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Astros and A’s postpone game on Jackie Robinson Day to protest social injustice
On Friday, Major League Baseball teams celebrated former Negro League and Major League player Jackie Robinson who broke the color barrier in the MLB by becoming the first African American to play in the modern era in 1947. Robinson played during a time where the negro was looked down upon for the color of their skin. Many believe that the negro players should stay in the league they were given and leave the Major Leagues to the white players.
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'Black Panther' and '42' Actor Chadwick Boseman Dies at 43
'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman has died at the age of 43. The actor died at his Los Angeles home Friday surrounded by family after a battle with colon cancer. The actor was diagnosis with stage III colon cancer in 2016 and fought the illness for four years.
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Kanye West's strange presidential bid unravels thanks to a messy ballot access operation
Kanye West is on the ballot in Minnesota and Tennessee but just missed the filing deadline in Wisconsin. Missouri said his petition lacked more than 3,400 valid signatures, but he's gone to court in a last-ditch attempt to get on the ballot in the swing state of Ohio.
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Kanye West is on the ballot in Minnesota and Tennessee but just missed the filing deadline in Wisconsin. Missouri said his petition lacked more than …
Published on August 28, 2020
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Our focus has to be on the victims of Hurricane Laura
Hurricane Laura made landfall late Wednesday night near Cameron, Louisiana. Around this time in a hurricane disaster, when the full effects are still emerging, I normally write things about what the role of climate change may have been.
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Government watchdog says Trump action puts Census at further risk
A government watchdog said Thursday that it already considers the 2020 Census to be at high risk for problems, as the data collection endeavor faces a looming deadline next month.
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NBA, players say games will resume on Saturday and arenas can be used for voting
The NBA and the players association say competition will resume Saturday, with no playoff games Friday.
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Jacob Blake's sister at March on Washington: 'Black America, I hold you accountable'
Fifty-seven years to the day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, relatives of African Americans killed or injured in recent police encounters took to the same spot on the National Mall to emotionally call for social and political change.
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Cherokee Tribal Council approves $1.52 billion budget for 2021 fiscal year, the tribe’s largest budget yet
The Council of the Cherokee Nation approved a $1.52 billion budget for the 2021 fiscal year on Thursday, the tribe’s largest budget yet.
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Trump pardons Alice Johnson
President Donald Trump granted Alice Marie Johnson a pardon on Friday, after commuting her prison sentence two years ago.
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Biden hits Trump where it hurts: in the convention speech ratings
President Trump's Thursday night convention speech making the case for his reelection was lower-rated than his challenger Joe Biden's speech one week ago, according to overnight Nielsen ratings.
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President Donald Trump's convention speech making the case for his reelection was lower-rated than his challenger Joe Biden's speech one week ago, according to overnight …
Published on August 28, 2020
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Astros split doubleheader with the Angels as Hurricane Laura makes its way towards Houston
Doubleheaders are rare in Minute Maid Park. So rare that the one played on Tuesday was just the second in stadium history. On September 2, 2017 the Astros faced the New York Mets in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey which caused major destruction to the city of Houston due to severe flooding in major parts of the city.
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Positivity on Biden hits high after the DNC takes center stage
The Democratic National Convention took over the conversation surrounding the presidential race this week, and more Americans had positive things to say about the party's nominee -- former Vice President Joe Biden -- than at any point in the last eight weeks.
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NBA players decide to resume playoffs, reports say
NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs, according to multiple reports.
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NFL's Baltimore Ravens call for arrest of police officers in Blake, Taylor shootings
While several sporting events were scrapped in the US this week in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake, the NFL's Baltimore Ravens have gone a step further by demanding that the officers who shot the 29-year-old and Breonna Taylor be brought to justice.
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Memphis children missing for nearly a year found alive near Miami; mother facing charges
Two children missing for nearly a year in Memphis have been found near Miami and now their mother is facing charges.
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Louisiana hospital staff stayed behind to care for 19 babies as Hurricane Laura hit
Even as Hurricane Laura bore down on a hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana, someone had to watch the babies.
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Trump wants to create 10 million jobs in 10 months. Here's why that might be tricky
President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged to create 10 million jobs in less than a year. That's a great goal, but with Covid-19 still not under control and the unpredictable path of the economic recovery, these job gains might be hard to come by.
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Ahmed Nawaz looks through the damage to his store after Hurricane Laura passed through Lake Charles, Louisiana./Credit: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters
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