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Written by BRIAN SLODYSKO and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press

Published: 29 August 2021

 

More than a thousand people turned out in sweltering heat on the National Mall on Saturday, the 58th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech

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Written by LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press

Published: 28 August 2021

 

Pentagon says two IS members who were planners or facilitators of Kabul attack were killed in a counterrorism drone strike

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Written by By ASTRID GALVAN and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

Published: 27 August 2021

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We’re trying to make sense of where these numbers are coming from, because they do not make sense whatsoever

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Written by AARON MORRISON Associated Press

Published: 26 August 2021

In this Aug. 2, 2021, file photo, the Rev. William Barber speaks during a Voting Rights rally on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File) 

The House passed the John Lewis Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, which now moves to the Senate as marches are planned in Washington and across the U.S.

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Written by By JAKE BLEIBERG and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press

Published: 25 August 2021

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Graphic body camera video kept secret for more than two years shows a Louisiana State Police trooper pummeling a Black motorist 18 times with a flashlight — an attack the trooper defended as “pain compliance.”

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Written by By JEFF AMY Associated Press

Published: 24 August 2021

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Herschel Walker on Tuesday filed paperwork to enter the U.S. Senate race in Georgia after months of speculation, joining other Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022.

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Written by The Associated Press

Published: 22 August 2021

 

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19

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Written by GILLIAN FLACCUS, JANIE HAR and SARA CLINE Associated Press

Published: 21 August 2021

 

Bending the rules to avoid mask and vaccine mandates? Is it looking out for children and parentsor simply selfish and deceitful behavior that could undermine efforts to cut deaths and hospitalisations from the highly contagious delta variant

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Written by AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ and CARA ANNA Associated Press

Published: 21 August 2021

 

Chaos at the airport and terror behind closed doors as Afghans who worked with the U.S. and British military wait for rescue, fearing they will be killed once Americans have left

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Written by By MARTHA MENDOZA and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press

Published: 20 August 2021

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Senator Ron Wyden said the U.S. Justice Department needs to look into whether the algorithm-powered police technologies it funds contribute to racial bias in law enforcement and lead to wrongful arrests.