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getTV Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day With a Special Variety Block Featuring a Rare 1967 Interview With Civil Rights Icon Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Merv Griffin Show on Jan. 16 at 8pm ET

The Martin Luther King Day Block also includes Muhammad Ali on THE SONNY & CHER SHOW, Redd Foxx & LaBelle on CHER, and an IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT Marathon

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24-Year Old Black Man Killed While Running Away From NYPD Police Officer — Death Without Due Process Prompts Family to File Lawsuit

On Sunday, September 18, 2016, 24 year-old Kadeem Trotter was fatally shot. Immediately, multiple conflicting reports surfaced on local television news and across the internet, claims of a shooting involving an off-duty cop and an armed man in a thwarted robbery attempt outside a Dunkin’ Donuts in Jamaica, Queens. Kadeem’s family wasn’t officially notified until days after published reports were already permeating the Internet and newswire.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement Regarding Confirmation Hearing Testimony of Sen. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General Designate

Jackson Lee: “Sen. Sessions’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee casts serious doubt about his ability to serve as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and defender of the civil rights and liberties of all Americans, the most vulnerable and powerless in society.”

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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Benefits of Vaccines Are a Matter of Fact

I have started, scratched out and even abandoned the writing of this essay. I couldn't do it. It wasn't there. Didn't feel it. Something kept nagging at me, and it took some time to finally figure out what it was.

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Here Are All the Trump Cabinet Confirmations Hearings Scheduled for Wednesday

After the first full day of grilling for President-elect Donald Trump's choices for Cabinet positions, Congress has more hearings scheduled Wednesday. Here are the nominees set to testify before Senate committees Wednesday:

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Russia Denies Having Compromising Material On Donald Trump

The Kremlin denied it has compromising information about US President-elect Donald Trump, describing the allegations as "pulp fiction".

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Obama Faces the Future as Sessions Confronts His Past

In Washington, the next attorney general insisted at his confirmation hearing that he is not a racist. And in Chicago, the nation's first black president offered a fiery farewell -- and a warning.

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Trump Nominee With Ties to Putin Faces Confirmation Hearing

Rex Tillerson faces a grilling Wednesday at his Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of state that comes after CNN reported that Russia may have compromising information about President-elect Donald Trump.

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10 Questions for Donald Trump's News Conference

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday will hold his first news conference in more than five months.

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Dylann Roof: What Comes Next for Charleston Church Shooter

Dylann Roof will be formally sentenced Wednesday after jurors recommended the death penalty for killing nine people in a 2015 massacre at a historically black church in Charleston.

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Obama Offers Optimism -- And Warnings -- In Farewell Address

Popular but politically humbled, President Barack Obama said goodbye to the nation Tuesday night, declaring during his farewell address that he hasn't abandoned his vision of progressive change but warning that it now comes with a new set of caveats.

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5 Things for Wednesday, January 11, 2017: Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Dylann Roof

Before we totally turn all of our attention to the upcoming administration, let's take one long glance back at the outgoing one. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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“A Conversation with Harry Belafonte” Kicks Off Brilliant Lecture Series’ 2017 Season

Celebrated Entertainer and Activist Appears February 23 in Cullen Theater at Wortham Center

Harry Belafonte, who championed social equality and brought global awareness to the plight of the African people, has accepted an invitation from the Brilliant Lecture Series and Scott Brogan, its Founding Director, to appear in Houston. The ground-breaking artist, humanitarian and activist will appear on Thursday, February 23, 2017 in an interview-style setting in Cullen Theater, presented by HEB.

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SI Swim Announces Aly Raisman & Simone Biles debut and Festival Coming to Houston in February 2017

Diplo, Miguel to Headline Two-Day Event Celebrating Launch of SI Swimsuit 2017; U.S. Olympians Simone Biles, Aly Raisman to Be featured in SI Swim 2017

Time Inc.’s (NYSE: TIME) Sports Illustrated will celebrate the launch of its 2017 swimsuit issue with a two-day music, food and culture festival—“VIBES” by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit—to be held in Houston on February 17–18. The first-of-its-kind event will feature live performances by GRAMMY™ Award-winning artists Diplo and Miguel; a food festival curated by Houston’s James Beard Award-winning chef Chris Shepherd and special appearances by the models of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Class of 2017.

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Big Sean to Make SNL Debut January 21st

“Rogue One” star Felicity Jones Hosts With Musical Guest Sturgill Simpson Followed a Week Later by “Master of None” star Aziz Ansari With Musical Guest Big Sean

Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated actress Felicity Jones, currently seen in the box office smash “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and the critical hit “A Monster Calls,” will make her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on Jan. 14. Sturgill Simpson will make his musical guest debut. Simpson’s third studio album, “A Sailor’s Guide to Life,” was released last year to critical acclaim garnering him a 2017 Grammy Award nomination for Album of the Year.

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President Obama to Offer 'admonitions' in Farewell Address

President Obama's farewell speech. President-elect Trump's strategy on government inaction. And Team Trump's influence over state party organizations.

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Cabinet Hearings: What to Watch This Week

President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for top Cabinet posts will be in the spotlight this week as the Senate holds a frenzy of confirmation hearings.

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Conway on Streep's Criticism: 'Is it always appropriate to talk politics?'

Kellyanne Conway brushed aside actress Meryl Streep's Golden Globes stage condemnation of President-elect Donald Trump, calling Hollywood a "myopic place" that wanted Trump to lose.

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First on CNN: Matthew Shepard's Mother Blasts Trump AG Pick Sessions' Votes On Hate Crimes Law

The mother of Matthew Shepard is urging senators to oppose Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' nomination to become President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, citing his opposition to hate crimes legislation.

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Montel Williams: Obama Pledged to Support All Americans

As President Barack Obama prepares to finish his final days as the nation's commander in chief, social and political analysts around the world are offering thoughts on the outgoing leader's legacy.