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5 things for August 13: Unite the Right, Omarosa, Richard Russell

What is it like to train to be a Border Patrol agent in the age of Trump? Find out as we take you inside Border Patrol Academy. Here's what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Back-to-School Bus Safety

Another school year means millions of children across the country are boarding buses at the beginning and end of each day, and it provides an appropriate opportunity for parents, teachers, school administrators and students themselves to practice and enforce safety guidelines in and around the school bus.

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'We lost children, mothers, fathers, neighbors and friends,' Alabama's governor says after tornadoes

Lashawn Wilson sat crammed between her 72-year-old mother, her son and her husband in the bathroom of her mom's home.

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Couple, homeless man accused of setting up GoFundMe campaign 'predicated on a lie'

A New Jersey couple and a homeless man have been accused of making up a feel-good story that raised more than $400,000 through GoFundMe.

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Shooting Suspect 'always seemed like the unstable type,' Ex-classmate Says

A former student armed with a rifle stalked the halls of a Florida school, breaking windows and shooting terrified students in a massacre that left 17 people dead Wednesday, authorities said.

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GM Increasing Ad Spend in Black-Owned Media by 400%

Automaker cancels meeting with group of seven publishers. Will now hold a series of small meetings with more media executives “ASAP”

Facing charges of “systemic racism,” General Motors Wednesday evening announced a 400% increase in ad spending in Black-owned media by 2023.

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Sharp attacks and Trump's baseless election claims dominate Georgia Senate debate

President Donald Trump's baseless claims of a rigged election loomed over a Georgia Senate debate on Sunday evening, in which Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her Democratic opponent the Rev. Raphael Warnock sharply attacked each other ahead of a pivotal runoff election next month.

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Ex-officer Kim Potter found guilty of two counts of manslaughter for fatally shooting Daunte Wright

Former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter was found guilty of first-degree and second-degree manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, when she mistook her service weapon for a Taser in April.

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12-year-old student with autism charged with felony

A Cobb County 12-year-old student faces felony charges after threatening to burn people and property at his school. But, he has Autism and his family argues, the proper protocols for students with disabilities were not followed prior to charges being filed.

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New Covid-19 case counts are falling, but variants loom. So a vaccine maker is working on another booster

First, the good news: The rates of new Covid-19 cases are dropping in 48 states. And every state improved its rate of vaccinations.

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What to know about dengue as cases are reported in Florida

The Florida Department of Health placed two counties under a mosquito-borne illness alert as five cases of dengue have been reported in Broward and Miami-Dade counties in less than a month, weekly reports show.

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Augusta University student killed while jogging at UGA is honored as suspect’s immigration status fuels debate

While mourners prepare for a vigil honoring a beloved student found dead on the University of Georgia campus, her suspected killer’s immigration status has renewed debate over immigration policies.

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NAACP Joins Campaign to Increase Affordable Housing across America

National Groups Partner in Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign

The NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, has joined a coalition of other social justice organizations to push for more affordable housing policies across the country through the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign.

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An author who studies diverse democracies shares what he sees as the future of the US

An army of commentators have rightly condemned a belief called "replacement theory," which a young White man cited before killing 10 people, most of them Black, Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.

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A Parent Killing a Child Happens More Often Than We Think

It's the most unfathomable of crimes: a parent killing their own child. It grabs headlines when it happens -- like this week in Georgia, where a mom is accused of stabbing four of her children to death. The reality is, filicides happen with depressing regularity in the US. And mothers are almost as likely to be the killers as fathers.

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Low-Dose Aspirin Linked To Lower Breast Cancer Risk, Study Says

Among women who took a low-dose aspirin regularly, there was a 20% reduction in certain cancer risk

Low-dose aspirin is not recommended for everyone, however

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Jurnee Smollett-Bell: The Wounds of Slavery Have Not Healed

Despite being a fierce opponent of President Donald Trump, Jurnee Smollett-Bell remains hopeful during his presidency because the "spirit of revolution" brings change.

US Women's National Team stars on equal pay: To win that fight is bigger than World Cup victory

When you have the chance to sign two star soccer players from the US Women's National Team, who happen to be winners of the 2019 Women's World Cup in France, the decision would seem to be a no-brainer.

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LeBron James laughs off Trump's criticism of NBA players taking a knee

NBA star LeBron James says the league won't miss Donald Trump's viewership after the US President criticized players for kneeling during the national anthem.

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Trump On Las Vegas Massacre: 'An act of pure evil'

President Donald Trump used a solemn address from the White House on Monday to call for unity in the aftermath of the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history, calling the massacre an "act of pure evil."