LOS ANGELES — Samuel L. Jackson along with Prince Harry and Meghan are some of the individuals being recognized at the NAACP Image Awards Saturday night. Netflix enters with a leading 52 nominations, led by the film “The Harder They Fall,” at the 53rd annual awards, to be televised Saturday at 8 p.m. Jackson will […]
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Even in water-rich Michigan, no guarantee of enough for all
Michigan would seem the last place to worry about water shortages.
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14 shot at Las Vegas hookah parlor; police say 1 person died
Police say it appears two partygoers got into an altercation and exchanged gunfire.
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Coal disaster 50 years later: West Virginia creek teeming with fish
The collapse of a coal-waste impoundment unleashed a torrent of black water into a narrow valley; 125 people died.
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Republicans test midterm message not focused on Trump grievances
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Hong Kong’s success in fending off COVID-19 comes back to haunt
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Whistleblowers say they’re bullied for exposing prison abuse
Federal prison employees say they’re being bullied and threatened for raising concerns about serious misconduct.
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Texas clinics battle strict abortion law as legal hopes dim
The nation’s strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law.
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Parents of teen charged in school shooting to stand trial
They are charged with involuntary manslaughter and accused of making the gun used in the shooting available to the teen.
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CDC to significantly ease pandemic mask guidelines Friday
The new policy comes as the Biden administration moves to shift its focus to preventing serious illness and death from COVID-19, rather than all instances of infection.