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Apr 04 2024
News
Austin to officially rename bathhouse at Barton Springs for civil rights leader
AUSTIN (KXAN) — City council members will vote Thursday to officially change the name of Barton Spring’s bathhouse, gracing it with the name of the woman who led the movement to desegregate the public pool in the 1960s. Joan Means Khabele was part of the first groups of black students to integrate into Austin High School in the 50s. Flipping through the Austin High yearbooks from 1958 to 1960
KXAN NewsApr 16 2024
News
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 PostApr 12 2024
Opinion
Civil War film review — Apocalypse Now goes TikTok in a grandly tasteless disaster movie
Civil War is the stuff of nightmares in the new film of the same name. American carnage has come to pass in Manhattan, Pittsburgh and beyond. It also looks naggingly sexy. In a slick slab of provocation from writer-director Alex Garland, with Kirsten Dunst as a veteran war photographer, social collapse makes for a pumping blockbuster. Technically, the movie is a wowzer: Apocalypse Now gone
Financial TimesApr 23 2024
News
'That's my only option': Kirsten Dunst declares she will vote for Joe Biden, claims 'Civil War' movie is not about Trump
Actress Kirsten Dunst said that voting for President Biden in the 2024 presidential election is her only option, while noting that she didn't believe her latest movie was meant to parody the presidency of Donald Trump. The 41-year-old actress, best known for roles in the cheerleading hit "Bring It On" and Marvel's Spider-Man movies of the early 2000s, was interviewed about her latest film, "
The BlazeMar 25 2024
News
Morgantown teen in Civil Air Patrol earns her wings
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — Alissa Watterson, a high school junior from Morgantown and Cadet Senior Airman at Civil Air Patrol (CAP) was presented with her wings Monday night after completing 42 hours in the air. Watterson, who will be turning 17 on Tuesday, is now certified to fly a Cessna 172 all by herself. She completed her first solo flight on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s
WBOY 12Apr 01 2024
News
Trump secures $175 million bond in New York civil fraud case
An appeals court last week reduced the amount of bond he was required to post. Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants have secured a $175 million bond in their New York civil fraud case, according to a court filing. Last Monday, a panel of judges from New York's Appellate Division granted the former president, his adult sons, and two former Trump Organization executives a 10-day
ABC News (Online)Mar 16 2024
News
Syrian civil war enters 14th year
AL-NAYRAB, Syria -- For years, Syria's civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. But as the conflict entered its 14th year Friday, observers say violence has been on the rise again while the world's attention is mostly focused on
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteApr 08 2024
News
Family of man shot several times by Miami police retains civil rights attorney Ben Crump
MIAMI - The family of a man who was shot several times by City of Miami Police officers back on March 7th has retained the services of civil rights attorney Ben Crump. On Tuesday, Crump and the family of Donald Armstrong will hold a press conference about what happened to Armstrong, who was tased twice and shot six times. The entire incident, caught on video, shows Armstrong near the entrance
CBS News (Online)Mar 19 2024
News
Michigan Wing Civil Air Patrol to hold annual conference
REGION– The Michigan Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force will hold its annual conference at the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa in Traverse City, Michigan, from March 22 -24. The conference will bring together more than 150 CAP members from across the state to celebrate their achievements, learn new skills, and network with fellow volunteers.
Up North VoiceMar 31 2024
News
Martin Luther King Jr. urges voting as key civil rights step in Tulsa
The largest audience in the history of the church crowded into the North Tulsa First Baptist Church to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who gained international fame when he led a 1956 bus protest in Montgomery, Ala. King, whose Jan. 15 birthday has become a national holiday, came to Tulsa to speak at a freedom rally on July 28, 1960, and to stress the importance of voting. "The short
Tulsa World