A Virginia man sells his scrawny trees to benefit a school that provides scholarships for students from an impoverished area.
Deb Hardy
Staff Writer
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Air Force: Blacks are more likely investigated, disciplined
‘Black service members need to work twice as hard and you can’t mess up,’ said one Black squadron commander.
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EU greenlights COVID-19 vaccine after agency gives safety OK
Deliveries of the vaccine are expected to start Saturday, with inoculations beginning across the 27-nation bloc next week.
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K.T. Oslin, country singer of ‘80’s Ladies,’ dies at 78
In 1988, Oslin unseated Reba McEntire as the Country Music Association’s female vocalist of the year.
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Chicago officers involved in wrong raid placed on desk duty
They wrongly raided the home of a Black woman who wasn’t allowed to get dressed before being handcuffed.
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U.S. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion
The Justice Department has unsealed charges against a Libyan bombmaker in the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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Russian opposition leader releases recording of call to his alleged poisoner
The man Alexei Navalny talked to revealed some details of how the politician was supposedly poisoned.
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Stocks fall on worries about virus’ spread, but pare losses
The emergence of a new, potentially more infectious strain of the coronavirus raises worries that the economy is about to take even worse punishment.
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McDonald’s sells Spam burger with cookie crumbs in China
The ‘Lunchmeat Burger’ is part of a series of members-only promotions, the company says.
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Congress’ rescue aid: A dose of support, but is it enough?
The package will provide urgently needed benefits to the unemployed, loans to help small businesses stay open and up to $600 in cash payments to most individuals.