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White House tries to find the silver lining in tough inflation report

The White House tried on Thursday to give another rough economic report a positive spin, saying that there's indicators of progress in newly released inflation numbers -- even as the Federal Reserve is expected to respond by aggressively raising interest rates once again.

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Kizik: The Last Tennis Shoes You’ll Ever What to Buy

At one point in time, tennis shoes were not always as high tech and complicated as they are today. However, advancements in technology have motivated shoe designers to push the envelope when it comes to comfort, style, and functionality. Now tennis shoes are just as acceptable at work and formal occasion as they are at the gym. Even with this new range of acceptability has not cause shoe designers to stop pushing to continue to create some of the most innovative shoes of our time. In steps Kizik taking their shot to make sneaker culture history with their patented hands-free technology.

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This November, Unite to Defend The Black Vote

Right before our last national elections in 2020, thousands of Black voters in Detroit got a call from someone posing as a woman named “Tamika Taylor.” She warned them that if they voted, the government would collect their personal information and come after them for credit card debt, outstanding warrants, even forced vaccinations. The calls were a voter suppression scam, and the two white guys behind it were prosecuted. But we’ll never know how many people were nervous enough to avoid voting that year.

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Biden kicks off Western swing by designating WWII training ground as national monument

President Joe Biden kicked off a four-day western swing Wednesday by traveling to Camp Hale in Colorado to designate a World War II training ground site as a national monument and move to pause new mineral, oil and gas leasing in the protected area.

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Acting LA City Council president pitches expansion and 'major reform' after former leader's racist comments

A day after Los Angeles City Council's president resigned from her post for making racist remarks, the new acting president proposed several changes to help move the city forward.

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The Shaping of the Dream

World-Renowned Scholar Gives Insight into MLK's Legacy

Clayborne Carson, the world-renowned and acclaimed Martin Luther King Jr. scholar and director of the King Papers Project, speaks at Westmont’s Mosher Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership luncheon on Friday, Nov. 4, from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Simmons Center of Westmont’s Global Leadership Center. Carson will present “The Lives and Shared Legacy of Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King Jr.” A limited number of tickets, which cost $50 per person, are available for purchase at westmont.edu/mosher-event.

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Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown releases entire slate of holiday screenings and events for Nov. and Dec.

Tickets for all remaining shows this year are available today at noon online at rooftopcinemaclub.com/uptown. 

Rooftop Cinema Club Uptown today announces its full 2022 holiday program ahead of its most anticipated ticket release of the year today at noon for all dates and screenings from Nov. 2 through Dec. 31 – its final schedule of the year until its new season begins again in early 2023.

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Supreme Court justices take much more than 15 minutes to consider Andy Warhol's silkscreens of Prince

The Supreme Court took a rare foray into the world of visual arts Wednesday, exploring the delicate intersection between an artist's freedom to borrow from existing works and the dry confines of copyright law in a case that has the global art world on edge.

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'The Shop' won't air Kanye West's episode, citing his 'hate speech'

Kanye West will not be featured on "The Shop: Uninterrupted."

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Trump can't get out of deposition in E. Jean Carroll defamation lawsuit, judge rules

A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump's attempt to pause his deposition in a defamation lawsuit scheduled for later this month saying Trump's efforts to delay the case are "inexcusable."

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Tens of thousands likely jobless after Hurricane Ian, economists say

Hurricane Ian's devastating impact will be felt for weeks and months to come, especially in the state of Florida where much of the storm's damage was sustained. Economists say tens of thousands of people are likely to file for unemployment benefits in the storm's wake, but if those workers — many in low-paying service sector industries like tourism — don't come back, the local economies of some hard-hit areas could struggle to rebound.

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How the Supreme Court put gun control laws in jeopardy nationwide

It did not take long for top gun rights activists to realize that the Second Amendment ruling handed down by the Supreme Court in June was going to transform the legal fight over access to firearms.

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William Shatner on traveling to space: 'All I saw was death'

Astronauts have for decades described their trips to space as "breathtaking" and humbling, a reminder of the Earth's fragility and humanity's need to serve as stewards of our home planet.

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Undaunted by DeSantis, immigrant workers are heading to Florida to help with hurricane cleanup

Just weeks after Ron DeSantis made a very public display of his efforts to keep migrants from coming to Florida, Hurricane Ian's destruction is drawing a growing number of immigrants to the Republican governor's state.

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Till Debuts at 2022 New York Film Festival

“Hardly a moment goes by when I don’t think about Emmett and the lessons a son can teach a mother.” Quoted from Mamie Till-Mobley.

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Chris Hollins Receives First Mayoral Endorsement From Texas Legislator

Today, State Representative Joe Deshotel endorsed Chris Hollins to serve as the next Mayor of Houston, becoming the first member of the Texas House of Representatives to weigh in on the race. Serving 22 years in public office, Rep. Deshotel expressed confidence in Chris’s ability to effectively lead and deliver results.

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Locks, laws and bullet-resistant shields: Election officials boost security as midterms draw closer

In Douglasville, Georgia -- just west of Atlanta -- a new buzzer-entry system secures the doors of the Douglas County election office. And elections director Milton Kidd said he now varies the times and the routes he uses to travel to work -- all to evade the attention of election conspiracy theorists who have targeted the office.

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Democrats won't get as much Obama as they want in the midterms. But he has some other plans.

Requests for Barack Obama are pouring in from Democrats around the country -- candidates are desperate for his help in what they feel is an existential midterms battle, one in which each race could help determine control of Congress and governments in the states.

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Los Angeles City Council president resigns after audio leaked of her racist remarks

Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez has resigned after making racist remarks about a fellow council member and his Black child.

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Newly-released emails debunk Trump and allies' attempts to blame the GSA for packing boxes that ended up in Mar-a-lago

When the General Services Administration prepared to ship pallets of material to Florida for former President Donald Trump in July 2021, the federal agency asked Trump aide Beau Harrison to affirm what was in the boxes being shipped.