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Cocoa prices soar - what affect on your Valentine’s Day chocolate?

Cocoa prices are surging so high that even the biggest chocolate makers are struggling to stay profitable. That doesn’t portend well for your wallet this Valentine’s Day.

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UGA students describe anguish/anxiety over safety concerns, after grisly killing of sorority member on campus

The brutal killing of a beloved former student on the University of Georgia campus has enveloped many students with grief and a shattered sense of security – all while the suspect’s immigration status has reignited border policy debates.

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UGA students describe anguish and anxiety over safety concerns after the grisly killing of a sorority member on campus

The brutal killing of a beloved former student on the University of Georgia campus has enveloped many students with grief and a shattered sense of security – all while the suspect’s immigration status has reignited border policy debates.

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Congress races to lock in spending deal before shutdown deadline

Lawmakers returning to Washington this week face a critical government funding deadline, and – despite a deal on top-line spending numbers announced over the weekend – more work remains to avert a shutdown.

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Judge allows Trump and co-defendants to appeal order letting Fani Willis continue on 2020 election case

A Georgia judge on Wednesday greenlit an effort by former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants to appeal the decision to allow Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the 2020 election subversion case there.

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Prosecutors say school shooter Ethan Crumbley’s parents show ‘chilling lack of remorse’ after manslaughter convictions

In newly filed court documents, Michigan prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the parents of school shooter Ethan Crumbley to at least 10 years in prison, alleging they have both showed a “chilling lack of remorse” after they were convicted for involuntary manslaughter.

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New Jersey: Pennsylvania shooting suspect barricaded with hostages after killing 3, town official says

A man has barricaded himself with several hostages in Trenton, New Jersey, after killing three people in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, Saturday morning, according to local officials.

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Houston Symphony Announces Addition of Onstage Seating for Sold-Out Yo-Yo Ma Performance

The Houston Symphony announced today the addition of onstage seating for the sold-out, one-night-only concert featuring superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Led by Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the program includes Dvořák’s Cello Concerto, a masterpiece written during the time the composer spent in America, and Gershwin’s jazz-influenced An American in Paris.

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Rice U. Expert Available to Discuss Ban On Transgender Service in the Military

As the public reacts to President Donald Trump’s July 26 Twitter announcement banning all transgender individuals from military service, Tom Kolditz, director of Rice University’s Doerr Institute for New Leaders and a retired brigadier general, is available to discuss the topic.

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2 Separate Hot-car Deaths of Infants Investigated in Phoenix

Phoenix authorities are investigating the hot-car deaths of two children in as many days. Phoenix police said they were called to a home around 3 p.m. Saturday with a report of an injured child.

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‘Whatever, You Black Bitch’: Police Chief to Miss Black Texas US Ambassador Before Having Her Arrested for Being Responsible Driver

Carmen S. Ponder, Miss Black Texas U.S. Ambassador 2016 and an intern with the Hunt County, Texas, District Attorney’s Office, is fighting for police accountability and justice after Commerce, Texas, Police Chief Kerry Crews reportedly called her a “black bitch” and then forced her to spend a night in jail.

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Trump's First Overseas Trip: Zero Press Conferences

There's one thing clear about President Trump's first trip abroad: He kept the press at arm's length.

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Zoe Kravitz: ‘I Struggled With Accepting Myself As Black’

The daughter of Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz opens up to "Allure" about race, self-identity and Bill Cosby.

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Stephen A. Smith: "Kevin Durant Has Gotten More Arrogant, More Disrespectful"

"He's gotten more arrogant, he's gotten more disrespectful, he's gotten more dismissive."

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Applauds Unanimous Decision By 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholding The Freeze on President’s Anti-Muslim Ban

Jackson Lee: “In denying the President’s request to lift the order enjoining enforcement of the President’s executive order banning Muslims from entering the United States, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered another stinging rebuke to the President’s order, and made clear that religious liberty, equal protection, and due process of law are fundamental constitutional guarantees beyond the power of even a President to abridge.”

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Comey Documented 'Everything He Could Remember' After Trump Conversations

Conversations Comey had with Trump were documented by the former FBI director

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Patients, Care Providers Urge Tx. Lawmakers to Hold Hearings on Med. Marijuana Bills

Supporters of HB 2107 and SB 269 call on Public Health Chairman Four Price and Health and Human Services Chairman Charles Schwertner to schedule hearings on the bills, which would fix the currently unworkable Texas Compassionate Use Program and make it more inclusive

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The US just lost a trade battle with Mexico

Mexico and the US have fought for years over tuna. The US insists that any Mexican tuna sold in the US must be "dolphin safe," meaning dolphins weren't killed by tuna fisherman, which was once common. Mexico says its fisherman play by the rules. The US government disagrees.

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Essence Empowerment Conference

Heavy-Hitters Lined Up

The daytime 2017 Essence Festival Empowerment Conference at the New Orleans Morial Convention Center will feature the cream of the crop in social media, entertainment, politics and inspiration.