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Details: Written by By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press; Published: 22 February 2022

(AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

The jury also found father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan guilty of attempted kidnapping, and the McMichaels guilty of the use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime.

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 21 February 2022

Be prepared to chuckle!

Details: Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia; Published: 21 February 2022

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This announcement could eliminate campus practices that have widely benefitted African American and Hispanic students.

Details: Written by AAMER MADHANI, LORI HINNANT and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press; Published: 20 February 2022

Meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Munich Security Conference, Harris said the U.S. was committed to Ukraine's sovereignty and will hit Russia with economy-jarring sanctions if it invades Ukraine again, following the 2014 seizure of Crimea

Details: Written by MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press; Published: 20 February 2022

The Rev. Al Sharpton told hundreds of people who gathered for Amir Locke's funeral that the 22-year-old Black man would still be alive if Minneapolis had banned no-knock warrants

Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 17 February 2022

Autherine Lucy Foster

The building was formerly named after a Klansman.

Ahmaud Arbery

Details: Written by By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press; Published: 17 February 2022

Jurors sat silently as they watched graphic, bloody images from the killing displayed on individual monitors installed at each seat in the jury box.

Details: Written by By RICHARD LARDNER, MICHELLE R. SMITH and ALI SWENSON The Associated Press; Published: 17 February 2022

Whatever impact the protests have on Canadian society, and the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, experts say the outside support is really aimed at energizing conservative politics in the U.S.

Details: Written by By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press; Published: 16 February 2022

(AP Photo/John Amis)

Voters face the potential of representation mostly at odds with their political views, including broad-based support for greater health care access and immigrant rights. There’s particular concern that the new lawmakers will be hostile to protecting voting rights

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 15 February 2022

Speaking at a national teacher’s convention, Calvin Mackie makes inspirational appeal

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