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Details: Written by MICHAEL HILL Associated Press; Published: 21 January 2024

James Cromitie, convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidential informant in an agency-invented conspiracy to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down National Guard planes

Details: Written by KEN RITTER and RIO YAMAT Associated Press; Published: 20 January 2024

School officials in Las Vegas have released police reports and body camera footage under court order of a campus officer kneeling on a Black student last year. Cellphone footage showed the Las Vegas teen recording officers detaining another student when one of the officers pulled the teen to the ground and kneeled on him. The officer said in a written report also released Thursday that he was investigating a report of a gun near the school. No weapon was found

Details: Written by BILL BARROW Associated Press; Published: 19 January 2024

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley smiles while visiting Kay's Bakery and Cafe, during a campaign stop, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Hampton, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

On his Truth Social account Friday, Trump repeatedly referred to Haley, the daughter of immigrants from India, as “Nimbra.”

Details: Written by Alecia Taylor, Howard University News Service; Published: 19 January 2024

Photo: Shutterstock, HUNS

Families should expect a significant decrease in questions, new language on the form and possibly larger grants for some students.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown; Published: 18 January 2024

The president asserted that his administration’s SAVE plan has helped 3.6 million Americans by canceling their student debt.

Details: Written by ALEXANDRA OLSON, HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers; Published: 16 January 2024

(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Lawsuits and threat letters have targeted dozens of prominent companies and a wide array of diversity policies, including fellowships, hiring goals, anti-bias training and contract programs for minority-owned businesses. Some companies are already retooling their diversity programs in the face of lawsuits, and the growing expectation that the conservative-dominated Supreme Court will eventually take up the issue.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 16 January 2024

He also never lost sight of the fact that civil rights — addressing racial and economic injustice — were inextricable from liberation, freedom, equality, and world peace.

Details: Written by By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press; Published: 14 January 2024

More than 162,000 homes and businesses in Oregon were without electricity Sunday following heavy snow and ice storms, according to poweroutage.us. The harsh weather in Oregon played a role in three deaths and weather-related deaths were also reported in California, Idaho, Illinois and Wisconsin

Details: Written by HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press; Published: 12 January 2024

(Matt Gade/The Deseret News via AP, file)

Joscelin Thomas alleges in a federal lawsuit that Davis School District administrators treated her “as if she were stupid.” The U.S. Department of Justice has investigated the school district in 2021.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown; Published: 10 January 2024

Joe Biden (Photo: NNPA)

“Power the People” aims to persuade, organize, welcome, educate, and reach voters from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Despite the significant allocation, a notable omission from the Democratic strategy is the exclusion of the Black Press of America, a move that continues to raise eyebrows given the pressing need to engage African American voters effectively.

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