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Jun 06 2024
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Virginia Senate Democrats disappointed over Right to Contraception Vote, push for Right to IVF
Virginia Democratic Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine said they are disappointed by the vote with only two Republicans voting yes on the Right to Contraception Act. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video NORFOLK, Va. — Senate Republicans voted down a measure that would ensure women have a right to contraception, a month after a similar
WVEC 13Mar 25 2024
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Civil rights activist celebrates 97th birthday, return to NC with Fayetteville ceremony
Dr. Ora Mobley Sweeting celebrated her 97th birthday this month, and she has a lot to reflect on. The acclaimed civil rights activist was praised for her work Monday at LIFE St. Joseph of the Pines church in Fayetteville. Fayetteville Mayor Mitch Colvin was on hand to honor her accomplishments and foresight into issues and lessons that are still important today. "From the day we're born until
WRALJun 13 2024
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Basketball legend Shaq to bring DJ act to Nebraska
Basketball legend turned performer Shaquille O'Neal will deejay June 29 at The Royal Grove in Lincoln. O'Neal is known as DJ Diesel. At 7'1" and 325 pounds, the 52-year-old may be the biggest DJ in the world, literally. While O'Neal has always been a music fan and released a rap album in 1993 that ended up going platinum, it was in 2014 at the TomorrowWorld festival he discovered electronic
Omaha World-HeraldApr 26 2024
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Maryland's 'Freedom to Read' act bans book censorship in libraries, bolsters rights amid national debate
ANNAPOLIS - A new Maryland law puts an end to book bans within library systems that receive money from the state. Governor Wes Moore just put pen to paper on the "Freedom to Read" act on Thursday. "What we're seeing in the state of Maryland but also nationwide is an unprecedented attempt to censor materials," Baltimore County Public Library Chief Executive Officer Sonia Alcantara-Antoine said
CBS News (Online)Apr 16 2024
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Civil rights attorney demands footage in fatal police chase, but city lawyer says none exists
JACKSON, Miss. — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded Tuesday that police in a small town in Mississippi release camera footage of a chase that ended in the death of a Black teenager, but the city attorney said the police department does not use cameras. “I have been advised by the Chief that the police vehicles in Leland are not equipped with dash board cameras nor were the police
Washington PostMar 23 2024
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Local leaders name street in Hill District after Pittsburgh’s ‘mother of Civil Rights’
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh activist was memorialized in the Hill District Saturday morning as local leaders and organizations gathered to honorarily rename a street after her. Kirkpatrick Street has received an honorary new name; it will not be known as “Alma Speed Fox Way.” Alma Speed Fox is known as “The Mother of Civil Rights” in Pittsburgh. Tim Stevens, chairman and CEO of The Black
WPXIJun 08 2024
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Headlining acts announced for 2024 Septemberfest in Schaumburg
Summer may have just gotten underway, but one suburban music festival is looking ahead to September with headlining acts recently announced. The three-day Septemberfest festival is returning to Schaumburg this year and is slated to run from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 at the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Center grounds. This year's festival headliners include former "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips
NBC 5 ChicagoJun 06 2024
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Rohingya are being forced to fight in Myanmar’s civil war
T came for Abu Bakkar, a young Rohingya man, while he was hanging out with friends in the Kutupalong complex of refugee camps outside Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, close to the border with Myanmar. “You all have to go with us now,” they said. Out of fear, Mr Bakkar (not his real name) followed. The gunmen, he says, were members of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation ( ), an insurgent group that
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