GOP stubbornly blocks voting rights On a day when Republicans in the U.S. Senate again used filibuster rules to stop voting rights legislation, civil rights leaders said it’s time to […]
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A shady side of war: The death of ‘Captain Midnight’
Fifty years later, a wartime killing haunts the survivor It was Dec. 22, 1967. Christmas rapidly approached, as Private First Class Calvin Touchstone and a planeload of Army recruits sped […]
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Let’s talk Black education
Telling our family stories keeps Black history alive When we were kids, my dad would take us to football games at the University of Southern California (USC). I didn’t care […]
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Lifestyle changes can help prevent development of diabetes
National Diabetes Awareness Month Nearly 15 percent of Black Americans have diabetes compared to 8 percent of White Americans. According to the American Heart Association, in 2018, diabetes caused the […]
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‘The Harder They Fall’
Pistol packing outlaws blasting bullets The setup for this shoot ‘em up started with the 2013 short film “They Die by Dawn,” the brainchild of Jeymes Samuel, aka “The Bullitts.” […]
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Lifestyle changes can help prevent development of diabetes
National Diabetes Awareness Month Nearly 15 percent of Black Americans have diabetes compared to 8 percent of White Americans. According to the American Heart Association, in 2018, diabetes caused the […]
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TV viewers show preference for more diverse casts, writers
New UCLA study The COVID-19 pandemic had plenty of people glued to their television sets, and a UCLA study released has found that viewers showed a distinct preference for shows […]
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Sense of ‘complacency’ may have lead to film set death
Investigation is ongoing Santa Fe County, N.M. authorities this week continued their investigation of the on-set shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin, saying it was too […]
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Former Trump Administration advisor says 130,000 persons could have lived
Dr. Deborah Birx speaks before committee Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, in testimony to the House select subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis said that former […]
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Vanessa Bryant can compel depositions from county officials
Request neither ‘confusing, harassing’ A Los Angeles federal judge has granted Vanessa Bryant’s motion to compel depositions of Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Fire Chief Daryl Osby in her lawsuit against the […]
