What is human trafficking? | Fox News
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day — a day first designated by the U.S. Senate more than a dozen years ago to raise awareness about the existence of, and the evils associated with, human trafficking and modern-day slavery. The entire month of January is also National Human Trafficking Prevention Month. […]
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Airbnb questioned over Xinjiang business amid Uighur ‘genocide’ | Uighur News
More than a dozen of Airbnb’s listings in Xinjiang are on land reportedly owned by a company under US sanctions list since 2020. Two members of the US Congress have raised concerns about home rental firm Airbnb Inc’s business activities in China’s Xinjiang region, where Washington says Beijing is committing genocide against Muslim Uighurs and […]
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CDC puts Canada on ‘very high’ risk for travel because of Covid spike
Editor’s Note — Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations opening and closing, inspiration for future adventures, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. (CNN) — Canada was moved to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s highest-risk category […]
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6ABC anchor Jim Gardner delivers his final 11 p.m. ‘Action News’ broadcast
The big story on Action News tonight is the end of an era in Philadelphia broadcasting — Jim Gardner will anchor his final 11 p.m. broadcast on 6ABC. It goes without saying Gardner is an institution in the Delaware Valley, and is just as iconic as the timeless Action News jingle. He’s delivered the news […]
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West Coast flights paused at roughly same time as North Korea missile launch
A brief pause in West Coast flights, including commercial air travel, was instituted by federal officials Monday about the same time North Korea test launched a ballistic missile into its eastern sea. Officials on Tuesday did not link the two events. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the ground stop but described it as a routine […]
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Indigenous News Outlets, Nonprofits Drive Deeper Coverage | Arizona News
By KATIE OYAN, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Kiowa tribal member Tristan Ahtone remembers just getting started in journalism over a decade ago and pitching ideas on Indigenous topics. His bosses would say things like: “We ran a Native story earlier this year. Do we need another one?” Thankfully, he said, times have changed. “Nowadays […]
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US Covid-19 hospitalizations reach record high, HHS data shows
Registered nurse Akiko Gordon, left, and Repertory Therapist Janssen Redondo, right, are working inside the ICU with a covid-19 positive patient at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH) on Friday, December 31, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images) Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States have reached a new record high, […]
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U.S. reports record 1.3M Covid cases in a day as hospitalizations soar
The United States reported 1.34 million Covid cases on Monday, according to an NBC News tally, with the daily case rate shattering global records as hospitalizations soared across the country. At least 1,343,167 new Covid infections were identified Monday, according to the tally, beating the previous record of 1,044,970 cases, set on Jan. 3, by […]
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