The late civil rights icon is eulogized by three former presidents and others at his funeral in Atlanta.
Katherine Lee
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Pilgrims pray on peak day of hajj in shadow of coronavirus
Masked pilgrims have arrived at Mount Arafat to pray and repent on the most important day of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
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Tracy Morgan, wife to divorce after 5 years of marriage
Morgan and Megan Wollover married after the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member recovered from a 2014 highway crash.
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Ex-Minneapolis officer seeks to have charges dropped in George Floyd death
Tou Thao will ask the judge to dismiss the charges at a hearing on Sept. 11.
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Misinformation on virus grows as U.S. hits 150,000 deaths
President Trump retweets a false video about an anti-malaria drug and it’s revealed that Russian intelligence is spreading disinformation about the crisis through English-language websites.
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House panel grills Big Tech CEOs over antitrust concerns
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple face questions about their business practices and market dominance.
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Outrage after NYPD takes away protester in unmarked van
Bystander video of 18-year-old Nikki Stone’s arrest spread quickly on social media.
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Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert tests positive for coronavirus
The news prompts senior lawmakers to reconsider their opposition to mandatory testing for members of Congress.
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U.S. officials say Russia spreading virus disinformation
U.S. officials say Russian intelligence officers are trying to exploit a crisis that America is struggling to contain before the presidential election in November.
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Federal officials, Oregon in talks about pulling agents in Portland
A senior White House official says the Trump administration has indicated that it would begin to draw down the presence of federal agents in Portland if the state steps up its own enforcement.