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Sheryl Lee Ralph earns standing ovation for Emmys acceptance speech and song
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The 74th annual Emmy Awards handed out a number of historic wins during its ceremony on Monday night, from Zendaya's second win for best actress to both prestigious titles for the star and director of "Squid Game."
Another first came as Sheryl Lee Ralph received the evening's award for supporting actress in a comedy series, owing to her performance in Quinta Brunson's widely acclaimed sitcom "Abbott Elementary." Brunson, who also made Emmys history with her trio of nominations this year, took home the award for outstanding writing in a comedy show.
Ralph, 66, has for decades received praise for her work on Broadway and earned a Tony Award nomination in 1981 for her lead role in the original production of "Dreamgirls." She won Monday's supporting actress award after never having been nominated before at the Emmys, and her triumph in that category marked the second time a Black woman actor received the accolade. Jackée Harry won the award in 1987.
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A woman died while hiking in western Colorado on Monday as a heat dome blanketed pockets of the American West and drove up temperatures in a number of states. Marsha Cook, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was pronounced dead after collapsing around the two-mile mark of a hiking trail at Colorado National Monument, officials said Wednesday. She was 54.
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Embattled aircraft giant Boeing Wednesday argued to the Justice Department that the company has upheld its end of a 2021 deferred prosecution agreement, and pushed back at federal prosecutors who wrote last month that the plane manufacturer has violated the deal and risked being prosecuted, two people familiar with the discussions confirmed to CBS News.