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Ketanji Brown Jackson Marked Her Historic Supreme Court Confirmation With A Moving Speech
"It has taken 232 years and 115 prior appointments for a Black woman to be selected to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, but we've made it."
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The Veteran Who Launched A Multimillion-Dollar Effort To Build A Border Wall Has Agreed To Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges
Brian Kolfage publicly promised he wouldn't take a cent after founding We Build the Wall and raising more than $25 million, but prosecutors say he took hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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An Adorable But Aggressive Fox Menaced The US Senate Before Being Caught By Animal Control
The fox was caught Tuesday after one member of Congress and a journalist reported being bitten by the animal.
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Will Smith Has Resigned From The Academy After Slapping Chris Rock At The Oscars
The academy said that despite the resignation, a disciplinary inquiry into the assault will remain ongoing.
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Five Fetuses Were Found In The Home Of An Anti-Abortion Activist, DC Police Said
The discovery came a day after Lauren Handy and eight others were indicted for allegedly forcing their way into an abortion clinic.
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Madeleine Albright, The First Woman Secretary Of State, Has Died
Albright, who served as the country's top diplomat from 1997 to 2001 under former president Bill Clinton, died at age 84, her family said.
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A Politically Savvy Prosecutor Is Tanking Orange County’s Justice System Through Racism, Ego, And Retaliation, Insiders Say
“The guiding light in that office is ‘How is it going to make Todd Spitzer look?’” one former prosecutor said.
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The CDC Announced That Most People Can Stop Wearing Masks Inside — Even In School
Only people in communities considered high risk, or about 37% of the country, are recommended to keep using their masks indoors, according to new guidelines.
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Russia Just Invaded Ukraine, But Eurovision Says They Can Still Compete In Its Song Contest
Organizers said the competition is a "non-political cultural event" and added that they are "concerned about current events in Ukraine."
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A Police Officer Accused A Prosecutor Of Covering Up A “Racist” Comment About A Black Murder Suspect Who Dated A White Woman
"The elected District Attorney, Todd Spitzer, made an unsolicited, derogatory, and racist comment about Black men/persons."
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Prosecutors Were Deciding Whether Or Not To Seek The Death Penalty. Their Boss Wanted To Know If The Black Suspect Had Dated White Women, Memos Say.
The Orange County district attorney’s office said it fired Senior District Attorney Brahim Baytieh for an issue in a separate case, not because he raised concerns.
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The US Government Says Russia Could Invade Ukraine “At Any Time”
National security adviser Jake Sullivan told Americans in Ukraine to get out in the next 24 to 48 hours.
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A Grand Jury Recommended Murder Charges Against The Man Who Shot Adil Dghoughi In Texas
The charges came after Dghoughi's family said they had grown concerned over how the investigation was being handled.
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A 31-Year-Old Man Was Shot While Sitting In His Car. The Sheriff’s Investigation Focused On The Victim, Not The Shooter.
Search warrants obtained by BuzzFeed News show authorities zeroed in on Adil Dghoughi’s personal life while ignoring that of the 65-year-old man who admitted to shooting him.
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Minneapolis Is Reckoning, Again, With "No-Knock" Warrants After Police Killed Another Black Man
Just days before his reelection, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey's website claimed he banned "no-knock" warrants. It's no longer on his website.
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GoFundMe Is Going To Refund Millions Of Dollars In Donations Made To The Viral Canadian Trucker Protest
Right-wing and conservative figures have blasted GoFundMe after it decided to shut down the fundraising effort for the massive anti-vaccine-mandate protest in Canada on Friday.
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Joe Rogan Apologized For Repeatedly Using The N-Word On His Podcast As Spotify Quietly Deleted Many Of His Episodes
Rogan and Spotify have yet to comment on why at least 70 of his episodes have been deleted, while he apologized for using the racial slur and comparing a visit to a Black neighborhood to being in the movie Planet of the Apes.
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The Parents Of A 22-Year-Old Black Man Say Minneapolis Police “Executed” Him During A No-Knock Warrant
Police officers barged into an apartment early Wednesday morning, fatally shooting Amir Locke eight seconds after entering the home.
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More Than A Dozen HBCUs Canceled In-Person Classes The First Day Of Black History Month Because Of Bomb Threats
Nineteen HBCUs have faced bomb threats in a 48-hour span, which educators are calling "shameless" and "despicable" for forcing campuses across the country to shut down.
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Cardi B Was Awarded More Than $4 Million In Her Lawsuit Against YouTuber Tasha K
According to a complaint, Tasha K posted a series of videos about Cardi B in 2018 in which she made false claims about the rapper.
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