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White Man Shoots at Police, They Shot Him With Bean Bags, Then Arrest Him Alive, But Unarmed Black People Are Killed
The First U.S. Memorial for Lynching Victims Will Open in AlabamaIt will pay tribute to the more than 4,000 black victims killed between 1877 and 1950
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An Alabama-based civil rights organization will construct a monument in Montgomery to commemorate victims of lynchings across the South. The Equal Justice Initiative will also construct a museum nearby focused on African-American history, the group announced in a ... MORE
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Christine Ricks talks about the volunteer work she does to help inner city kids in Milwaukee on Aug. 2, 2016. Ricks, who says she grew up next to "the biggest dope house in the entire city," works as a substitute teacher and has almost no money. But she’s still optimistic that her life will improve, and that Clinton will be elected. "I think it’s going to be all right; I just don't know how,” she said. “I would describe it as complete faith in God. Literally. From moment to moment.” (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of ‘racial terrorism,’ says U.N. panel
Slave shackles on display at the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
OP/ED: "My Lord! What a Morning!"
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The day was perfect, not a cloud in the sky. Dignitaries of every stripe were in attendance, including former presidents, and first ladies, our current president, and government high-fliers seated before the monumental museum.
The daughter of a slave rang the bell, echoed by bells throughout the capitol, and the country. Last weekend, the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture officially opened its doors! |
The Obamas shed tears. Members of the audience did too. I, watching the live stream from home, got something in my eye too! But why? To me the opening of the federal museum represented... More
10 Things to Know for Tuesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. TENSIONS FLARE AS REPUBLICANS CLASH OVER TRUMP
Republican leaders hoped to prevent an all-out civil war at least until after the election, but those efforts appear to be failing.
2. TRUMP'S 2005 COMMENTS DISGUST WOMEN, BUT CHANGE FEW OPINIONS
Female voters in swing states are repulsed by the Republican's assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping women amounted to "locker room talk" and not sexual assault.
3. HURRICANE'S COST, CHAOS LINGERS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Firefighters turn their military-surplus truck into the dark floodwaters of Lumberton, inundated by a swollen river.
4. 'PEOPLE WILL DIE SOON IF WE DON'T GET SOME AID'
In western Haiti, 300 patients lay silently in bed at a hospital in Dame Marie waiting for medicine a week after Hurricane Matthew hit the remote peninsula.
5. SAMSUNG STOPS MAKING GALAXY NOTE 7s
The consumer electronics giant says that it is ending production of the star-crossed smartphones permanently because of safety concerns.
6. HOW ZIKA MAY BE WORSE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT
Doctors are seeing that many of the babies born with microcephaly have difficulty swallowing, are prone to epileptic seizures and have vision and hearing trouble, AP finds... MORE
1. TENSIONS FLARE AS REPUBLICANS CLASH OVER TRUMP
Republican leaders hoped to prevent an all-out civil war at least until after the election, but those efforts appear to be failing.
2. TRUMP'S 2005 COMMENTS DISGUST WOMEN, BUT CHANGE FEW OPINIONS
Female voters in swing states are repulsed by the Republican's assertion that an old tape featuring him talking about groping women amounted to "locker room talk" and not sexual assault.
3. HURRICANE'S COST, CHAOS LINGERS IN NORTH CAROLINA
Firefighters turn their military-surplus truck into the dark floodwaters of Lumberton, inundated by a swollen river.
4. 'PEOPLE WILL DIE SOON IF WE DON'T GET SOME AID'
In western Haiti, 300 patients lay silently in bed at a hospital in Dame Marie waiting for medicine a week after Hurricane Matthew hit the remote peninsula.
5. SAMSUNG STOPS MAKING GALAXY NOTE 7s
The consumer electronics giant says that it is ending production of the star-crossed smartphones permanently because of safety concerns.
6. HOW ZIKA MAY BE WORSE THAN INITIALLY THOUGHT
Doctors are seeing that many of the babies born with microcephaly have difficulty swallowing, are prone to epileptic seizures and have vision and hearing trouble, AP finds... MORE
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Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
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