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​The Latest: Family and friends pack service for Chuck Berry


Church bombings in Egypt kill 49, wound dozens

​US strike on Syria is widely hailed, but angers Russia

U. seeking applications for inaugural African-American Doctoral Scholars Initiative

​Turkey: Syria autopsies show chemical weapons used in attack

​Family gathers for private send-off of astronaut John Glenn

New Study: African Americans who exercise may be less likely to develop high blood pressure

Those who reported getting the ideal amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity were about 24 percent less likely to develop hypertension.
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​African-Americans at Highest Risk for Alzheimer’s

One of the noted scientists whose accomplishments are being celebrated during Black History Month, African-American physician Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller was among the pioneering researchers who worked with Dr. Alois Alzheimer on the disease later named after Dr. Alzheimer... MORE

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1. WHO TILLERSON IS ENLISTING FOR SYRIA TALKS
The inclusion of key Middle East allies is important because the security and stability of the country is paramount after the Islamic State group is vanquished.

2. BRIEF MARRIAGE PRECEDES SAN BERNARDINO SHOOTING
Cedric Anderson, 53, walked into his estranged wife's elementary school class and opened fire, killing her and an 8-year-old student before fatally shooting himself, authorities say.

3. BOMBARDMENT IN MOSUL TAKES HEAVY TOLL ON CIVILIANS
Iraqi government forces trying to wrest back the western half of the city from Islamic State group fighters are relying on heavier firepower.

4. ANOTHER SNIPPET OF VIDEO SHOWS TROUBLING SCENE
The Chicago passenger who had been dragged on his back to the front of a United Express plane later appeared dazed as he spoke through bloody lips.

5. DEMOCRATS FACE UPHILL CLIMB WITH ELECTORATE
Delivering a unifying message that resonates with anti-Trump protesters as well as white working-class voters in the Rust Belt and other presidential battlegrounds remains elusive... MORE

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​​Jesse Williams: ‘Just Because We’re Magic, Does Not Mean We’re Not Real’
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​Shreveport HIV/AIDS Call to Action: 
Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
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​​The Beatings Paradigm: A carryover from our slavery past? Is there a correlation between planta-tion coding, and black parenting and discipline?
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Community Mourns the Loss of Radio Personality ‘Cat Daddy'
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Hillary Clinton: The Secretary Wears Nada​
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REVIEW: Shreveport's Ology Jazz Sextet
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   REVIEW: "United Shades        of America" with With.
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​REVIEW: Larry Wilmore's Set on the White House Correspondent's Dinner

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​​National Museum of African American Music to open on Lower Broadway
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​TAMIR RICE: Settlement of $6 Million, No Culpability
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​Maryland’s Largest Historically Black College Named a National    
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