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Phoenix nurse arrested for raping woman in coma

China detains Canadian citizens in response to U.S. request for Canada to extradite Huawei CFO

Kansas HS dance coach prevents Black student from performing because her skin is “too dark”

Hours after judge rules 18-year-old can’t stand trial due to mental health, he’s found dead in jail

Mother of MAGA hat wearing teen who terrorized Indigenous man blames “Black Muslims”

Former prosecutor acquits 3 cops accused of falsifying reports in Laquan McDonald shooting

Turkey claims New York Knicks’ Enes Kanter has ties to terror group after he criticizes government

House Democrats cite freedom of speech in refusal to censure Steve King for racist comments

Sudan arrests 28 journalists in crack down on anti-government protests

Study: Body cam footage negatively influences viewers’ perceptions of police violence victims

Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal granted the right of appeal by Philadelphia judge

U.S. District Judge rules against addition of “citizenship” question on U.S. census

480,000 students affected as Los Angeles teachers go on strike for better wages, conditions

#Data4BlackLives conference highlights how technology and race interact

Julián Castro, ex-housing secretary under President Obama, declares intent to run for presidency

APA says ‘masculinity identity’ is linked to homophobia and misogyny in new report

Jameek Lowery went to cops for help, warned they’d kill him on FB live, then died in their custody

Abused Saudi teen who posted story online will be resettled in Australia after refugee status is verified

Networks decide to air Trump begging for border wall money, immediately forced to fact check lies

Tennessee governor Bill Haslam grants Cyntoia Brown clemency after serving 15 years

Two suspects arrested in murder of Jazmine Barnes, but neither matches witness descriptions

Democrats pass symbolic ‘anti-corruption act’ as first action of the new Congress

Police still can’t find 7 y/o Jazmine Barnes’ killer as an older shooting gains suspicion

After shooting threats, lawsuits, & many celebrities refusing to appear, Lifetime’s ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ premieres

NYC to allow people to change gender or choose gender-neutral option on birth certificates

Jair Bolsonaro sworn in as Brazil’s President, increasing the number of far-right demagogues globally

Netflix pulls episode of ‘Patriot Act’ critical of Saudi government at their request, draws criticism

Saudis under fire for using child soldiers from Darfur, offering money for them to fight in Yemen

Organizers of California Women’s March cancel event over concerns that it’s ‘too white’

France’s investigation into attack that prompted the Rwandan genocide is finally ended

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