According to a previous listing on the University of Minnesota's website, the Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program is 'an intensive 10-week summer program in which undergraduate students of color work full-time with a faculty mentor on a research project.' 

'Two years of pain, two years of heartbreak, of uncertainty, of business loss, of schools closing, of just conflict inside our households, but I said from  since the time I was elected I said that this virus was not going to define us, we're going to define ourselves.'

'We want to see the faces of our children. We want to see their smiles,' the mayor said, adding that parents with kids over the age of five could still send their children to school with face coverings if they wished.

In a video message to the besieged nation, Zelensky accused the Kremlin of attempting to seize the capital, overthrow the government and install a 'puppet' regime 'like in Donetsk', one of two separatist regions which warmonger Vladimir Putin officially recognised before launching an all-out invasion. 

The internship previously set out to 'prepare students of color and Native Americans for graduate school' and includes a $6,000 stipend for participants, according to a description on the school's website

The funding to be included in the mayor's upcoming budget could be used in part to buy hotels or motels that would be converted to housing, while the city combs through its inventory of properties for those that could be used for sheltering homeless people.

Adams confirmed prior reports that the United States' most populous city will finally lift mandates on masks in public schools and proof of vaccination to dine in restaurants or enter entertainment, sports and cultural venues from Monday.

'Vaccines have saved so many lives,' he said.
'And prevented an immense amount of suffering and pain. New York City's nation-leading vaccination policies, while sometimes controversial, were demonstrably effective.'

Walker was shot 46 times in a hail of gunfire that lasted just under seven seconds and roiled yet another city amid heightened tensions with police over the killing of a Black man that started with a routine traffic stop.

Meanwhile, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to deliver 500 units of temporary housing to the city, while the Biden administration has sent the city and county more than $200 million for homeless programs, she added.

The cases are part of a series of Justice Department prosecutions in recent years aimed at disrupting Chinese government efforts to locate in America pro-democracy activists and others who are openly critical of Beijing's policies and to suppress their speech.

Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson said at a news conference that there was a "racial component" Thursday night when Andrew Lester twice shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who is recovering at home after being released from the hospital.

Despite the city's reputation for obstinance, Adams said that New York business were 90 per cent in compliance with restrictions pandemic restrictions that were placed on them, including limited hours, restricted capacity for stores, worker safety protocols and other regulations.

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This is the moment the grieving Ukrainian parents of an 18-month-old boy rushed into hospital weeping over their son's dead body after the toddler was killed by Russian shelling - as Putin's invading forces spent another day shelling Ukrainian civilians yesterday killing at least eight.  

'We have become so boring as a city," he said. 'I want to become a city of excitement. We are looking to reinstate every parade, every festival, every block party. People need to get outdoors and enjoy our city again.'

Breaking her silence: Mila - who was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine - appeared alongside Ashton in a video shared to his Instagram account, where she spoke publicly about the Russian invasion of her native country for the first time

NEW YORK (AP) - Two men were arrested Monday on charges that they helped establish a secret police station in New York City on behalf of the Chinese government, and about three dozen officers with China's national police force were charged with using social media to harass dissidents inside the United States, authorities said Monday.

'One of my friends who grew up in Russia, she was in second grade. She came home one day crying. Her mother asked why and she said on the back of her seat there was a swastika. This is a country that obviously does not want you.' 

Fundraiser: The couple launched a GoFundMe page on Thursday with the goal of raising $30,000,000 for Flexport.org and Airbnb.org, which are 'two organizations who are actively on the ground providing immediate help to those who need it most'

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