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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.

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.

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.

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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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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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.

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.