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Australian PM ‘confident’ Indigenous people back having their Parliament ‘Voice’
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday he was confident that Indigenous Australians overwhelmingly support a proposal to create…
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Rolling Stone co-founder ousted from Rock Hall leadership over controversial comments
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Jann Wenner, who co-founded Rolling Stone magazine and also was a co-founder of…
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Alabama to mark 60th anniversary of 1963 church bombing that killed four Black girls
Alabama is marking the 60th anniversary of one of the most heinous acts during the Civil Rights Movement, the 1963…
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Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over police injustice
DENVER — Elijah McClain’s fatal encounter with police began on a summer night in 2019 when a 911 caller reported…
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Ta’Kiya Young had big plans for her family before police killed her in a parking lot
Ta’Kiya Young treated her two little boys like kings, dressing them sharply, letting them have too many sweets, cooking them…
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Starbucks told to pay $2.7 million in lost wages to manager fired after arrest of 2 Black men
CAMDEN, N.J. — A judge has ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million in lost wages and tax damages…
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Trial begins for 2 white Mississippi men charged with shooting at Black FedEx driver
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. — Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of two white men in Mississippi who are accused of…
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A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery
ATLANTA — A doctor used too much force and decapitated a Georgia woman’s baby during delivery, according to a lawsuit…
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New York City agrees to pay $13 million to 2020 racial injustice protesters in historic class action
NEW YORK — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit…
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Wrongly imprisoned for 7 years, exonerated ‘Central Park Five’ member wins NYC Council primary
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Yusef Salaam, one of the exonerated “Central Park Five,” has won a Democratic…
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