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Introducing Issabeau, The Luxury Atelier for Today’s Young Women

When it comes to exceptional quality and style, black-owned and female-founded brand, Issabeau is making its mark in the luxury and formalwear space. The brand was officially launched in 2021 by Nigerian-born Chika Nwokeh as her growing passion crystallized during the pandemic.

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Human skull found in box donated to Goodwill, police say

Goodyear police are investigating what led up to a human skull being put in a box of donated items at Goodwill.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on the Death of Civil Rights Stalwart Roger Wilkins

Jackson Lee: “For nearly 50 years, Roger Wilkins provided pioneering and distinguished service at the intersection of law, government, media, and philanthropy, motivated always by his commitment to racial equality and social justice.”

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School Board Asked to Censure Trustee in Confederate School Name Flap

Austin school district trustee Ann Teich asked fellow school board members Wednesday afternoon to consider censuring Trustee Ted Gordon for publicly criticizing the board.

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Here are parents' top 10 concerns during the pandemic

It's been a tough year to be a child. The pandemic shut down schools, took kids away from cherished friends and helpful routines, and made it nearly impossible to visit grandparents or even play outside without social distancing restrictions.

Halloween Covid scare forces Shanghai Disney into lockdown as China steps up efforts to eradicate virus

Health workers in hazmat suits are not typically among the cast of characters featured at Shanghai Disneyland's Halloween party.

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Loaded handgun found in student's backpack at High School

A student was detained at Owasso High School on Monday morning after officials said a loaded handgun was found in his backpack. Officials said just after 8:45 a.m., a student reported to a counselor that the student thought a weapon had been seen in another student's backpack.

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3 children found alone inside NJ home after ICE tries to serve warrant

Three unsupervised children were found inside a New Jersey home by authorities trying to serve an immigration warrant on Wednesday, authorities said.

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Former vice president of Walt Disney sentenced to more than 6 years in Portland sex abuse investigation

A former vice president for the Walt Disney Company has been sentenced to more than 6 years in prison following a child sex abuse investigation.

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PVAMU to welcome Nikki Giovanni for a public reading and lecture

“Writing is really a way of thinking – not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic, or just sweet.”

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Youth poet laureate crafting 'message of joining together' for inauguration

Amanda Gorman was about halfway through writing the poem that she'll deliver at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week when she watched in horror the deadly siege on the US Capitol.

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This cancer doctor wiped out more than $600,000 in medical debt for his former patients

An act of kindness by an Arkansas doctor is helping his former patients face the new year with less debt. Dr. Omar T. Atiq voided more than $650,000 of unpaid medical bills for those once under his care.

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Cultivating Success: Paris Williams' Journey From Seeds of Opportunity to Culinary Stardom

Opportunities in life are few and far between, so when one arises, seizing it is paramount. For high school senior Paris Jordan Williams, the future seemed uncertain until Prairie View A&M University presented her with an offer she couldn't refuse. The university, renowned as the "producer of productive people," extended a full scholarship to Paris on the condition she pursued agriculture. Little did she know, this gift would blossom into something truly rewarding.

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Thousands of Texas mail-in votes still in jeopardy under new GOP voting restrictions

Election day has come and gone, but it remains unclear how many Texans were unable to vote after trying to cast ballots by mail under new Republican laws restricting that voting option.

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Texas troopers told to push back migrants into Rio Grande and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says

Emails shared with CNN by the Texas Department of Public Safety detail a trooper-medic expressing concerns to a supervisor over the inhumane treatment of migrants along the border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

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Police Chief: Fresno Killings a Hate Crime

A man fatally shot three people in less than two minutes in what police in Fresno, California, are calling a hate crime.

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Deadly package bombings put Austin on edge

A series of deadly package bombs in Texas' capital has shaken residents' confidence in one of life's more routine actions -- opening a delivery at home -- as scores of people have called police in the past day to express suspicion about something they've received.

Even Hollywood wouldn't have scripted the saga of Putin, Navalny and Trump

In the waning weeks of the convulsive Trump presidency, in the last days of the surreal year 2020, three stories are coming together to produce the kind of cinematic ending that -- like much of what we have experienced this year -- even Hollywood executives might have found too far-fetched to put on screen.

Head of Black policing group confronts Barr over denial of systemic racism in law enforcement

The head of a national Black policing group confronted Attorney General William Barr over his denial of the existence of systemic racism in law enforcement on Monday at a meeting at the Justice Department.

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An Arizona Transplant Family is Celebrating National Minority Donor Awareness Week: Please Register to be a Life-Saving Organ or Tissue Donor

August 1st - 7th is recognized as National Minority Donor Awareness Week, which was created in 1998 to increase our nation’s consciousness of the need for more organ and tissue donors -- especially among multicultural communities. National Minority Donor Awareness Week honors communities of color who have been donors, and encourages others to register as donors. It is about empowering multicultural communities to save and heal lives by registering as organ and tissue donors.