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​New Librarian of Congress is first woman, first African-American 

​Carla Hayden. Librarian of Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed the longtime head of Baltimore's library system to be the next Librarian of Congress. She is the first woman and the first African-American to hold the position.

The vote was 74-18 for Carla Hayden on Wednesday. President Barack Obama had nominated Hayden to be the 14th Librarian of Congress in the institution's 214-year history. He called her milestones on gender and race "long overdue."... MORE

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

1. TRUMP ROLLS OUT CHILD CARE, MATERNITY LEAVE PLANS

The proposals to guarantee new mothers six weeks paid maternity leave and make child care more affordable breaks with conservative orthodoxy.

2. CLINTON TO RETURN TO CAMPAIGN TRAIL THURSDAY AFTER PNEUMONIA BOUT

Clinton is scheduled to address the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute dinner in Washington on Thursday evening and appear on "The Tonight Show" Friday.

3. SYRIA CEASE-FIRE DEAL RIFE WITH LEGAL QUESTIONS FOR US-RUSSIA COOPERATION

The first hurdle is that Congress has enacted a law prohibiting any military cooperation with Moscow in the wake of Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.

4. FORMER ISRAELI PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES SUFFERS MAJOR STROKE

Dr. Itzik Kreiss, director of the Sheba Medical Center, says Peres experienced "lots of bleeding" as a result of the stroke.

5. WHY U.S. HOUSEHOLDS GOT A RAISE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007

Higher minimum wages in many states and tougher competition among businesses to fill jobs pushed up pay last year, while low inflation made those paychecks stretch further.... 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.
​   Kamau Bell
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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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