2.7 million people in rural Zimbabwe are threatened with hunger due to a severe drought, which has been caused by climate extremes and is expected to become more frequent and damaging in the future.
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PRESS ROOM: Survivors of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to appear before Oklahoma Supreme Court as historic case hangs in the balance
The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 2 in a case brought by the two last known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, with the potential to uphold or curtail access to the civil court system for all Oklahomans.
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Potomac River Young Marines of Washington, D.C. named Division 2 Unit of the Year
The Potomac River Young Marines of Washington, D.C., has been named the Division 2 Unit of the Year, the top honor for units in a five-state area. Division 2 encompasses the jurisdictions: District of Columbia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland and Virginia. The unit will now compete with five other units from across the country for […]
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 Advocacy groups call on U.S. Department of Transportation to tackle racial bias in traffic enforcement
A coalition of advocacy groups is urging the U.S. Department of Transportation to address racial bias in traffic enforcement, citing concerns over its ineffectiveness and disproportionate impact on Black motorists.
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White former officers get sentences of 10 to 40 years in torture of 2 Black men in Mississippi
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 to 40 years for breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men in an hours-long attack that included beatings, repeated uses of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy.
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Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders
By Colleen Slevin and Matthew BrownThe Associated Press BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado paramedic was sentenced March 1 to five years in prison in a rare prosecution of medical responders following the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. […]
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Labor board: Home Depot violated labor law by firing an employee who drew ‘BLM’ on work apron
By Anne D’InnocenzioAP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s labor board ruled on Feb. 21 that Home Depot violated federal labor law when it fired an employee for refusing to remove the hand-drawn “BLM” acronym for “Black Lives Matter” from a work apron. The National Labor Relations Act said it protects the legal […]
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Trump compares legal woes to Black struggles in shameless exploitation to woo Black voters
The twice-impeached and four-times indicted former president is facing 91 felony counts, including racketeering and conspiracy to obstruct justice. By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia In a brazen display of political manipulation, former President Donald Trump took to the stage at the Black Conservative Federation Gala in South Carolina, using racially charged rhetoric […]
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Lifetime’s Wendy Williams documentary will air this weekend after effort to block broadcast fails
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lifetime’s “Where is Wendy Williams?” documentary will air this weekend as scheduled after a New York court rejected an attempt to block the broadcast. The order signed Feb. 23 by a New York appellate judge says blocking the documentary from airing would be an “impermissible prior restraint on […]
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14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here’s why
By Jonathan Mattise and Geoff MulvihillThe Associated Press Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year. The reasons for the rejections, all from states with Republican governors, […]
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They opened a Haitian food truck. Then they were told, ‘Go back to your own country,’ lawsuit says
By Ben FinleyThe Associated Press PARKSLEY, Va. (AP) — A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and rice to the region’s growing Haitian community. When they added a Haitian food truck, people drove from an hour […]
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Ed Dwight was to be the first Black astronaut. At 90, he’s finally getting his due
By Jake CoyleAP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most were flying back from hunting trips […]