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'The Daily Show's' Roy Wood Jr. selected as White House Correspondents' Dinner entertainer
Roy Wood Jr., the comedian known for his role on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," will be the entertainer at the 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner, the association announced Thursday.
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AAMA Teams Up With DePelchin Children’s Center to Offer Free Mental Health Support for Students at its Charter Schools
This month, the Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA) partnered with DePelchin Children’s Center to provide mental health services to students at George I. Sanchez Charter School’s two campuses in Houston. Through this new collaboration the two nonprofit organizations will make it possible for George I. Sanchez Charter School students in need of mental health support to be referred to DePelchin Children’s Center’s Families COUNT program and to receive free counseling services on campus.
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We cannot accept mass murder
Once more the horror. Three mass shootings in California – 11 killed at a ballroom dance hall in Monterey Park, seven killed at Half Moon Bay, and a week earlier, a 16-year-old mother and four others shot in a California farming community – are tragic and grotesquely routine. The savage beating and murder of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers was criminal, and one more incidence of police brutality that too often is unleashed on African American men.
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This Nation-wide Organization for Black Skiers Is Celebrating Its 50th Anniversary at Vail This Week
The National Brotherhood of Skiers is an organization with 57 clubs and over 3,500 members around the country.
Members of the National Brotherhood of Skiers (NBS) are heading to the slopes of Vail to celebrate the organization's 50th anniversary.
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3 rappers have been missing for 10 days since their scheduled performance was canceled, Detroit police say
Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers who went missing 10 days ago after a performance at a club was canceled, Detroit police said Monday.
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Multiple Michigan agencies are investigating what happened to three local rappers, Armani Kelly, 28, Dante Wicker, 31 and Montoya Givens, 31, who went missing 10 …
Published on February 1, 2023
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McCarthy hopeful after first meeting with Biden on debt limit: 'I think that at the end of the day, we can find common ground'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did not walk away from his highly anticipated White House meeting on Wednesday with an agreement in hand to address the debt limit, but signaled optimism that both he and President Joe Biden can reach consensus "long before" the United States reaches default.
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President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to meet and it will be the first such gathering since the California Republican won …
Published on February 1, 2023
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Alec Baldwin has been formally charged in 'Rust' shooting
Actor and producer Alec Baldwin has been criminally charged in connection with the 2021 fatal shooting on the set of the movie "Rust," the Santa Fe County, New Mexico, district attorney's office told CNN Tuesday.
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This handout image courtesy of Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office released on April 25, 2022 shows actor Alec Baldwin being processed after the death of …
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Biden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in AlaskaBiden administration takes another step toward advancing a controversial oil drilling project in
The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday advanced the controversial Willow oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, releasing the final environmental impact statement before the project can be approved.
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MLK Day encourages service
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, although King was actually born on the 15th of January 1929, 94 years ago.
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Advocates plea to stop execution of Missouri man
Leonard "Raheem" Taylor is set to be executed next Tuesday. He was convicted of the quadruple murder of his girlfriend and her three young children.
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Leonard "Raheem" Taylor is set to be executed after being convicted of the quadruple murder of his girlfriend and her three young children. Advocates say …
Published on February 1, 2023
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FBI finds no classified documents at Biden's Delaware vacation home
The FBI completed a search of President Joe Biden's Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, home on Wednesday and found no documents with classified markings, according to Biden's personal lawyer.
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Basketball coaches fired after coach, 22, allegedly dons jersey and plays in junior varsity game
A 22-year-old high school assistant basketball coach who allegedly posed as a player to take part in a junior varsity game has been fired, along with the rest of the coaching staff.
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What we know about the public servants involved in Tyre Nichols' death
As investigations continue into the deadly police beating of a 29-year-old Black man in Memphis, public servants involved in Tyre Nichols' traffic stop and brutal confrontation are facing repercussions -- some as severe as murder charges -- and more fallout is possible.
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In this still taken from video released by the City of Memphis, a police officer is at the scene following the beating of Tyre Nichols. …
Published on February 1, 2023
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MLK invoked as Tyre Nichols' life is celebrated in Memphis
Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, on Wednesday celebrated the life of Tyre Nichols, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers.
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Tyre Nichols, 29, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers, will be remembered at a …
Published on February 1, 2023
