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Written by JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press

Published: 03 April 2022

 

A police officer who used his stun gun on a DoorDash driver wrote an arrest report saying the man had become argumentative, refused to show ID, and stayed in his car when ordered to get out. The video made by driver Delane Gordon tells a different story

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Written by FARNOUSH AMIRI and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press

Published: 02 April 2022

 

The Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol riot and the attempt to overturn the election want action from the Department of Justice

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Written by JANIE HAR Associated Press

Published: 30 March 2022

Assemblywoman Shirley Weber speaks at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) 

Task force narrowly rejects a proposal to include all Black people regardless of lineage

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Written by DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

Published: 30 March 2022

Biden speaks after signing the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) 

Until March of this year, Congress had failed to pass such legislation nearly 200 times, beginning with a bill introduced in 1900 by North Carolina Rep. George Henry White, the only Black member of Congress at the time.

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Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

Published: 30 March 2022

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Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote

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Written by Veronika Dolar, SUNY Old Westbury

Published: 29 March 2022

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Economic professor tells students that we almost literally eat oil

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Written by Associated Press

Published: 28 March 2022

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With its president saying it had racist origins, the New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed the century-old ban on jazz in schools

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Written by By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press

Published: 28 March 2022

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For many communities, the amount of money available in the state and local fiscal recovery funds is also historic and more than many have spent on housing in a year or even a decade.

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Written by The Associated Press

Published: 27 March 2022

 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is not trying to topple Russian President Vladimir Putin, despite its harsh condemnations of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Blinken spoke a day after President Joe Biden said of Putin during a speech in Warsaw: “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”

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Written by By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press

Published: 24 March 2022

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Opponents call it unconstitutional, and note that limited timeline is before many women know they’re pregnant.