WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama is knitting and thinking about retiring from public life. The former first lady says in a new People magazine interview that she picked up knitting needles to pass time during the coronavirus pandemic. And now she’s hooked. “Knitting is a forever proposition,” she said. “You don’t master knitting, because once you […]
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Hundreds claim decades of abuse by 150 New Hampshire youth detention staffers
Abuse allegations against New Hampshire’s state-run youth detention center have grown to include 230 men and woman who say they were physically or sexually abused between 1963 and 2018.
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Former Massachusetts officer to face charge in alleged beating of Black man
A court official rules there was probable cause for the case to move forward.
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‘We turn a blind eye’: Boston’s police remain largely white
City leaders have vowed for years to work toward making the police force look more like the community it serves.
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Grand jury declines to charge officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death
The officers held down Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, naked and handcuffed on a Rochester, N.Y., street last winter until he stopped breathing.
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Top board leaders resign after deadly Texas power outages
Calls for wider firings remain in the aftermath of one of the worst power outages in U.S. history.
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Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
The organization also kicks out two other churches for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.
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Critics: GOP measures target Black voter turnout in Georgia
Black voters have fueled big Democratic wins in Georgia, and Republicans are trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again
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Biden to visit storm-ravaged Texas on Friday
Temperatures have returned to near normal across the state, but millions of Texas residents remain under boil-water notices.
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States rush to catch up on delayed vaccines, expand access
Bad weather last week led to clinic closures and shipment backlogs.