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Written by KAREN MATTHEWS, JIM MUSTIAN and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Published: 12 April 2022

Officers with bomb-sniffing dogs look over the area after a shooting on a subway train Tuesday, April. 12, 2022, in Brooklyn, NY. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen) 

A gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and shot multiple people Tuesday, leaving wounded commuters bleeding on a Brooklyn platform as others ran screaming, authorities said. Police were still searching for the suspect.

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Written by MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

Published: 11 April 2022

Mia Tretta, a survivor of the Saugus High School shooting in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) 

The privately made firearms without serial numbers are increasingly cropping up in violent crimes.

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Written by BOTWC Staff

Published: 11 April 2022

Photo Courtesy of DeSean McClinton-Holland/The New York Times 

It is one of the largest collections of Black artifacts in the country.

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Written by By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Published: 08 April 2022

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Jackson delivered emotional remarks on the sunny White House South Lawn a day after the Senate approved her nomination, saying, it was a development the entire country could be proud of.

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Written by By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer

Published: 08 April 2022

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It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.

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Written by By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Published: 07 April 2022

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The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, shattering a historic barrier by securing her place as the first Black female justice

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

Published: 06 April 2022

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With President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris standing alongside him, Obama referred to the current commander-in-chief as “Vice President Biden.”

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Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK, BECKY BOHRER and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

Published: 05 April 2022

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The senators from Alaska and Utah announced their decisions Monday night ahead of a procedural vote to advance the nomination and as Democrats pressed to confirm Jackson by the end of the week.

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Written by by BOTWC Staff

Published: 04 April 2022

 

Unlike some who stumble on a history-making accomplishment, Coleman said she knew she would make history

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Written by Marni Sommer, Columbia University and Ann Herbert, Johns Hopkins University

Published: 03 April 2022

 

Two researchers who wrote books to help girls in poor countries face puberty turned their attention to U.S.girls and were surprised to find their issues were no different: Many girls reported feeling scared, traumatized and embarrassed at the arrival of their first period, along with feeling dirty and “gross.”