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Officials and experts caution that it’s too soon to know whether the group has moderated the rigid beliefs that made it a global pariah before 9/11.
The former Democratic presidential hopeful writes of sexism in American life. But she also wonders if she “wasn’t good enough.”
Workers prepare to convert an indoor stadium in Srinagar, India, into a covid-19 treatment center as case loads spike. (Farooq Khan/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
Vaccine selfies flood social media feeds and families are reuniting in the U.S. as many Indian Americans are struggling to help loved ones with coronavirus access medical care in India.
India has recorded over 3,000 deaths for the fourth straight day.
The International Olympic Committee says it can deliver a safe Olympics without overburdening Japan’s health-care system. Many doctors and nurses don’t agree.
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Michelle Martin, the attorney for Ma'Khia Bryant's family, and Hazel Bryant, the mother of Ma'Khia Bryant, speak at rally against police brutality in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday. (Stephen Zenner/AFP/Getty Images)
Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges, deserved a more severe sentence after he inflicted “gratuitous pain” on George Floyd last year, said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D).
When talking about law enforcement reform, what the public doesn’t see matters as much as what it does.
Fairfax County’s NAACP chapter and another group are calling for Kevin Davis’s ouster over allegations of excessive force and racist comments in his previous positions.
The White police officer who shot Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last summer was suspended for three days this year because his service weapon was stolen just weeks after the shooting that left the Black man partially paralyzed.
A New York district attorney has asked federal authorities to investigate illegal strip searches and other civil rights violations involving the Mount Vernon Police Department.
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The 6th Congressional District seat was held by Republican Ron Wright, who died of covid-19 in February.
Investigators believe the gunman was targeting a specific person he was angry at, but the person wasn’t at the casino at the time. The gunman “decided to still shoot some of the victim’s co-workers or friends, it appears,” Brown County Sheriff’s Lt. Kevin Pawlak said. 
An image from a television screen shows damage to an anchor support on the pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsula in June 2020. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy/AP)
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The federal trial against the “Big Three” drug distributors, AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health Inc. and McKesson Corp., will be held in Cabell County, West Virginia, which is considered the epicenter of one of the worst public health crises in U.S. history.
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The state has no plans to eliminate separate math classes for students at different levels, an official said. But the website for the Virginia Mathematics Pathways Initiative strongly suggests that ending tracking is key to suggested reforms.
Business owners reading Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s mask order dated April 30 had trouble trying to determine how it would affect their livelihoods and safety. Then an update came.
Advocates of an ambitious plan to build more than 900 miles of scenic byways in D.C., Maryland and Virginia say the benefits go far beyond better health.
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