The New Paper

May 21, 2021

The New Paper Weekly Recap: US

  • The UC system system will no longer consider SAT or ACT scores (5/17)
  • The Supreme Court will hear a case on a Mississippi abortion law (5/18)
  • The US announced plans to donate an additional 20M vaccines (5/18)
  • The NY attorney general’s office widened an ongoing civil probe into the Trump Organization to include a criminal investigation (5/19)
  • Three officers involved in the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. will not face charges (5/19)
  • Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning abortions after a fetal heartbeat has been detected (as early as six weeks) (5/20)
  • The House approved a commission to investigate the US Capitol attack (5/20)
  • The NOAA predicted an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season (5/21)
  • President Biden signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (5/21)
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