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WASHINGTON — Toy firm Mattel revealed its first Barbie doll representing an individual with Down syndrome on Tuesday. Mattel collaborated with the National Down Syndrome Society to create the Barbie and “ensure the doll accurately represents a person with Down syndrome,” the corporate stated. ...

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee needs the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to supply extra data on suspected Chinese authorities police stations and different malign actions by Beijing within the United States. Committee Chairman Mark E. Green, Tennessee Republican, and Texas G...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans are poised to alter state regulation to permit GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president with out having to depart workplace, in response to laws filed Tuesday. The proposal would exempt presidential candidates from Florida’s so-called resign to run regulation, whic...

Parents challenged books at school libraries and school rooms in file numbers for the second straight yr, with one extremely contentious work on LGBTQ identification bearing the brunt of conservatives’ wrath. The American Library Association’s annual “State of America’s Libraries Report,” launched Monday, ...

Shares in First Republic Bank have tumbled to a brand new document low after the troubled US regional lender admitted final month's banking disaster sparked a buyer deposit flight of greater than $100bn.The financial institution, which was saved from attainable collapse by a $30bn money injection agreed by main lenders, noticed its inventory drop by as much as 29% on Tuesday. It adopted the discharge of its first quarter earnings report that exposed the extent of the problem it confronted to get well the enterprise.First Republic stated the withdrawals, which amounted to greater than half its pre-crisis complete, had cooled for the reason that rescue money was introduced nevertheless it was but to get well any significant deposits.Financial market analysts stated the quantity...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk revealed that almost 25,000 individuals pay to see unique content material from him via Twitter’s Subscription characteristic.  The revelation, which can have been unintentional, confirmed that Mr. Musk has 24,700 subscribers. In a screenshot telling customers how they might allow Sub...

Prince Harry and Meghan have been captured on a 'kiss cam' laughing and smiling as they attended a basketball sport in Los Angeles.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been filmed sitting down and chatting to different individuals earlier than Meghan seen that their faces have been being beamed to round 20,000 sports followers within the Crypto.com Arena. The Duchess, carrying a pink jacket and lightweight high, waved to the group because the royal couple then checked out one another and grinned and giggled. Image: Pic: AP Image: Pic: AP Harry, in a white T-shirt and darkish jacket, leaned in nearer, in what may have been for a kiss.But by that second, his spouse h...

First Republic Bank’s inventory plunged on the opening bell Tuesday after it stated depositors withdrew greater than $100 billion throughout final month’s disaster, with fears swirling that it could possibly be the third financial institution to fail after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. ...

In Johnstown, Pennsylvania, there was a time Joe Biden would not have had to purchase a drink.Now he can barely purchase a vote. The city is cradled in Cambria County, a blue-collar neighborhood that leaned Democrat however has developed Republican pink by years of commercial decline.Closures of the coal mines and metal mills, on which Johnstown grew, have decreased wealth and alternative - a lot of a inhabitants searching for work has gone wanting elsewhere. Ditto the seek for political options. The swing state of Pennsylvania, as an entire, has swung behind Joe Biden within the final two main electoral checks - the 2020 presidential election and final 12 months's mid-terms.But the numbers are tight and this nook of the keystone state pulls the Repu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal jury on Tuesday is scheduled to listen to a second day of attorneys’ closing arguments within the landmark trial for former Proud Boys extremist group leaders charged with plotting to violently cease the switch of presidential energy after the 2020 election. A lawyer for former ...