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​'Mississippi Burning' case, now closed, exposed KKK terror

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal and state authorities this week said they're ending investigation of the 1964 "Mississippi Burning" killings, one of the most infamous cases in the violent backlash to the civil rights movement.

Tuesday marked 52 years since Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were abducted and killed by Ku Klux Klansmen outside Philadelphia, Mississippi, and the civil rights workers' legacy is still honored at annual memorial services.

​During the first weeks after the crime, some Mississippi residents and... MORE
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, holds a copy of the final report as he tells reporters that the investigation into the infamous slayings of three civil rights workers in Mississippi is finally closed, 53 years almost to the day after the young men disappeared during "Freedom Summer," at a news conference Monday, June 20, 2016 in Jackson, Miss. The 1964 killings in Neshoba County sparked national outrage and helped spur passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. They later became the subject of the movie "Mississippi Burning." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

​Oil Canals in National Preserve in Louisiana to Be Filled

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​By CAIN BURDEAU, ASSOCIATED PRESS
​BARATARIA PRESERVE, La. — Jun 21, 2016, 1:37 PM ET

In the heyday of oil exploration on Louisiana's coast after World War II, companies dug about 10,000 miles of canals as straight as Kansas highways through a natural world that's unraveling today — due, in part, to those canals.

Soon, about 16.5 miles of canals are to be filled in the Barataria Preserve — making a small dent in a massive problem.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Monday toured canals in the preserve by airboat. She called the work crucial.

The National Park Service is using $8.7 million from civil penalties drawn from the catastrophic BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 to do the work.

Long ago, oil companies abandoned the canals and spoil banks, which have interfered with hydrology and funneled salt water inland ever since.

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This story has been corrected to say Jewel's tour was on Monday, not Tuesday.

RELATED: Louisiana coastal damages lawsuit provokes wrath of Big Oil's political friends

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​Fathers and freedom: a tribute to black dads on Juneteenth and Father's Day

President Barack Obama walks with daughter Malia outside the White House. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
"For half my life, I’ve been a father. I’ve been an African-American for twice as long.

On Sunday, I, along with millions of other black fathers, get the rare treat of celebrating two milestones: fatherhood and freedom.

​That raises an interesting question: What does it mean to be a black father in America today?"  MORE

It’s Time to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday

by Karl Jacoby (HNN)

A hundred and fifty-one years ago, on June 19, 1865, U.S. forces landed at Galveston, Texas, bringing about the end of slavery in one of the Confederacy’s last strongholds. Upon assuming control of the port, Major General Gordon Granger of the U.S. Army issued an order declaring that “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a... MORE

​Charleston remembers victims on church shooting anniversary

​CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Amid singing and prayer, a communitywide memorial service remembering the victims of the Charleston church shootings got underway Friday in a sports arena a few blocks from Emanuel AME Church.

The service marked the one-year anniversary of the shootings that claimed the lives of nine parishioners during a Bible study at the historic black church. A white man, Dylann Roof, faces death penalty trials in both state and federal courts.

As the service got underway, church leaders walked down the aisle to the stage as a choir sang. Later, the congregation sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing." The stage was lined with pictures of the nine Emanuel AME victims, the words "Still Speaking from Eternity" above each picture.
A woman reads the program for a memorial service honoring those killed in last year's shooting at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., Friday, June 17, 2016. Friday marks one year since nine people were shot and killed while studying their Bibles in a basement room at the historic church. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

​'Not the America we want': Obama blasts Trump's Muslim plans

President Barack Obama speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, following a meeting with his National Security Council to get updates on the investigation into the attack in Orlando, Florida and review efforts to degrade and destroy ISIL. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American security and a menacing echo of some of the most shameful moments in U.S. history.

Obama's rebuke was his most searing yet of th... MORE

Orlando survivor Patience Carter: ​
​"The guilt of being alive is heavy"

​ORLANDO, FL (WTXF) - FOX 29 Philadelphia intern Patience Carter was wounded in the Orlando nightclub shooting that left 49 innocent people dead. She shared a poem of her experience Tuesday.

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. ATTORNEY GENERAL VISITING ORLANDO IN WAKE OF DEADLY ATTACK

Loretta Lynch will meet with prosecutors, first responders and families of the victims of the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

2. ELECTION YEAR NOT SWAYING REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS

Even the most vulnerable GOP senators are siding with the NRA on gun votes.

3.THE FEW, THE PROUD ... THE PHYSICALLY FIT

AP finds that new physical standards established so women can compete for combat posts in the Marine Corps weed out many of the female hopefuls — and some men too..... MORE

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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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REVIEW: Shreveport's Ology Jazz Sextet
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