Vice President Kamala Harris addressed a congregation in Memphis gathered for a funeral service for Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally beaten by a group of Memphis Police Department officers. The vice president was among several members of President Joe Biden's administration attending the service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church on 1 February. "You have been extraordinary," she said of Nichols's mother RowVaughn Wells and stepfather Rodney Wells. "We have a mother and a father who mourn the life of a young man who should be here today." "They have a grandson who now does not have a father. His brothers and sisters will lose the love of growing old with their baby brother," she continued. Ms Harris also urged Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, bipartisan police reform legislation that passed the House of Representatives in 2021 but stalled in a deadlocked Senate with Republican opposition. The bill, named in honour of the Black man who was murdered by Minneapolis police officers in 2020, was co-authored by then-Senator Harris. |
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| Jurors previously learned that Alex Murdaugh called his wife's cellphone five times in the aftermath of the murders |
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| It's unclear whether House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has enough votes to force Ms Omar off the House Foreign Affairs Committee |
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| "According to Santos, those recordings earned him a Tony, a Grammy, a Purple Heart and the Nobel Prize for volleyball," Stephen Colbert jokes |
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| Ms Daniels thanked the former president for "admitting" to their alleged affair despite previously declaring that he "never had an affair" |
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What are Rihanna's politics? |
According to the government of Barbados, the proper way to address Rihanna is "the Right Excellent Robyn Rihanna Fenty, National Hero". It is an appropriate formality for the pop icon and beauty magnate often lauded by her fans as a "queen", who was granted lifelong honours by her Caribbean homeland on the first day of its official divorce from the British monarchy in 2021. Yet such sobriquets also imply a degree of political influence. In a career spanning nearly two decades and at least five industries, Rihanna has not shied from wielding hers. In interviews and on social media, the 34-year-old has spoken out about gun control, Barbadian independence, violence against Asian Americans, Donald Trump, police brutality in Nigeria and more, at the same time donating millions to charity and using her make-up company Fenty to transform the beauty industry's approach to skin colour. This month, she will end her three-year boycott of the US National Football League over racial injustice issues to perform the coveted half-time show at the 57th Super Bowl, prompting accusations of hypocrisy. So what are Rihanna's politics, and how has she used her wealth and fame to put them into action? |
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| – The mile stretch of Australian Outback road on which an 8mm capsule of radioactive caesium-137 was lost in transit by a mining company. Incredibly, the capsule has since been found, to the huge relief of all concerned. |
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| "It sounds like hell. It's really not. I find routine comforting." |
– The famously youthful Paul Rudd, 53, explains his daily routine to Men's Health, which includes getting plenty of sleep, eating a protein-rich diet and lifting weights three times a week. |
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