FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A freelance reporter based in Fort Wayne, Indiana is facing up to five years in federal prison after allegedly threatening to “kill every Jew” in the…
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LOS ANGELES — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the Japanese American National Museum and approach a massive book splayed open to reveal…
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A Black author takes a new look at Georgia’s white founder and his failed attempt to ban slavery
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Michael Thurmond thought he was reading familiar history at the burial place of Georgia’s colonial founder. Then a single sentence on a marble plaque extolling the accomplishments…
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5-year-old migrant boy who got sick at a temporary Chicago shelter died from sepsis, autopsy shows
CHICAGO — The cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago was sepsis and a…
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate voted Wednesday to put a politically appointed board in control of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, a change proposed after some lawmakers…
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Republican-backed measure to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at Kentucky’s public universities won approval from the state Senate on Tuesday after an emotional debate that…
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Republicans work to recruit female and minority candidates even as they criticize diversity programs
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are critical of diversity and inclusion programs within the federal government and elsewhere, but they see recruiting women and minority candidates, along with veterans, as key…
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They opened a Haitian food truck. Then they were told, ‘Go back to your own country,’ lawsuit says
PARKSLEY, Va. — 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…
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What to know about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said the Republican governor…
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NEW YORK — A video showing a group of migrants brawling with police in Times Square has touched off a political furor and renewed debate over a a long-standing New…
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A woman stole a memory card from a truck. The gruesome footage is now key to an Alaska murder trial
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A woman with a lengthy criminal history including theft, assault and prostitution got into a truck with a man who had picked her up for a “date”…
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MUSKOGEE, Okla. — The hallways of Bacone College are cold and dark. In the main hall, there are no lectures to be heard, only the steady hum of the space…