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Forced sterilization policies in the US targeted minorities and those with disabilities '“ and lasted into the 21st centuryAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alexandra Minna Stern, University of Mi...
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Justice Department seeks data from 4 states in inquiry of whether state orders led to COVID-19 nursing home deathsAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Department seeks data from 4 states in inquiry of whether state orders led to COVID-19 nursing home deaths. ...
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AP PHOTOS: Unrest grips Wisconsin city after police shootingAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - Unrest has gripped Kenosha for three nights after Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot by police in the southeastern Wisconsin city. On Tuesday night, two people were kill...
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Two men face federal charges connected to Chicago lootingAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal charges have been filed against two Chicago men accused of conspiring to burglarize three pharmacies during looting that occurred in the city in M...
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3 killed in northeastern Indiana sewer project identifiedAug 26, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (AP) - A coroner has identified a father and son as two of the three men who died after becoming trapped in a manhole while working on a sewer projec...
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Antioch teen charged with murder in overnight shooting during Kenosha protestsAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - A 17-year-old Antioch man was held Wednesday in the shooting deaths of two people during another night of protests in Kenosha stemming from the police shooting of a Blac...
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2,157 new COVID-19 cases; death toll of 37 highest since July 7Aug 26, 2020 1:00 am - New COVID-19 infections surged Wednesday with 2,157 more cases, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported, along with 37 additional deaths from the virus. That'...
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3 shot, 2 killed in 3rd night of unrest over Blake shootingAug 26, 2020 1:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. - Two people were shot to death and another was wounded during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, a...
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3 killed while working on northeastern Indiana sewer projectAug 25, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (AP) - Three men died Tuesday after becoming trapped underground while working on a sewer project in northeastern Indiana's Columbia City, officials ...
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Father of a Black man shot by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police tells Chicago Sun-Times that son is paralyzed from waist downAug 25, 2020 7:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Father of a Black man shot by Kenosha, Wisconsin, police tells Chicago Sun-Times that son is paralyzed from waist down. ...