Went To Space Can Be Yours For Perhaps A Million Dollars
The bottle of Pétrus 2000, a luxury wine that would normally cost about $6,500, spent 14 months on the International Space Station. Now, via Christie's, it can be yours.
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Politics
U.S. Will Share 60 Million Doses Of AstraZeneca Vaccine With Other Countries
The administration has faced growing calls to send its stockpile of the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is not yet cleared for use in the U.S., to help countries hit hard by the virus.
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Arts & Life
'Open Water' Explores Blackness and the Vulnerability of Falling In Love
Caleb Azumah Nelson's Open Water is built on a familiar premise: two young people meet and fall in love. Nelson's debut novel is brimming with references to Black art, music, poetry and photography.
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National
All Federal Inmates To Be Offered Vaccine By Mid-May, BOP Director Says
A third of people held in federal prisons have received the vaccine already. But federal inmates make up just 10% of people incarcerated in the U.S. For others, vaccine timing is uncertain.
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National
Officer Who Killed Daunte Wright Makes First Court Appearance In Manslaughter Case
Kim Potter has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Wright's family has expressed skepticism about the police explanation that Potter mistook her gun for her Taser.