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2020 Academy Award nominations spark outrage, return of #Oscarssowhite

This year’s Academy Award nominations have created new controversy over whether the Oscars are too white and too male. Nineteen out of the 20 acting nominees on Monday are white. The exception is Best Actress nominee Cynthia Erivo, who starred in the movie “Harriet.” All of the Best Director nominees are men, even though women directed several of this year’s best regarded movies. “Entertainment Tonight” host Kevin Frazier reports on the backlash over the lack of diversity. Source

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Russians hacked Ukrainian firm connected to impeachment

“The timing of the GRU’s campaign in relation to the 2020 U.S. elections raises the spectre that this is an early warning of what we have anticipated since the successful cyberattacks undertaken during the 2016 U.S. elections,” the report said. Source

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The lives of 2020 spouses on the campaign trail

Jada Yuan, a feature reporter for the Washington Post covering national politics, joins CBSN to discuss her latest piece, which looks at the lives of the husbands and wives of the men and women running for president. Source

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Texas church shooting hero gets medal of courage

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday presented the state’s highest civilian honor to 71-year-old Jack Wilson, the man who stopped a gunman in a deadly shooting at a church in North Texas in December. CBS Austin’s Christian Flores reports. Source

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