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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.

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Published: 20 August 2021

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the regional director of Africa for the WHO 

The announcement by the Biden-Harris administration to begin providing booster shots to combat Covid-19 has drawn the ire of the world community.

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Written by By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press

Published: 18 August 2021

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The federal government deliberately targeted Black Lives Matter protesters via heavy-handed criminal prosecutions in an attempt to disrupt and discourage the global movement that swept the nation last summer

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Published: 18 August 2021

 

Top health officials and medical experts joined on Wednesday, August 18, to announce that booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine will be available beginning on September 20.

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Published: 18 August 2021

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The names, Social Security numbers and information from driver's licenses or other identification of just over 40 million former and prospective customers that applied for T-Mobile credit were exposed in a recent data breach

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Written by by BOTWC Staff

Published: 16 August 2021

 

Hidden history no more!

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Written by AHMAD SEIR, RAHIM FAIEZ, KATHY GANNON AND JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press

Published: 16 August 2021

 

Thousands of people packed into the Afghan capital's airport on Monday, rushing the tarmac and pushing onto planes in desperate attempts to flee the country after the Taliban overthrew the Western-backed government. U.S. troops fired warning shots as they struggled to manage the chaotic evacuation

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Written by AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, RAHIM FAIEZ and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press

Published: 14 August 2021

 

The Taliban on Saturday captured a large, heavily defended city in northern Afghanistan in a major setback for the government, and were approaching the capital of Kabul, less than three weeks before the U.S. hopes to complete its troop withdrawal

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Written by By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

Published: 13 August 2021

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White people declined in numbers for the first time on record in the overall U.S. population as the Hispanic and Asian populations boomed this past decade, according to the 2020 census data.

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Written by MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Published: 13 August 2021

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U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich on Friday refused landlords' request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she ruled that the freeze is illegal.