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Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘I don’t believe in evolution. I believe in God’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia Republican, said her rejection of evolution leads her to believe the novel coronavirus did not emerge naturally but was created in a lab as a "bioweapon" and unleashed.

June 9, 2021

Nearly 3 in 10 Republicans believe Trump might be reinstated as president in 2021: Poll

Twenty-nine percent of Republican voters surveyed recently said they believe it is at least somewhat likely former President Donald Trump will be reinstated in the White House in 2021, new polling showed Wednesday.

June 9, 2021

Bob Marley-branded marijuana shop planned for reggae great’s Jamaican home

Bob Marley fans will be able to legally buy marijuana at the late reggae legend's home in Kingston, Jamaica, if a cannabis dispensary planned for the property gets to opens its doors as expected.

June 8, 2021

Charlottesville City Council votes again to remove Confederate statues

The Charlottesville City Council in Virginia has once again voted to get rid of two statues of Confederate generals, setting the stage for the controversial monuments to come down as soon as next month.

June 8, 2021

AOC’s ‘abuela’ won’t get GoFundMe cash after all; company to refund $100K in donations

GoFundMe said Saturday it would refund more than $100,000 in donations that conservative media personality Matt Walsh helped raise to admittedly troll Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she complained that her grandmother's home in Puerto Rico was still unrepaired from hurricane damage and blamed the situation on former President Donald Trump.

June 5, 2021

‘Distorted, misleading’: Fauci complains about GOP criticism amid release of emails

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Friday he was on the receiving end of "completely inappropriate, distorted, misleading and misrepresented attacks" amid finding himself facing a fresh onslaught of criticism from conservatives. "I meant is what it is. I'm a public figure. I'm going to take the arrows and the slings. But they're just, they're fabricated. And that's just what it is," said Dr. Fauci, 80.

June 5, 2021

Washington & Lee to keep name; trustees ‘regret’ school’s past ‘veneration of the Confederacy’

Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, will keep its name after the board of trustees of the private liberal arts college rejected an effort to reconsider paying homage to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

June 5, 2021

Hawley calls for Fauci resignation; GOP senator asks for probe into COVID-19 origins

Sen. Josh Hawley called on Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to resign Friday over what the Missouri Republican said were "shocking" newly released emails concerning the top public health official and the origins of COVID-19.

June 5, 2021

Memphis police: Arrest warrant issued for man who taunted council member at KKK leader’s grave

Memphis police confirmed an investigation is underway Friday after a local Black leader was harassed by a White man waving a Confederate flag at the soon-to-be-former grave of the first head of the Ku Klux Klan.

June 4, 2021

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell sues voting machine companies over 2020 election claims

Michael J. Lindell, the CEO, founder and face of the MyPillow bedding company, has filed another federal lawsuit against two companies that made voting systems used in the 2020 presidential election.

June 4, 2021

Lara Trump: No plans for father-in-law to be reinstated soon: ‘Maybe there’s something I don’t know’

Lara Trump, former President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law and a 2020 campaign adviser, denied knowledge Thursday of his hatching any plan to be somehow reinstated as president amid reports of such conversations.

June 3, 2021

MTA, Steamship Authority disclose cyberattacks on transportation providers in N.Y., Massachusetts

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York has confirmed it was recently hit with a cybersecurity attack, as the Steamship Authority in Massachusetts attempts to reel back from one as well.

June 3, 2021

U.S., Canadian lawmakers make push to reopen long-blocked border

Politicians from both sides of the U.S.-Canadian border asked the Biden and Trudeau administrations Thursday to reconsider travel restrictions put in place earlier in the novel coronavirus pandemic.

June 3, 2021

Board votes to drop Confederate names from six Florida schools

A school board in Florida has voted 5-2 in favor of renaming six Jacksonville public schools so they are no longer named for leaders of the former Confederacy who sought to perpetuate slavery.

June 2, 2021

Nevada Legislature approves bill allowing for marijuana consumption lounges

Marijuana consumption lounges may be legally operating within Nevada in a matter of months following passage of a bipartisan supported bill now awaiting the signature of Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak.

June 2, 2021

Amazon says it will stop testing some jobseekers for marijuana, supports federally legalizing pot

Amazon, one of the nation's largest employers, announced it has loosened its policy on marijuana use and will support federal legislation that would legalize the plant throughout the U.S.

June 2, 2021

Paul Whelan, Marine vet jailed in Russia, asks Biden to push for his release ahead of Putin summit

Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for more than two years, said he wants President Biden to "aggressively discuss and resolve" his detainment when he meets with his counterpart in the Kremlin.

June 2, 2021

Zebulon Vance monument in Asheville, North carolina, dismantled by city

A towering monument to Zebulon Baird Vance, a former Confederate soldier who later became the governor of North Carolina, has been removed from a park in downtown Asheville after more than 120 years.

June 1, 2021

Nancy Mace has South Carolina home vandalized with anti-GOP political graffiti

Rep. Nancy Mace, South Carolina Republican, said Tuesday that her home was vandalized with political and profane messages that were spray-painted on and around her residence over Memorial Day weekend.

June 1, 2021

JBS USA, major meat producer, reeling from ‘organized cybersecurity attack’

JBS USA, the American subsidiary of one of the world's largest meat producers, said it was the target of an "organized cybersecurity attack" that has disrupted its operations in the U.S. and abroad.

June 1, 2021