The name of the alternative school in southwest Atlanta currently references Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general who was active in the Ku Klux Klan.
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Democrats press ahead on virus aid package, reject Republican pitch to divide it up
The president spoke directly with Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who is leading a bipartisan group with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., that is racing to strike a compromise.
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Virus will kill many more, White House projects as briefings resume
The Biden administration is projecting that as many as 90,000 Americans will die from COVID-19 in the next four weeks.
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Auschwitz survivors mark anniversary online amid pandemic
In one of the few live events, mourners gathered in Poland’s capital to pay their respects at a memorial in the former Warsaw ghetto.
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Police raid Russian opposition leader’s apartment, offices
Police also searched the apartment of Navalny’s spokeswoman, who was arrested last week and jailed, and an investigator for Alexei Navalny’s group.
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U.S. restores relations with Palestinians, renews refugee aid
‘Under the new administration, the policy of the United States will be to support a mutually agreed two-state solution, one in which Israel lives in peace and security alongside a viable Palestinian state,’ acting U.S. Ambassador Richard Mills said.
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Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st secretary of state
He vows that the administration will approach the world with both humility and confidence.
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The Latest: Biden says he’s ‘bringing back the pros’ for virus briefings
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.
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Treasury Department restarts effort to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill
Trump administration Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not move forward with the decision by the Obama administration to put the 19th century abolitionist leader on the $20 bill.
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Alaskan illustrator becomes first Native American to win Caldecott Medal
Michaela Goade won the prestigious Randolph Caldecott Medal for best children’s picture story, for ‘We Are Water Protectors.’