Monday, 31 May 2021

In summer, the stakes are rising for Biden

• Biden's Memorial Day warning: 'Democracy itself is in peril' • Analysis: Yes, democracy really is in danger


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Analysis: Revolt by Texas Democrats heaps pressure on Washington to act on voting reform

Texas Democrats launched the most dramatic revolt yet against nationwide Republican bills to restrict voting by walking out of the state's legislature over the holiday weekend. But their last-ditch effort may only temporarily stall the effort and underscores how the deadlock in Washington is making it easier for Republicans to act on Donald Trump's election fraud lies to stack the deck in future votes.


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The suspects are seen on surveillance video exiting an SUV before, police say, they opened fire, leaving 2 dead and 21 others wounded near Miami

At least two people were killed and more than 20 were wounded Sunday when three people got out of a vehicle and began firing into a crowd at a club in southern Florida, according to Miami-Dade Police Department Director Alfredo Ramirez III.


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Stolen SUV connected to Miami-Dade mass shooting found in canal

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava talks with CNN's Jim Acosta about police locating the stolen SUV connected to a mass shooting in Miami-Dade.


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Las Vegas police release new image of boy found dead on trail

Police have released a new digitally enhanced photo of the boy whose body was found by a hiker on a trail near Las Vegas on Friday morning.


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Man arrested over alleged plans for mass shooting at Walmart

Law enforcement officials have arrested a Texas man who they say was planning a "mass casualty event," possibly at a Walmart.


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Krispy Kreme has given away over 1.5 million doughnuts to vaccinated people

Vaccinated people are taking Krispy Kreme up on its free doughnuts offer.


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Covid-19 infection leaves big medical bills for some survivors

"My job is to go out and sing, and entertain these residents in the senior living facilities. And I need to be able to hear the frequencies, and I lost those during my infection with Covid."


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Before Tulsa, this Georgia county forced out Black residents

Forsyth County, Georgia, was home to over a thousand Black residents in the early 20th century, including some who owned hundreds of acres of land. The death of a White teenager and the lynching of a Black man upended the community, causing ripple effects that people are still reckoning with today. CNN Films' "Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street" airs Monday, May 31 at 9 p.m ET.


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