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ABOVE PHOTO: Jacob Blake’s father, Jacob Blake Sr. talks to a crowd at a rally Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) By Jennifer Peltz and Russell Contreras ASSOCIATED PRESS  KENOSHA, Wis. — A Black man, accosted by police on a domestic dispute call, is left with bullet wounds in his back…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Mary and Barrett Duplessis pose for a portrait in their home in New Orleans, Wednesday, August 19,2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) By Rebecca Santana ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW ORLEANS — Levee breaches from Hurricane Katrina dumped six feet of water into the New Orleans home of Mary Duplessis and her husband in 2005. The house…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A McDonald’s sign outside the restaurant in Pittsburgh. More than 50 Black former McDonald’s franchise owners are suing the burger chain for discrimination. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, Sept. 1 in Chicago, the 52 plaintiffs say McDonald’s steered them to less-profitable restaurants and didn’t give them the same support and opportunities given…

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ABOVE PHOTO: In this image taken from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, a Rochester police officer puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude, on March 23, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. Video of Prude, a Black man who had run naked through the streets of the western New York…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A wooden cross where a pine tree fell just missing this house by inches is seen following Hurricane Laura Friday, Aug. 28, 2020 in Lake Charles, La. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate Via AP) By Gerald Herbert and Nomaan Merchant ASSOCIATED PRESS  CAMERON PARISH, La. — Residents in southwestern Louisiana embarked Saturday…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The U.S. Civil Rights Trail features the restored courtroom where the 1955 trial involving the murder of Emmett Till was held in Sumner, Mississippi. ( Photo courtesy of U.S. Civil Rights Trail) By Jerry Mitchell Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting  The U.S. Department of Justice has shut down its investigation into the Emmett…

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In the wake of some issues involving President Rodney Muhammad, the Philadelphia NAACP has decided to let the national chapter weigh in. By Denise Clay Since retweeting a Twitter post seen by many interfaith groups as anti-Semitic, Philadelphia NAACP President Rodney Muhammad, and the chapter itself, has been under the gun as calls for Muhammad’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Mural of slain officer Sgt. Robert Wilson, III (Photo: Mural Arts Society) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia police union is condemning the vandalism of a city mural honoring a police officer who was shot and killed during a robbery more than five years ago. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 president John McNesby…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Lady Gaga accepts the Tricon award during the MTV Video Music Awards. (MTV via AP) By Mesfin Fekadu ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK  — With a trendy mask as her accessory — and also reflecting the current state of the world — Lady Gaga performed a medley of her songs, including the top-nominated tune…

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By Lindsey Bahr ASSOCIATED PRESS Women have been making great films since the silent era, although you might not know it to look at a list of the best films of all time. The American Film Institute’s top 100 famously does not include any female directors at all. But Turner Classic Movies is helping craft…

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