Week In Review

Sadie Perez, left, and her sister Amalia Perez and are seen Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, in Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) By Christine Fernando ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — In the days after the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray with her around campus. Her mom also ordered her and her sister a self-defense kit…

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President Joe Biden is greeted by Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio as he arrives at Quatro de Fevereiro international airport in the capital Luanda, Angola on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024, on his long-promised visit to Africa. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) By Will Weissert ASSOCIATED PRESS LUANDA, Angola — Speaking of “our nation’s original sin,” President Joe…

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Defendant Susan Lorincz, who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute, listens to proceedings during her sentencing hearing Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in Ocala, Fla. (Doug Engle/Ocala Star-Banner via AP, Pool) By Curt Anderson ASSOCIATED PRESS A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front…

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Olivia Gordon is photographed at a park in Yonkers, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) By Kenya Hunter ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington. As a Black woman, she just couldn’t…

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NEW YORK — Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is rolling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, joining a growing list of major corporations that have done the same after coming under attack by conservative activists. The changes, confirmed by Walmart on Monday, are sweeping and include everything from not renewing a five-year commitment for…

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After the pandemic, small cities led the first full recession recovery for factory jobs since the ’70s. Employees work at a Rivian electric vehicle factory in Normal, Ill., in 2021. A historic recovery in manufacturing jobs between 2019 and 2023 was concentrated in small urban areas such as McLean County, where Normal is located, and…

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Supporters of former President Donald Trump with signs and t-shirts that read “Blacks for Trump” gather near the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Federal Courthouse, Aug. 3, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) By Matt Brown, Fernanda Figeroa, Hannah Fingerhut and Linley Sanders ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton,…

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This image provided by New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection shows the wildfire in Jennings Creek, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection via AP) By Cedar Attanasio ASSOCIATED PRESS RINGWOOD, N.J. — Fire crews battled small wildfires across the Northeast U.S. on Monday, including a blaze in New York and…

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Then-Conservative leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch addresses members during the Conservative Party Conference at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) By Jill Lawless Associated Press LONDON — The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who…

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This undated photo provided by Leigh Richardson shows Dennoriss Richardson with three of their five kids. (Leigh Richardson via AP) By Safiyah Riddle Associated Press/Report for America MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The FBI is investigating the death of a Black man in Alabama, who was found hanging in an abandoned house, following a request from a…

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