Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO:  A drives moves through flood waters left behind by Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Aransas Pass, Texas. Harvey rolled over the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Beverly Perryman stands outside her home and watches as her nephew cuts down a tree with a machete in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Corpus Christi, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, the morning after Hurricane Harvey. She said, “The house got to shaking. It tore the stuff off our roof.” She doesn’t have…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) By Michael Graczyk…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Long time civil rights activist, writer, social critic, and comedian Dick Gregory, talks to the crowd at the 16th annual Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival, MLK Leadership Luncheon, in 2016, at the University Area Community Development Center, in Tampa, Fla. Gregory died late Saturday in Washington DC while he was in the hospital…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  People flee from the scene after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district of Barcelona, Spain, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. According to witnesses the white van swerved from side to side as it plowed into tourists and residents. (AP…

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ABOVE PHOTO:People fly into the air as a vehicle drives into a group of protesters demonstrating against a White nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017.   Marcus Martin seen here being flung in the air by the car. He survived the violent attack and also saved his fianceé Marissa Blair by pushing…

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The presidents of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP, and the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP have issued the following joint statement regarding the senseless racist hate rally, violence and loss of life in Charlottesville, Virginia: “As people can see now very clearly, not voting has consequences,” stated Janette Martin, president of the Albemarle-Charlottesville NAACP. “On numerous…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  President Donald Trump pauses as he speaks to members of the media regarding the on going situation in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminister, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)   By Julie Pace associated press WASHINGTON — Why doesn’t President Donald Trump just unequivocally condemn white…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Abdul Mohamed photographs the damage outside of the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. An explosion damaged a room and shattered windows as worshippers prepared for morning prayers early Saturday. (Courtney Pedroza/Star Tribune via AP)   By Jeff Baenen Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Dar Al-Farooq…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)   CHICAGO — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago will continue fighting President Donald Trump’s immigration policies with a lawsuit alleging that it is illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. The federal lawsuit is expected to be filed Monday….

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