tennis great serena williams showed u.s. open fans she isn t done yet, pulling out a stunning singles win last night. cnn s athena jones reports on the jaw-dropping upset against the second best tennis player in the world and likely the last professional tournament of her storied career. reporter: a huge upset. serena williams advancing to the u.s. open s third round after defeating world number two in three sets. is this really 2022? reporter: but for a legend often called the greatest of all time, perhaps not so stunning. you just beat the number two player in the world.
down a ballot measure that would have allowed the state to ban abortion. as athena jones reports, democrats believe this is further proof that the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade is shaping up to be a powerful motivator for their base and perhaps winning over some wavering republicans. we have to keep fighting. abortion rights taking center stage in a special election in upstate new york. democrat pat ryan won in this swing district after billing the race as a referendum on roe v. wade, after the supreme court decision ending the right to a constitutional abortion. they re too extreme on women s rights. ryan s victory offering an encouraging sign for democrats hoping to use the battle over abortion rights to motivate voters in november. we got in this race because the foundations of our democracy were and remain under direct threat. in new york city, democrat jerry nadler s primary win in the newly drawn 12th district
for today s olympic winter games and every day after, we ll be there, keeping businesses ready for what s next. comcast business. powering possibilities.™ outrage is growing over the police response to a fight between two teenagers at a mall in new jersey. one teen was white, the other black. they received very different treatments from the officers who responded. now even the state s governor is weighing in. cnn s athena jones reports. reporter: accusations of racial bias by police after they broke up a fight between a pair of teenagers, one black, one white at a new jersey mall.
in our health lead, the u.s. is now recorded the first death due to the omicron variant. the victim, a man from texas in his 50s, we should note, was unvaccinated, though also previously infected with covid. cnn s athena jones reports, the omicron variant now accounts for nearly three-quarters of all new u.s. infections. we ve really not seen anything like this before it. reporter: omicron accounts for 73% of new covid-19 infections. a stunning leap in prevalence less than three weeks after it was first detected in the u.s. according to cdc estimates. for the next three to eight weeks, i think we are going to be in a very, very difficult place. hospitalizations are up 35% over a month ago. the u.s. now averages nearly 140,000 new covid cases a day and more than 1200 people are dying each day on average. and even as early indications
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