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SPLC Action Fund Statement on President Trump’s Rally in Tulsa, Okla.
Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang released the following statement ahead of President Trump’s rally on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. — the day after Juneteenth, near the 1921 massacre that left up to 300 Black people dead in the area once known as Black Wall Street.
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PFAW Responds to the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery
With the tragic news and video circulating about another unarmed Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, being terrorized, shot and killed -- this time by two white men who targeted the victim while he was jogging because they thought he was a burglary suspect -- Senior Director of Outreach and Public Engagement Diallo Brooks released the following statement:
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Alec Baldwin on a 2020 bid: 'If I ran, I would win'
During an interview with Howard Stern on Monday, Baldwin said that if he made a bid for the White House, he would "one-thousand percent" prevail as the winner over President Donald Trump.
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Texas Democratic Executive Committeeman Emeritus Rodney Griffin Endorses Senator Kamala Harris for President
Rodney Griffin Texas Democratic Executive Committeeman Emeritus, endorses Senator Kamala Harris for president. Senator Harris made her first Texas visit since her announcement, Saturday in Houston.
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Chicago Police Officer Convicted of Second-Degree Murder in Shooting of Laquan McDonald
A jury has found white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder in the 2014 high-profile shooting death of a black 17-year-old, Laquan McDonald.
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Houston Woman Searches for Answers In the Death of Service Dog
Sixty-four-year-old Freeina Gaines was just out walking her dog, Henry, as she often does on Scott and OST when she was struck by a vehicle. She claims a white PT Cruiser bearing the company logo of Diallo’s nightclub hit her on the left side of her body knocking her to ground.
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Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis found dead at his home in Florida
Vontae Davis, the former NFL cornerback who made two Pro Bowls with the Indianapolis Colts and memorably retired at halftime of his final game, was found dead by police Monday at his home in South Florida, according to authorities.
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Judge expands gag order in Trump hush money case to include family members of court
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial expanded a recently imposed gag order to include family members of the court and family members of the Manhattan district attorney, according to a late Monday ruling.
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Biden to forgive $7.4 billion more in student loan debt for 277,000 borrowers
The Biden administration said Friday that is using existing student loan forgiveness programs to cancel another round of student debt, totaling $7.4 billion for 277,000 borrowers.
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Kamala Harris rips Trump administration's response to coronavirus pandemic in only debate with Mike Pence
California Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a swift condemnation of the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic during the opening of Wednesday's vice presidential debate, noting that some 210,000 people have died and more than 7.5 million people have contracted the disease.
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'Pent-up racial anger' led to killers' pursuit of Ahmaud Arbery, prosecutor says in closing arguments of hate crimes trial
The three White men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery pursued him in a fit of illegal vigilantism -- and they did it because they saw "a Black man in their neighborhood and assumed the worst of him," a prosecutor said in closing arguments of their federal hate crimes trial.
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'This is a bombshell': Trump aides left speechless by Hutchinson testimony
Aides to former President Donald Trump were left speechless amid the first half of Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony on Tuesday, acknowledging to CNN that her testimony was "a bombshell" with potentially huge repercussions for Trump.
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New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in apparent ambush attack by driver; he tried to help, police say
A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot early Friday when he offered to help the driver of a disabled vehicle, who responded by shooting the officer twice and driving off with his patrol car, authorities said.
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Border policy key sticking point in Congress; shutdown deadline days away
Lawmakers are scrambling to avert a partial shutdown ahead of a federal government funding deadline at the end of the week.
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Stormy Daniels says she was scared for her life after hush money deal with Trump went public
Adult film actress Stormy Daniels says she was afraid for her life after her secret hush money deal with Donald Trump exploded onto the public stage in 2018 while he was president.
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Israel agrees to US proposal on prisoner-hostage exchange; awaiting Hamas’ response, CNN affiliate/analyst say
Israel agreed to a US proposal on a prisoner-hostage exchange that would release around 700 Palestinian prisoners, among them 100 serving life sentences for killing Israeli nationals, in exchange for the release of 40 Israeli hostages, CNN affiliate Kan News reported Sunday, citing a senior Israeli official.
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US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion to be disbanded as part of government spending bill
The US House Office of Diversity and Inclusion will be dissolved as part of the government spending bill that passed Friday, the office’s director said in a statement Friday.
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Three people arrested for threatening Argentine footballer Ángel Di María
Three people were arrested in Argentina on Wednesday for threatening Argentine footballer Ángel Di María and his family, Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich said.
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The US Postal Service wants to hike stamp prices again in July. Here’s how much you’ll pay
Stamp prices are set to increase — again. The US Postal Service filed a notice with its regulators to increase prices on First-Class “Forever” stamps to 73 cents from 68 cents, marking yet another price hike for the financially beleaguered federal agency.
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Shohei Ohtani says he never participated in any sports gambling and accuses interpreter of ‘stealing money’
Faced with growing attention over a theft and gambling scandal, baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani on Monday adamantly denied betting on any sport or paying a bookie and placed the blame for the improprieties squarely on his former interpreter who the twice MVP alleged was stealing money from his account.
