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Details: Written by EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press; Published: 27 March 2021

Russia, The Holy See, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Cuba and China united to oppose equality in some areas

Details: Written by AAMER MADHANI Associated Press; Published: 26 March 2021

President Biden said: “They passed a law saying you can’t provide water for people standing in line while they’re waiting to vote. You don’t need anything else to know this is nothing but punitive, designed to keep people from voting.”

Details: Written by LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer; Published: 25 March 2021

B Johnson poses for a portrait outside his office on Chicago's West Side on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.

More than 50 outreach workers have been enlisted by a Chicago hospital to promote vaccination against COVID-19 in hard-hit Black and brown neighborhoods

Details: Written by PATTY NIEBERG and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press; Published: 23 March 2021

A small memorial stands along a makeshift fence put up around the parking lot outside a King Soopers grocery store where a mass shooting took place Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Suspect Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, from Arvada, Colorado is expected to be booked into the county jail later Tuesday for the killing of 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, supermarket.

Details: Written by STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press; Published: 22 March 2021

Thirteen jurors have been seated for Derek Chauvin's trial on murder and manslaughter charges and two more will be seated ahead of opening statements but only 12 will deliberate

Details: Written by JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press; Published: 21 March 2021

Officials are trying to build up capacity to care for some 14,000 migrants now in federal custody — and more likely on the way

Details: Written by MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer; Published: 20 March 2021

Tensions erupted as Biden characterized Russian President Vladimir Putin as 'a killer' while his top national security aides called out China for bad behaviour on a wide range of issues

Details: Written by BILL BARROW Associated Press; Published: 18 March 2021

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, accompanied by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks during a news conference, before the vote on the Democrat's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 10, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Georgia’s first Black senator used his first floor speech on Capitol Hill to blast a wave of Republican-backed measures that would make it harder to cast ballots in states around the country

Details: Written by LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent; Published: 13 March 2021

Biden's $1.9T rescue has passed but the battle to pass federal voting rights and fulfil other Democratic promises is just starting...and the math means it won't be easy

Details: Written by BOTWC Staff; Published: 12 March 2021

A once Black-owned beach and resort in Los Angeles County was stripped from its original owners under the guise of eminent domain

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