Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies courses from one school to 26 in New Jersey. The decision comes after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked the …
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By MIKE CATALINI
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2/14/23
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A Missouri judge has overturned the conviction of a 50-year-old man who has served nearly 28 years of a life prison sentence for a killing that he says he didn’t commit. Lamar Johnson closed his …
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By JIM SALTER
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2/14/23
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The community of Parkland, Florida, has gathered to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the murder of 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. About 200 people …
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By TERRY SPENCER
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2/14/23
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The 66-year-old man who frantically leapt out of the way of a rampaging U-Haul truck driver on a Brooklyn sidewalk says he doesn’t know how he did it. Mohamed Abdelmagid was walking along Third …
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By DEEPTI HAJELA
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2/14/23
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In “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” hitting theaters Thursday, Paul Rudd's Scott Lang is coasting on his own post-Blip celebrity with a best-selling memoir out and lots of fans around town …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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2/14/23
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Here's a timeline of events in the shooting at Michigan State University (all times Eastern). Witnesses reported shots inside Berkey Hall at around 8:15 p.m. Monday. Shortly afterward, shots were …
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By The Associated Press
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2/14/23
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Blink and you might miss it, but a man wearing a business suit and a jetpack casually blasts off in the first episode of the new series “Hello Tomorrow!” The Apple TV+ series is one of the more …
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By MARK KENNEDY
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2/14/23
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Craig Newmark talks about getting focused, even as he is momentarily distracted by his beloved birds flying away from the numerous feeders in his courtyard to go visit some of his Manhattan …
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By GLENN GAMBOA
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2/14/23
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As the ranks of America’s super wealthy grow, the roster of major philanthropists is expanding to include not-so-typical megadonors — among them, a professional clarinetist, a Ph.D. in meat …
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By MARIA DI MENTO and DREW LINDSAY of The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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2/14/23
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The birth of Stanley Francis Rother was by all accounts ordinary, aside from the weather. The Catholic farm boy came into the world during an Oklahoma dust storm. But in life – and in death – he …
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By BOBBY ROSS Jr.
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2/14/23
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She is Ukrainian, he is Russian. They fell in love in cyberspace, playing an online game together. And just as they were about take their relationship to the next level, Russia's invasion of Ukraine …
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By JOVANA GEC
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2/14/23
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago brought death, destruction and hardship to the country, and awakened fears of a new Cold War.
The Feb. 24 attack resulted in more than 8 million …
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By The Associated Press
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2/14/23
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The case of a homeless man who froze to death in Alaska’s second-largest city of Fairbanks has exposed a hole in the safety net of care provided to a vulnerable population in one of the country's …
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2/13/23
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A key prosecution witness has testified that he delivered millions of dollars in payoffs destined for former Mexican public safety chief Genaro García Luna and saw him leave with the bags of cash. …
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By JENNIFER PELTZ
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2/13/23
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The pandemic took a harsh toll on U.S. teen girls’ mental health, with almost 60% reporting feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness. That's according to a government survey released Monday. …
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By LINDSEY TANNER
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2/13/23
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A new report says two Boston police officers who opened fire on a man who had what appeared to be a real gun near a city hospital three years ago, and who was later shot and killed by police …
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By MARK PRATT
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2/13/23
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In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the platform for calls for help — …
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY
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2/13/23
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Roslyn Pope has died aged 84. She was a 21-year-old senior at Spelman College when she wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying out the reasons for the Atlanta Student Movement in 1960. The …
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By MICHAEL WARREN
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2/13/23
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The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has announced plans to use a portion of its $98 million in opioid settlement funds to construct a new treatment center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The 50-bed, …
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By SEAN MURPHY
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2/13/23
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A federal law that boosted nutrition standards for school meals may have begun to help slow the rise in obesity among America's children. A study released Monday of more than 14,000 schoolkids ages 5 …
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By JONEL ALECCIA
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2/13/23
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