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ABOVE PHOTO: Gale Sayers  (Photo/Wiki Commons) CHICAGO (AP) — Hall of Famer Gale Sayers, who made his mark as one of the NFL’s best all-purpose running backs and was later celebrated for his enduring friendship with a Chicago Bears teammate with cancer, has died. He was 77. Nicknamed “The Kansas Comet” and considered among the…

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Family Features During a school year that’s sure to be a new experience for students and parents alike, many of the everyday necessities, like eating breakfast and lunch, remain. However, this year, many little learners will be enjoying their lunches from the comfort and safety of home rather than at school, meaning moms and dads…

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ABOVE PHOTO: NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson  (Photo/naacp.org) The NAACP family is devastated by the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A star for justice in this nation, her loss is as painful as it is significant. Justice Ginsburg was an incredibly accomplished civil rights lawyer who devoted her entire legal career…

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National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement regarding the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:  National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial issued the following statement regarding the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:  “Justice Ginsburg was one of the greatest champions of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A protesters sits outside the house of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Louisville, Ky., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. McConnell vowed on Friday night, hours after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to call a vote for whomever President Donald Trump nominated as her replacement. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)…

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By Jonathan Lemire, Lisa Mascaro And Alexandra Jaffe ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday, after funeral services for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and just days before the first presidential election debate. Trump told “Fox & Friends” that he had…

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ABOVE PHOTO: People chant during a protest at the scene of a police shooting on Laurel Street and Union Street in Lancaster city on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020.A man was shot by police earlier in the day after a reported domestic dispute, police said. A Lancaster city police officer fired at a 27-year-old man who…

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By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS  HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Nov. 3 presidential contest will test Pennsylvania’s ability to handle a massive mail-in vote and, while its high court settled several partisan points of dispute over how to update the state’s election law, counties remain unprepared in several important ways. Plus, the legal challenges are not…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A woman reacts to news in the Breonna Taylor shooting, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison Wednesday to a judge in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: FILE – Scorched vehicles rest at an auto shop destroyed by the Almeda Fire in Talent, Ore., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. The Census Bureau is contending with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nation’s once-a-decade headcount. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File) By Mike Schneider ASSOCIATED PRESS …

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