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Two missing Missouri children found at Florida supermarket nearly one year later nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t via
Alex Murdaugh murder trial: What to know before week 3 of former South Carolina lawyer's trial usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
Harris touts $4.2b private sector investment in Central America
Some cities, including Philadelphia, have banned minor traffic stops to reduce negative interactions with police. Virginia passed a similar law in 2020 and Minneapolis police announced a similar policy in 2021. usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
one-third of Gen Z voters wished they had known more about the candidates and their positions in the last election — compared to 21% of Millenials, 11% of members of Generation X and 6% of Baby Boomers.
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The death toll surpassed 1,500 and was rising Monday after a powerful, pre-dawn earthquake and series of strong aftershocks collapsed thousands of buildings along the Turkish-Syrian border.
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About 57% of adults in the U.S. supported a policy prohibiting the sale of all tobacco products and about 62% supported a policy prohibiting the sale of menthol cigarettes, according to a new study from the CDC.
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According to a 2022 study by the Southern Poverty Law Center, 62 percent of young Republican men say feminism is a net negative for society, and 46 percent of young Democratic men agree. vox.com/culture/235818 via
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé becomes the most decorated artist in #Grammys history with her 32nd career win, breaking record set in 1997.
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Featuring insight from the brilliant Bad Bunny scholar
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This was a great episode of @NPRCodeSwitch on Bad Bunny's impact as an artist.
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A group of Latino lawmakers in Connecticut has proposed that the state follow Arkansas’ lead and ban the term “Latinx” from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers.
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The Pentagon says it has observed another Chinese "surveillance balloon" — this one in Latin America — just hours after revealing that a similar balloon from China was making its way across the continental U.S.
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The College Board seems to have downplayed or dropped writers like Ta-Nehisi Coates from its curriculum for AP African American history amid criticism. Here's one of Coates' most important essays, The Case for Reparations, to see what students will miss:
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The news moved on fast, but I needed time to process how the shooting in my neighborhood shattered our sense of safety in Asian American suburbia. Can we look beyond 'hate crimes' as a framework for justice? Here's my latest about it for .
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What is a ghost gun? A soaring number are being used in crimes, report finds usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
In a rare front-page editorial, sharply criticizes the city and Austin Energy response to this week’s ice storm.
“Public transparency during a massive power outage allows people to make potentially life-saving decisions.”
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Neo-Nazis in Ohio: How a home-school group slipped through the cracks usatoday.com/story/news/edu via
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Miami mayor Francis Suarez is truly considering a run for president in 2024, centering on the "Miami Miracle"
“It can be scaled across America,” Suarez said. “To every city and town, and to every police department.”
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"He's become one of the most vital civil rights figures of our time. If you think that's an exaggeration, you haven't been paying attention." usatoday.com/story/sports/c via
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The Colorado River doesn't have enough water for everyone who wants it and probably never did.usatoday.com/story/news/202 via and
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20 Republican attorneys general warn CVS, Walgreens against selling abortion pills by mail usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
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he bill would require schools to alert parents, in most circumstances, prior to a change in the name or pronouns used for their child. It would also prohibit instruction about gender identity
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In the midst of the news yesterday surrounding the 's pilot AP African American Studies course, I'm so thankful we were able to bring you the stories of students in the course right now.
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A investigation has found pharmacies in several Mexican cities are selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with stronger and deadlier drugs and passing them off as legitimate pharmaceuticals.
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Las Vegas investigative reporter Jeff German was slain outside his home on Sept. 2. To continue German’s work, The Post teamed up with his newspaper, the Las Vegas , to complete one of the stories he’d planned to pursue before his killing.
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WHEC: House that caught fire and killed 78-year-old tenant had 62 code violations. #roc #rochesterny
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Amir Worship, 12, was sitting on his bed, shirtless and with his hands raised, when an Illinois police officer shot him usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
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Sharpton said Nichols' death is personal to him in part because the officers charged in his death are Black. "People had to march and go to jail... and how dare you act like that sacrifice was for nothing?" Sharpton said. usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
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Carter G. Woodson, known as the “Father of Black History,” developed Black History Month.
He recognized the American education system offered very little information about the accomplishments of African Americans usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
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10 museums to visit during Black History Month that celebrate culture, history usatoday.com/story/travel/n via
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FL Gov. Ron DeSantis said it's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land."
Historians said DeSantis' characterization is wrong.
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Yelp proactively removed more than 2,000 posts containing racist hate speech in 2022 — a nearly 10-fold increase over the year before. The largest increase was seen in reviews denigrating Asian Americans and Asian American-owned businesses.
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"It's not that people are really angry with or hate their school," she said. "I think during the pandemic, parents realized they have more options to educate their children." usatoday.com/story/news/edu via
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4 former Memphis officers indicted in Tyre Nichols death had previous reprimands, suspensions usatoday.com/story/news/nat via
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New College President Patricia Okker called the action a "hostile takeover" in a speech to the board before the vote to remove her and said she would not go along with the "new mandate" at the school. usatoday.com/story/news/edu via
"It is taken for granted that rape is inevitable inside prison — and that the people who endure this violence somehow deserve their fate," usatoday.com/story/news/202 via
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Because the program is tied to such an emergency, it’s not clear how declaring COVID officially over will affect the court's deliberations. usatoday.com/story/news/edu via
