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What we know about Audrii Cunningham, who vanished on her way to school, and the man now charged with murder in her death
The last time Audrii Cunningham’s family saw her alive, the 11-year-old was getting ready for school Thursday morning and heading out to catch the bus.
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More snow hitting Great Lakes and Northeast, closing schools - hampering travel
Another round of snow is covering the Northeast Friday, triggering emergency protocols in several areas as officials warn the conditions could make for dangerous travel through the evening.
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Police the YOUth: PVAMU Ph.D. candidate’s new book hopes to improve connectedness between police officers, Black youth
The viral video of the murder of George Floyd by police officers compelled millions of protestors to the streets during the summer of 2020. For some, the disturbing incident shocked them into action; for others, it was another reminder of the racial bias and inequities that often lead to over-policing and the use of excessive force by officers in Black neighborhoods.
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State Representative Ron Reynolds 88th Legislative Session Accomplishments, Highlights, Missed Opportunities and Bad Bills
The 88th Legislative Session started with an unprecedented $33 Billion surplus. The state Republican leadership has failed miserably with misplaced priorities and focused on “red meat” right wing issues that do nothing to improve the lives of everyday working Texas families. Our public schools did not get the funding they need to properly educate our children, teachers did not get the long overdue pay raises, our electric grid reliability was not addressed and property tax cuts never came to fruition.
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What we know -- and still don't know -- about what led to Tyre Nichols' death
It's been almost three weeks since a traffic stop in Memphis led to a violent arrest and, three days later, the death of the 29-year-old Black driver.
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4 arrested in Philadelphia bus stop shooting that injured high school students
Four people have been arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month that left eight high school students wounded at a transit bus stop in Northeast Philadelphia, authorities say.
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A Capital Win for Five H-E-B Quest for Texas Best Competitors - Taking Home $90K in Cash Prizes
Top Texas Product Makers Earn Placement on Store Shelves
H-E-B’s Primo Picks Quest for Texas Best judges narrowed the field of 25 finalists to just FIVE winners on Friday, August 11 at the Central Texas Food Bank. Sascha Biesi and Yauss Berenji (Skull & Cakebones Mocha Marmalade); Bridget and Will McCoy (Lorraine’s Original Mini Texas Pecan Cakes); Dennis Butterworth (WarPig BBQ For Use on Butts And Ribs Sauce); Adrian and Mariana Paredes (Tamale Addiction’ s Poblano and Muenster Cheese Organic Masa Tamales); and Cariño Cortez and Michael Cortez (La Familia Cortez Restaurants’ Mi Tierra Salsa Verde) are relishing the sweet taste of success and a combined total of $90,000 in cash prizes along with prime space on H-E-B store shelves in 2018.
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New York sees startling uptick in Covid-19 cases in Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods
New York neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish communities have seen startling rises in Covid-19 cases and test positivity rate in recent weeks, alarming officials concerned about a new outbreak.
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US can get coronavirus levels 'way down' by Election Day in November, Fauci says
The United States has what it takes to get Covid-19 case levels down to more manageable levels by Election Day in November if it uses masks and other "fundamental tenets of infection control" -- but it needs to get serious now, Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Thursday.
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Beyond Budapest: 5 day trips from Hungary's capital
While Budapest is a truly majestic place, there's so much more to Hungary than its hugely popular capital.
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Houses of worship worry: Who's next?
A massacre in New Zealand on jumah, the Muslim weekly communal prayer.
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Republicans wasted no time dragging Big Tech into the culture wars in 2022
Almost exactly one year after the Capitol insurrection that led to former President Donald Trump being suspended from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Big Tech was again in the political crosshairs this week for cracking down on an account from another Republican.
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Here’s what’s in the debt ceiling deal
After several weeks of tense negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to address the debt limit and cap spending.
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Man Dragged off United flight Has Concussion, Will File Suit, Lawyer Says
The passenger forcefully removed from a United Airlines flight this week has a concussion and broken nose, his attorney told reporters Thursday, adding that the 69-year-old physician will file a lawsuit.
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The stunning downfall of Bear Stearns and its bridge-playing CEO
Bear Stearns was on fire. And its colorful chairman, Jimmy Cayne, was playing cards. The smallest investment bank on Wall Street had survived the Great Depression, Black Monday and the September 11 terror attacks. But by March 2008, clients and trading partners were bolting the firm because it had made huge bets on what turned out to be toxic mortgages.
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Supreme Court appears to signal Obamacare will survive latest GOP challenge
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested Tuesday that it wasn't the Supreme Court's role to invalidate the entire sprawling, 900-page Affordable Care Act, even if one or more provisions are deemed unconstitutional, signaling the key parts of Obamacare will survive the latest court challenge.
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Wellness influencers fueled pandemic misinformation - now targeting another crisis
When wildfire ripped through Hawaii’s Maui last August, the impact was devastating: a whole town reduced to ashes, more than 100 lives lost. The inferno was described as the “largest natural disaster in state history.”
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The Best New Restaurants for 2017
Korean barbecue in London, Danish cuisine in New York and a seafood specialist in Dubai all share one thing in common -- they're served at some of the world's hottest new restaurants for 2017.
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Lucy McBath came to Congress to tackle guns. Instead she's stuck in an impeachment debate
After Lucy McBath won one of the closest races in the country, she earned a seat on the House Judiciary Committee to press for gun control — her life's work after her teenage son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed in 2012.
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Black Media Shut Out of COVID 19 Vaccination Advertising By Biden Administration
The Biden administration has “shut out” scores of Blackowned media firms from engaging in one of the nation’s biggest public health advertising campaigns: Encouraging Black Americans, the population hardest hit by COVID-19, to get vaccinated. As the pandemic has called attention to disparities in healthcare, a growing number of Black business owners say they have exposed inequities in such firms gaining access to federal advertising dollars for COVID-19 vaccination awareness efforts for Black communities.
