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Man whose NYC subway pipe-bomb fizzled gets life in prison

April 22, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — A judge sentenced a Bangladeshi immigrant to life in prison Thursday, saying he plotted to carry out a “barbaric and heinous” plot to kill as many people as he could […]

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‘Sliver of Hope.’ Relief, Caution As Floyd Verdict Absorbed

April 21, 2021

NEW YORK (AP) — When the verdicts came in — guilty, guilty and guilty — Lucia Edmonds let out the breath she hadn’t even realized she’d been holding. The relief that the 91-year-old Black woman felt flooding over her when […]

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Search for 9 missing from capsized boat in Gulf on 6th day

April 18, 2021

PORT FOURCHON, La. (AP) — For a sixth day, rescue crews returned Sunday to a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, looking for nine crew members who have not been found, the Coast Guard said. Officials […]

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Hester Ford Oldest Living American Dies At 116

April 18, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina woman who grew up picking cotton, got married at 14 and went on to become the oldest living American with more than 120 great-great-grandchildren has died peacefully in her home, according to her […]

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As voting fight moves westward, accusations of racism follow

April 17, 2021

By ACACIA CORONADO and NICHOLAS RICCARDIApril 17, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Arizona Legislature was debating one of several Republican proposals to overhaul voting when GOP Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita said she’d had enough. “I don’t like to be characterized […]

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Black Americans experiencing collective trauma, grief

April 17, 2021

Carlil Pittman knows trauma firsthand. As the co-founder of the Chicago-based youth organization GoodKidsMadCity-Englewood, he grieved the loss of Delmonte Johnson, a young community activist, more than two years ago to the very thing the teen fought fiercely against: gun […]

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Minnesota cop will be charged in shooting of Black motorist

April 14, 2021

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor said Wednesday that he will charge a white former suburban Minneapolis police officer with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and […]

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Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist’s death

April 14, 2021

By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white police officer who fatally shot a Black man during a traffic stop in a Minneapolis suburb resigned Tuesday, as did the city’s police chief — moves that […]

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Feds hit pause on J & J Vaccines

April 13, 2021

By ZEKE MILLER, LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE (AP) The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, a development that could jeopardize […]

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Column: Payback for Elder, but he’ll never be paid in full

April 8, 2021

By Paul Newberry (AP) Lee Elder was 40 years old when he made history as the first Black player to tee it up at the Masters, after so many prime years had already been stolen from him by the scourge […]

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