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11-03-2024 5:59 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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Senior Airman Roger Fortson (U.S. Air Force via AP)
The mother of a Black U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot by deputies who burst into his apartment in the Florida Panhandle began crying while listening to her family’s attorney recount the death of her son.The family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said that Senior Airmen Roger Fortson said Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies responding to a disturbance call at the apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot Fortson when they saw he was armed with a gun.
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Benjamin E. Mays High School Class of 2012 Graduation / (Photo Credit: March Richardson/Patch)
An HBCU that has overcome adversity is reaching back to help high schoolers do the same!
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sits with Clarence B. Jones before President Joe Biden awards them the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 3, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Honorees include civil rights icons such as the late Medgar Evers, prominent political leaders such as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. James Clyburn, and actor Michelle Yeoh.
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Oregon's Secretary of State has joined top election officials in six other states in sending a letter to the parent company of Facebook, asking it to stop allowing ads that claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen. In the letter addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the secretaries said allowing such ads will further erode trust in elections and fuel threats of political violence against election workers
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(Photo: @whitehouse on Instagram)
Officials said the tour builds on Harris’ extensive travel to communities nationwide. Since the beginning of 2024, she has made more than 35 trips to 16 states, engaging with small business owners and entrepreneurs in underserved communities to discuss challenges and opportunities.
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(Photo: Explore Flint & Genesee – Flint Public Art Project)
As the community rebuilds, Black artists like Keyon Lovett are helping by promoting unity and hope.
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President Joe Biden greets police at the White House (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Image)
Black Americans are murdered at nearly eight times the rate of white Americans. Young Black men in inner cities are disproportionately affected. They are both the primary victims and perpetrators of gun assaults and homicides. This grave reality does not mean Black people are inherently violent. Instead, it largely reflects their disproportionate experience of systemic barriers such as poverty and limited access to quality education, good jobs and affordable housing – all factors that research shows contribute to neighborhood violence.
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Encompassing a sprawling 60-square-mile expanse in the southeast of East Baton Rouge Parish, St. George is poised to emerge as an autonomous entity with its own mayor and city council, catering to an estimated population of 86,000 residents.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The minority leader of the House Democrats, Jeffries and the House Democratic leadership team decided this week they would help Speaker Mike Johnson stay on the job rather than be ousted by far-right Republicans led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. This comes after Jeffries already delivered the Democratic votes needed to fund the government and prevent a federal shutdown, send foreign aid to Ukraine and other allies, as Johnson's Republicans are beset by infighting and chaos. One Democrat called Jeffries the “shadow speaker” of the House.
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