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Black MLB players donate salaries to racial justice initiatives for Jackie Robinson Day
Dozens of Black baseball players will donate their salaries from Thursday and Friday to support racial justice initiatives, in honor of Jackie Robinson Day and in protest of Jacob Blake's shooting by police.
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Jacob Blake woke up and asked his dad, 'Why did they shoot me so many times?'
A heavily medicated Jacob Blake, paralyzed from the waist down and shackled to a hospital bed, clutched his father's hand and wept after regaining consciousness.
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Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back as an officer tried to detain him this week in Wisconsin. In this photo, Blake is …
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South Carolina college student and her stepfather shot dead over a fender-bender, police say
A 21-year-old South Carolina college student and her stepfather were shot and killed on the student's front lawn Monday in an apparent road rage attack after a minor fender-bender.
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Navaeh Richardson Recieves The Dr. Andrew Arthur Allen, Sr. Memorial Scholarship
Navaeh Richardson is the recipient of The Dr. Andrew Arthur Allen, Sr. Memorial Scholarship made possible by Emancipation Park Conser- vancy and Dr. Allen’s daughter, award winning actress, singer, stage director, Houston native and Howard University alumna, Phylicia Rashad.
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Despite ferocious winds, Hurricane Laura's rural path limited damage
Hurricane Laura is one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US Gulf Coast, but its path avoided major cities such as Houston and New Orleans, causing less damage — to people and their towns — than initially feared.
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Democrats Must Ace The Agenda Test
In last week’s Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris passed the character test.
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Vote: It Is Up to All of Us
These are critical times in which we find ourselves. Besides living during this global pandemic, race relations are boiling over, immigrations issues continue to rip families apart, healthcare is not available for all, and issue after issue keeps mounting with more frustrations and less of viable solutions. America is in deep turmoil.
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Illinois teen arrested in fatal shooting at Kenosha protest, police say
A 17-year-old Illinois resident connected to an overnight shooting during a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, was taken into custody Wednesday morning, according to police in Antioch, Illinois.
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Fauci says he was in surgery when task force discussed CDC testing guidelines
White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said he was undergoing surgery and not part of the discussion during the August 20 task force meeting when updated US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines were discussed.
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CDC was pressured 'from the top down' to change coronavirus testing guidance, official says
A sudden change in federal guidelines on coronavirus testing came this week as a result of pressure from the upper ranks of the Trump administration, a federal health official close to the process tells CNN, and a key White House coronavirus task force member was not part of the meeting when the new guidelines were discussed.
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Starting Over
Astros stay hot at home defeating the Angels to open 10-game homestand
One day after losing another heartbreaker in San Diego. The Houston Astros (16-13) bounced back to take game 1 of the four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels (9-21) at Minute Maid Park. Super phenom outfielder Kyle Tucker second inning 404-ft homerun got the Astros hit parade started and they never looked back after that.
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Las Vegas organization sells jerseys to honor Metro Lieutenant that died from COVID-19
The Injured Police Officer's Fund is honoring its former president and fallen Metro Lieutenant Erik Lloyd.
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Driver allegedly tries to run over two 12-year-old girls at Graham convenience store, police say
Two families, sharing a terrifying story tonight after they say their daughters were just trying to grab a snack from the local convenience store when they were assaulted by a 52 -year-old woman.
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Over 70 million people under the threat for severe weather
Over 70 million people are under the threat for severe weather across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday.
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'The West Wing' cast will reunite to benefit Michelle Obama's When We All Vote
Add "The West Wing" to the list of TV reunions in the age of coronavirus, but this time, they're coming together for a specific cause: To benefit Michelle Obama's voter-participation organization When We All Vote by staging an episode for the streaming service HBO Max.
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'Bring It On' at 20 is as timely as ever
With themes of cultural appropriation, homophobia and sexism, the cheerleading cult-classic "Bring It On" is as as timely today as it was when it premiered on August 25, 2000.
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New York, Hawaii, New Jersey file new lawsuit challenging Postal Service changes
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday her office has filed a federal lawsuit challenging changes to US Postal Service operations ahead of the November election.
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First day of school comes with a lot of 'firsts' as COVID-19 creates a new normal for students
For most students waking up Monday morning marked notable changes to everything from riding the bus to passing friends in the hallways to sitting inside classrooms.
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GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene spread conspiracies about Charlottesville and 'Pizzagate'
In the years before she ran for office, GOP congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote two conspiracy-laden blog posts speculating that the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that led to one counter-protester's death was an "inside job" and promoting a debunked conspiracy alleging some Democratic Party leaders were running a human-trafficking and pedophilia ring -- known as "Pizzagate" -- was real.
