A Harris County, Texas, deputy pursuing a robbery suspect in his vehicle was involved in a collision with another vehicle Wednesday night that killed its driver and injured two child passengers, Houston police said.
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Biden, Harris Blame Trump for Jan. 6 Attacks, Says America Must Move Forward
In his most passionate and direct blitz against Trump, President Biden accused the former President of orchestrating the deadly attack that left five officers dead in its wake.
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The Life and Works of Sidney Poitier: A Man Who Broke Barriers
With the unfortunate passing of activist, actor and director Sidney Poitier (as reported by NBC news), it’s important that we remember how big of a mark he left in not […]
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The Legacy of MLK: How Its Been Whitewashed
Has the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. been skewed from the reality of who the activist was? In 2016, the Washington Post reported that then -Atlanta Mayor Kasim […]
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The Site of Dallas’ Original Black High School, Erased from History, will now Become a Taxpayer-Subsidized Kroger
The Freedman’s Town, a vibrant community of freed slaves in Dallas, was destroyed by the construction of Central Expressway, but a children’s book and a memorial were created to ensure the community’s history would not be forgotten.
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New Barbie Honors Journalist Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells, the famed Black journalist who worked to expose the horrors of lynching, has now been immortalized by Barbie.
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2 Oklahoma Inmates ask Federal Judge for Firing Squad Option in Executions
A federal judge in Oklahoma said Monday that he aims make a decision by the end of this week on a petition filed by two Oklahoma death row inmates requesting their executions be by firing squad rather than lethal injection.
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Desperate to Fill Teacher Shortages, School Districts ask Parents and Various Staff to Become Substitutes
Originally Published: 11 JAN 22 21:12 ET By Paul P. Murphy and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — With more teachers sickened or sidelined by the highly contagious Omicron variant, school […]
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2 Men Arrested in Connection With the Fatal Shooting of Rapper Young Dolph
Two men are in custody after federal and local authorities arrested them in connection with the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph.