Nation and World
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With their massive resources, corporations could be champions of racial equity but often waver
Aug 25, 2024 7:30 am - A Missouri nonprofit founded in 2015 to help address the issues that contributed to the police shooting death of Michael Brown Jr. and the riots that followed has faced the same lament many philanthropies face.
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A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump alliesAug 25, 2024 6:00 am - As invigorated Democrats celebrated Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination this week, some of them were doing so with a wary eye on new developments in what they fear ...
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‘It's our time': As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdueAug 25, 2024 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — “Electric.” “Joyful.” The kinetic energy powering Kamala Harris ’ whirlwind presidential campaign carries the hopeful aspirations of history and the almost q...
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Moscow and Kyiv swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversaryAug 24, 2024 9:33 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 100 prisoners of war each on Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion. Ukr...
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Judge rules Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend caused her death, dismisses some charges against ex-officersAug 24, 2024 9:29 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge has thrown out major felony charges against two former Louisville officers accused of falsifying a warrant that led police to Breonna Ta...
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Fauci hospitalized with West Nile virus, now recovering at homeAug 24, 2024 9:28 pm - Anthony S. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus this month, according to a spokesperson for the nation’s former top infectious-disease official. Fauci, 83, was the...
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Islamic State group claims responsibility for knife attack; suspect detainedAug 24, 2024 9:27 pm - SOLINGEN, Germany — The Islamic State militant group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a knife attack that killed three people and wounded eight more at a crowded fe...
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Tropical Storm Hone steadily approaches Hawaii, threatening floods and firesAug 24, 2024 9:26 pm - HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Hone, whose name is Hawaiian for “sweet and soft,” drew near the islands Saturday with breezes that were expected to intensify — and increase th...
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California sees a summer of extremes, from heat waves and wildfires to snowAug 24, 2024 9:26 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An unusually cold weather system from the Gulf of Alaska interrupted summer along the West Coast on Saturday, bringing snow to mountains in Californi...
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Ahead of speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says in a Pennsylvania court filing that he's endorsing Trump