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Written by By JEFF ROBERSON and JIM SALTER Associated Press

Published: 08 August 2019

Racial equity and unity advocate Felicia Pulliam speaks during an interview (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) 

Five years later, the legacy of the fatal shooting of the Black teenager by a White Missouri police officer depends on who you talk to

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Written by By MEG KINNARD Associated Press

Published: 07 August 2019

Sen. Cory Booker (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard) 

Presidential candidate Cory Booker will deliver a gun policy speech on Wednesday in a historic South Carolina church that's become synonymous with hate-fueled attacks on people of faith

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Written by By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press

Published: 07 August 2019

Cyntoia Brown (Lacy Atkins/The Tennessean via AP, Pool, File) 

Cyntoia Brown, championed by celebrities as a symbol of unfair sentencing, was released early Wednesday from the Tennessee Prison for Women

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Written by By ELANA SCHOR Associated Press

Published: 05 August 2019

 

Former President Barack Obama said Monday that Americans must "soundly reject language" from any leader who "feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments"

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Written by By ZEKE MILLER, LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

Published: 05 August 2019

President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) 

President Trump condemned weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio as barbaric crimes "against all humanity" and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 05 August 2019

 

The Stanford graduate also set a US record finishing the race in 52:04 secs

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Written by The Associated Press

Published: 04 August 2019

 

At least 29 people are dead after shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio

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Written by The Skanner News

Published: 04 August 2019

 

The decision upheld a previous court ruling saying the plan diluted the voting strength of African American voters

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Written by By JONATHAN LEMIRE and DAN SEWELL Associated Press

Published: 02 August 2019

President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) 

President Donald Trump used a revved-up rally in Cincinnati to tear into the Democrats he has been elevating as his new political foils

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Written by Sara Burnett, Brian Slodysko and Hunter Woodall, Associated Press

Published: 01 August 2019

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., participates in the second of two Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN Wednesday, July 31, 2019, in the Fox Theatre in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) 

The evening marked some of the toughest attacks California Sen. Kamala Harris has faced as a candidate. Biden found himself defending Obama, and Booker delivered many of the night's most memorable lines