Hama Amadou, former Niger PM and opposition figure, 74
HAMA AMADOU: Emblematic public official repeatedly was imprisoned. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Niamey, Niger (AP) – Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou died in a …
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How Joe Biden could save lives and change American politics on his way out the door
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UN report warns of famine, aggravated by conflicts and climate shocks
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Will people leave Florida after devastating hurricanes? History suggests not
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An Idaho health department isn’t allowed to give COVID-19 vaccines in six counties
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Local sheriff asks FBI to investigate death of Black man found hanging in Alabama
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A decade of racial justice activism transformed politics, but landmark reforms remain elusive
Black Lives Matter protest PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA Washington (AP) — Cori Bush went from helping to lead an informal movement for racial justice to …
New Haven rejected plans for a Black college in 1831. Generations later, it’s considering an apology
In 1831, a coalition of Black leaders and white abolitionists proposed the nation’s first African American college in New Haven, Connecticut, in an attempt to …
Election is ‘spiritual warfare’ in Trump’s Christian worldview
"BELIEVERS FOR TRUMP" PROGRAM: The campaign has directly nourished a fusion of hard-right politics and theology to energize evangelical Christians in swing states. A stop …
Abdul Salaam, Jets ‘New York Sack Exchange’ member, 71
Abdul Salaam, a member of the Jets’ famed "New York Sack Exchange" in the 1980s, has died. He was 71. The team announced Salaam’s death …
Jury selection begins in the death trial of Michael Jackson impersonator
Daniel Penny, 25, is accused of “recklessly causing the death” of Jordan Neely. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RIGHTSANDRECOVERY.ORG AND INSTAGRAM New York (AP) — Jury selection …
At least 7 dead after ferry dock gangway collapses on Georgia’s Sapelo Island
Sapelo Island PHOTO COURTESY OF SAPELONERR.ORG Savannah, Ga. (AP) — Authorities said at least seven people were killed Saturday when part of a ferry dock …
Haitians leave their homes to escape more gang violence in the capital
CARE Haiti distributes cash to food-security program participants at Mont-Organisé in Haiti’s Nord-Est (Northeast) Department. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARE HAITI Port-AU-Prince, Haiti (AP) — Gangs …
Police in Haiti battle a gang coalition trying to seize control of the entire capital
A member of the Haitian National Police Special Weapons And Tactics team (right) and a U.S. Marine (left) search an apartment complex in Port-au-Prince. PHOTO …
Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for remarks made at presidential debate
Central Park sign honoring the exonerated.PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG New York – The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated …