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Written by AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press

Published: 16 August 2016

In this Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 photo, probationary Los Angeles Police Officer Asia Hardy plays with her daughter, 4-year-old Mali Hudson outside her home in Altadena, Calif. Hardy says she wanted to become a police officer and patrol one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles to serve as an example to other black people. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) 

Renata Phillip was 11 years into a satisfying teaching career when made a drastic career change to become a police officer 

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Written by Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor)

Published: 16 August 2016

Ashley D. Bell speaks with The Associated Press Aug. 9 in Washington. Bell, who was one of the 18 black delegates at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, has been hired as an RNC senior strategist and national director of African-American engagement. (AP Photo/Paul Holston) 

Strategy focuses on outreach at HBCUs, stressing economic empowerment and criminal justice reform 

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Published: 15 August 2016

 

Feds declare a major disaster in the state          

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Written by DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press

Published: 15 August 2016

 

GOP-led Congress has opposed President's efforts to close prison     

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Written by TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press

Published: 14 August 2016

 

One person shot Sunday as tension persists over death of 23-year-old     

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Written by BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press

Published: 14 August 2016

Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces raise their flag in the center of the town of Manbij after driving Islamic State militants out of the area, in Aleppo province, Syria. Syrian Kurdish officials and an activist group say U.S.-backed fighters have seized a key Islamic State stronghold in northern Syria after two months of heavy fighting and freed hundreds of civilians the extremists had used as human shields. (ANHA via AP) 

Women celebrate by burning black robes; men shave their beards    

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Written by The Associated Press

Published: 14 August 2016

 

Brilliant gymnast can leap twice her own height    

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Written by LISA LERER, KEN THOMAS, Associated Press

Published: 14 August 2016

 

Clintons gave more than $1 million to charity      

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Written by STEVE PEOPLES, JILL COLVIN, JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

Published: 13 August 2016

 

Trump's trash talk is "like an addiction he can't stop"  

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Written by LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press

Published: 13 August 2016

 

The Marine Corps is looking for a few good women