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Empowering Black Maternal Health: Carol's Daughter's Love Delivered Initiative Enters Year 4 with Renewed Vigor
Carol's Daughter proudly marks the fourth anniversary of its pioneering Black Maternal Health Initiative, Love Delivered. This transformative initiative, aimed at addressing the pressing issues surrounding Black maternal health, continues to make significant strides in empowering, supporting, and equipping Black birthing individuals and communities across the nation through impactful programs and strategic partnerships.
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It feels like the summer of travel chaos only just subsided, but the holiday travel season is now upon us, with millions taking to the skies in one of the busiest stretches of the year for travel.
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Third-party candidates are worrisome wild card amid Biden-Trump rematch in Wisconsin
As former President Donald Trump returns to Wisconsin on Tuesday night for the first time in nearly two years, Democrats have a close eye on him – but not only him – as they build a general election campaign in this critical battleground state.
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Judge overturns murder convictions of ‘Chester Trio’ after more than two decades in prison
Citing new DNA evidence, a Pennsylvania judge on Thursday overturned the murder convictions of three men known as the “Chester Trio” who have been imprisoned for nearly 25 years for a crime they say they did not commit.
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Israel attacked aid workers ‘systematically, car by car,’ charity founder says; fury builds over deadly strike
The founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK) has accused Israel of targeting his aid workers “systematically, car by car” during the strikes that left seven dead on Monday, as mounting international fury over the attack further strains Western support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
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Who ends up holding the bag for the Baltimore bridge collapse?
The massive cargo ship crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore will likely lead to billions of dollars in liability claims. Marine insurance companies will be on the hook for much of the costs.
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Rice engineering students convert old truck into an electrical vehicle
Four teams of Rice University engineering students converted a 1997 Chevy P30 delivery van into a fully electric vehicle in less than a year, using a combination of parts scavenged from out-of-use vehicles, custom-built elements and off-the-shelf items.
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Remarks by President Biden on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Hello, Boston! (Applause.) Hello, hello, hello! Gov, is it okay if they sit down? Please, have a -- take a seat if you have one. I once said that when there were no chairs out there, “Take a seat.” And they said, “There goes Biden again.”
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Timeline of Donald Trump Jr.'s Meeting Revelations
New revelations about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting in June 2016 with a Russian lawyer have rocketed the President's eldest son to the center of allegations of collusion with Russia.
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What the Last 48 Hours Told Us About Trump's Next 4 Years
President-elect Donald Trump went nose-to-nose Wednesday with a press corps itching to cross-examine him after more than five months at arm's length, while his top nominees faced off with senators during a strategic crush of confirmation hearings.
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How Syria is Shuffling Trump-era Politics
The missile strike launched by President Donald Trump on an Assad regime airfield last week did little to change the deadly status quo in Syria, where government aircraft were again bombarding rebel-held Idlib province a day later.
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Pediatricians Warn About Dangers of Kids Using Marijuana
My kids are in elementary school, a little young for the "weed talk," but I wonder whether the fact that recreational pot use is now legal in a number of states will complicate things once we start having those conversations.
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Fact check: Interrupted by shooting, Trump continues to spin false narrative around mail-in voting and coronavirus
President Donald Trump turned his Monday news conference into a dishonesty spree, blitzing reporters with rapid-fire false claims on a variety of his favorite topics -- the coronavirus pandemic, mail-in voting, China, Democrats generally and President Barack Obama in particular.
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After a Killing Driven by Hate, Family Wonders 'How many red flags does it take?'
The family raised so many alerts about their neighbor. Why was nothing done to stop him? They told police about the barrage of racist taunts coming from next door, but the hate persisted. They got a protective order to keep him away, but nothing changed. They complained he wasn't complying -- and then he allegedly ran down their mother with his car.
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Brian d'Arcy James on The Ferryman and Being Directed by Sam Mendes
Actor Brian d'Arcy James delivers a tour de force performance as dashing and tormented Quinn Carney in the Broadway play, The Ferryman, winner of four 2019 Tony Awards including Best Play, Best Author (Jez Butterworth) and Best Director (Sam Mendes).
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The upside to dyslexia, even as a journalist
As a parent, if you were told your child would be a creative, intelligent, big-picture thinker with a strong sense of grit and resilience, you'd be happy, wouldn't you? That sounds like a great set of skills for life success, doesn't it?
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CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta
CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta's access to the White House.
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In the nearly 232-year history of the US Senate there have only been 11 Black senators
Congress set a new diversity record this year with its highest-ever number of women and racial minorities, including 60 Black lawmakers.
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A year into the pandemic, Florida is booming and Republican Gov. DeSantis is taking credit
After a year of criticism by health experts, mockery from comedians and blistering critiques from political rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing unabashedly tall among the nation's governors on the front lines of the coronavirus fight.
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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.
