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Nation / State
Smithsonian to remove slave ship remnant from exhibit
By GARY FIELDS, RIVER ZHANG and JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime…
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Lead Stories
Police Protective League accuses council president of trying to avoid ticket
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Protective League is calling for an investigation into City Council…
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Nation / State
First photos of slaves in 1850 sent to South Carolina Museum
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. – Descendants of a father and daughter featured in what are believed to…
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911 caller says police killed her boyfriend and 3-year-old son
Wave Wire Report LAS VEGAS — Raneka Pate, a 28-year-old African American mother from Las Vegas called 911 after her…
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Entertainment
Brian McKnight sues radio station for calling him abusive dad
Wave Wire Report RALEIGH, N.C – Award-winning R&B singer Brian McKnight is taking legal action against a North Carolina radio…
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Health
New plan helping more Black people get kidney transplants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON, D.C. – An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical…
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Nation / State
Lawsuit dismissed over death of Black teen in school gym
Wave Wire Report ATLANTA, Ga. — The family of Kendrick Johnson, who died in a high school gym in Valdosta,…
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Nation / State
Judges address increased hostility towards the bench
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles-based federal judges spoke out March 19 about what they called an…
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Health
Politics are behind America’s new food guidelines
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer SAN FRANCISCO — The government’s newly released federal food pyramid flips decades of nutrition guidance…
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Health
Empathy, not stigma has helped lower overdose deaths in L.A.
By Nicole Chang Contributing Writer LOS ANGELES — It was just a few years ago that Aurora Morales was living…
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