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Ex-President Obama joins NBA Africa as strategic partner and minority owner
Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner, the National Basketball Association announced on Tuesday.
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A man from Western North Carolina will be spending the rest of his life in prison after admitting to killing his infant son.
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New York police investigating if retired judge's son killed mother before jumping to his own death
New York police are investigating whether the son of a retired New York state judge killed his mother in the family's Manhattan apartment before jumping to his own death, a law enforcement source told CNN on Wednesday.
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Houston Woman Sentenced to 25 Years for Killing Man During Argument
A Houston woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murder after pleading guilty to killing a man who was helping the woman’s girlfriend during an argument, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
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Mitch McConnell steps down from GOP leadership position in Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down as GOP leader in November, the Kentucky Republican announced on the Senate floor Wednesday, marking the end of an era on Capitol Hill and setting up a high-stakes race for his successor.
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Trump adds coronavirus adviser who echoes his unscientific claims
Moments before President Donald Trump entered the room for his recently reinstated daily coronavirus briefing Monday, three aides preceded him: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, budget chief Russell Vought and a new face.
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What LeBron James Understands About the Presidency and Trump Doesn't
The run-up to the 2018 congressional elections has begun. With 40 Republican representatives deciding not to run again, the party's majority in the House is at risk. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to stump for Republicans across the country, seeking to make the election a referendum on him. Characteristically, a centerpiece of his approach is to use race as a weapon to divide and distract us.
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Manafort sentenced to additional 43 months in prison
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ordered to serve an additional 43 months in prison.
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Houston Texans Founder, Senior Chairman & CEO Robert C. McNair Passes Away
Houston Texans Founder, Senior Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert C. McNair passed away on Friday, November 23, 2018 at the age of 81. He is survived by his wife, Janice, sons, Cal and Cary, daughters, Ruth and Melissa, 15 grandchildren (10 granddaughters, five grandsons) and two great grandsons.
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Judge Al Bennett: A Role Model of Integrity
Exposing children to any and everything in life opens up the floodgates of where they can go. Nothing does that better than reading a book since it allows the imagination to go into overdrive. Once a young Al Bennett read Harper Lee’s 1960 To Kill a Mockingbird in high school a spark was ignited in him to become a lawyer.
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Michael Phelps calls on US Olympic Committee to do more to help athletes struggling with depression
The most decorated Olympian of all time, swimmer Michael Phelps rewrote sports history. But his journey to 28 Olympic medals did not come without challenge. Even in the midst of Olympic perfection, the athlete grappled with mental health issues.
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Tax Passage Will Be Moment of Vindication for Ryan
When House Speaker Paul Ryan slams down the gavel to send a huge Republican tax bill to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, he will fulfill a lifetime's ambition of steering a generational economic reform into law.
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Mexico's next president is the perfect foil to Trump
"If Trump sends out an offensive tweet, I will take charge and answer him," said incoming Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, known as "AMLO," at a campaign rally in Oaxaca. Lopez Obrador, who founded the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA), follows in the populist tradition, and vowed to fight fire with fire when it comes to Trump.
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Former Gang Member Helps At-risk Youth
Shanduke McPhatter grew up in the Brooklyn projects. "Some nights, I had to eat a syrup sandwich. That was what dinner was. And that hunger will send you out to look for a different way, like going into the store to steal a cake or something to put food in my stomach," McPhatter said.
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Houston Hero Trae Tha Truth Takes a Break From Rebuilding to Flex with Young Thug and Skippa Da Flippa
A veteran rapper and respected member of his community, Trae Tha Truth represents for Houston in all corners of the globe. Rocking his vintage Houston Rockets jersey in a secluded club, Trae flexes with ATLiens in "Thuggin'," his latest video. Featuring appearances from Young Thug and Skippa Da Flippa, "Thuggin'" is an unconventional, trap-style banger, with a rambling and addictive hook from Thug. In the eerie video, the three emcees find themselves trapped with a cadre of feline femmes, moving to the rhythm of the song as they prowl in the background.
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Maine just elected the nation's youngest House speaker
The oldest state in the nation now has the nation's youngest House speaker in modern history.
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What we know about the suspect in the deadly University of Virginia shooting
The 22-year-old University of Virginia student suspected of killing three football players and wounding two other people was facing school disciplinary action after UVA officials learned he failed to disclose his conviction last year on a misdemeanor concealed weapons charge, a school spokesperson says.
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Former UGA football star Jalen Carter sentenced to probation in crash that killed teammate and team staffer, his attorney says
Former University of Georgia football standout Jalen Carter was sentenced to probation on Thursday for his role in the January crash that killed his teammate and a team staffer, his attorney told CNN.
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Hunter Biden to plead guilty to federal tax charges, strikes deal on gun charge
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will plead guilty to two tax misdemeanors and struck a deal with federal prosecutors regarding a felony gun charge, the Justice Department said Tuesday in court filings.
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Biden campaign - Jill Biden’s frustration over special counsel report
The renewed questions surrounding President Joe Biden’s age and memory sparked by a special counsel report last week were decidedly unwelcome for the 81-year-old Democrat’s advisers.
