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Toni V. Smith: 14 Years Later and Still Fighting
A boxer never steps into any ring ill-prepared. Muscles in their body must be trained for weeks to condition the body, build endurance, and enhance speed. The mind must be trained to focus. If a boxer believes they are stronger and faster than their opponent, they have already lost the fight. But how do you prepare for a fight when you know nothing about your opponent? There is no time to plan a strategy. It’s as if you are being sucker-punched from the get-go, leaving you confused – Is your on-the-defense mechanism to bob and weave or duck and jab? How does you prepare for the fight of your life?
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Black Women Holding Trump Accountable
Former President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime getting away with things. Rich and willing to use an army of lawyers to defend his abuses and bully people he has wronged into submission, Trump is a prime example of the inequities in our justice system.
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Here's who made Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business list for 2022
The competition to be listed among Fortune's Most Powerful Women has gotten a little stiffer this year. In recognition of just how global business has become, Fortune decided to merge its domestic and international lists of top corporate women leaders.
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(Clockwise from top left) Karen Lynch, Carol Tomé, Jessica Tan, Jane Fraser, Julie Sweet and Mary Barra topped Fortune's Most Powerful Women in Business list …
Published on October 4, 2022
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Hurricane Ian's death toll rises as crews in Florida go door to door in search for survivors in decimated neighborhoods
After Hurricane Ian obliterated communities in Florida, rescue crews going door to door in search of survivors are reporting more deaths, and residents grappling with loss are facing a long, daunting recovery.
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The Houston Symphony: “Celebrating Black Composers: Ellington, Hendrix, Price & More”
Take a musical journey through time as the Symphony pays homage to over a century of trailblazing Black artists, from classical music to ragtime, jazz, classic rock, and beyond! Rock out to Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze,” dance to Scott Joplin’s “The Entertainer” and Florence Price’s exhilarating “Juba” Dance, and much more!
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Hertz and GM Plan Major EV Expansion
Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 EVs from GM over the next five years Hertz to offer Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs across multiple vehicle categories Deliveries of Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV expected to begin in the first quarter of 2023
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Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy Through the Lens of Colonialism and Black Lives
Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy isn’t necessarily complicated, but filled with enough ambiguity and action and inaction, that it might be easy to understand why people of color might view her different that the adoring throng mourning outside of Buckingham Palace. The longest-reigning British monarch’s history on race will forever exist as part of her legacy.
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Multiple Grammy Award-Winning Recording Artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington Sets New Standards with Upcoming CD, Books, Groundbreaking Installation, and Film
Three-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist and NEA Jazz Master Terri Lyne Carrington releases her 11th career album, new STANDARDS vol. 1, set for release on Friday, September 16. Today, Hal Leonard and Berklee Press will introduce Carrington’s debut and one-of-a-kind book, New Standard: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers. Curated and edited by Carrington, New Standards highlights compositions that are supplementary and alternatives to the “jazz standards” canon that has served students, teachers, and professionals throughout the development of jazz music.
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New Hampshire's GOP primary will complete the Senate battleground map
New Hampshire Republicans are set to choose their candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan on Tuesday in a primary that will lock in the final key matchup in November's battle for control of the Senate.
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New Hampshire Republicans are set to choose their candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan on September 13. New Hampshire Republicans running for the …
Published on September 13, 2022
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New York governor declares state disaster emergency amid circulating poliovirus evidence, samples found in 5 counties
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency amid evidence of circulating poliovirus, a move that will increase the availability of resources including expanding the network of polio vaccine administrators, state health officials said.
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Who's who in the House of Windsor: Queen Elizabeth II's line of succession
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. She was 96.
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2024 Equinox EV: An Affordable, Functional and Stylish EV
Enters contested compact SUV segment as the most affordable all-electric entry
After introducing the Chevrolet Silverado EV and Blazer EV this year, Chevrolet’s blitz of electric vehicle rollouts continues with a third introduction: the all-new 2024 Equinox EV — an affordable all-electric SUV tailored to help modern families make a seamless, confident and uncompromising transition to an EV.
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Apple Fitness+ available to all iPhone users in 21 countries later this fall
Starting September 12, Fitness+ will also introduce new seasons of Time to Walk and Time to Run; the latest Artist Spotlight series featuring music from Mary J. Blige, The Rolling Stones, and The Weeknd; and a new Yoga trainer
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Memphis police find unidentified body 3 days after a teacher was violently abducted
Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza "Liza" Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a tweet from the police department.
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Sprint to the midterms sets off on unsettled political terrain
The two-month sprint to the midterm elections is set to take place on political terrain that is much less settled than Republicans had hoped it would be, with improving economic news, a raging battle over abortion rights and former President Donald Trump's return to the forefront raising Democrats' hopes that the party can hold onto its narrow majority in the House or Senate.
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Mastermind of Navy bribery scheme escapes house arrest just weeks ahead of sentencing
Leonard Francis, the former military contractor known as "Fat Leonard" who orchestrated the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history, is on the run after escaping house arrest in San Diego by cutting off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet, according to the US Marshals Service.
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Newly obtained surveillance video shows fake Trump elector escorted operatives into Georgia county's elections office before voting machine breach
A Republican county official in Georgia escorted two operatives working with an attorney for former President Donald Trump into the county's election offices on the same day a voting system there was breached, newly obtained video shows.
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Body found in Memphis is that of abducted teacher, and a suspect is charged with murder, police say
A body found Monday in the Memphis is that of a teacher who was abducted while jogging last week, and a suspect is being charged with murder, police said Tuesday.
