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Guard in DC Forced to Sleep in Garages, Sparking Outcry
  • 22 January 2021
Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to...
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Twitter Suspends US Congresswoman Over Election Fraud Claims
  • 18 January 2021
Twitter has temporarily suspended the account of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican U.S. Congresswoman...
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FILE - In this May 30, 2020, file photo, a demonstrator raises their fist as others gather to protest the death of George Floyd near the White House in Washington. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. Black activists are coming out strongly against a growing narrative among conservatives that equates last week’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol to last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Comparison Between Capitol Siege, BLM Protests Is Denounced
  • 14 January 2021
Black activists are coming out strongly against a growing narrative among conservatives that equates the...
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VOA Reporter Abruptly Pulled from Beat for Questions (Video)
  • 12 January 2021
The White House reporter for Voice of America was abruptly pulled from her beat after...
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Members of the Phoenix Police Department stand vigil during the open casket viewing of former Phoenix Vice Mayor and city councilman Calvin C. Goode at the Calvin C. Goode Municipal Building in Phoenix, Ariz. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. Goode died on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. He was 93. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)
Racist Slurs Interrupt Funeral for Phoenix Civil Rights Icon
  • 12 January 2021
The Phoenix Police Department is investigating after a virtual funeral for civil rights icon and...
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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick yells from the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Inglewood, Calif. President Donald Trump will present one of the nation’s highest civilian honors to Bill Belichick, the football coach of the New England Patriots and the only coach to win six Super Bowl titles. The presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom is expected Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Belichick Won’t Accept Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • 11 January 2021
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick said that he will not receive the Presidential Medal...
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This combination of photos released by Vogue shows images of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the cover of their February digital and print issues. Vogue's February 2021 issue is available on newsstands nationwide on January 26. (Tyler Mitchell/Vogue via AP)
Harris Team Says It Was Blindsided by VP-Elect’s Vogue Cover
  • 11 January 2021
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue...
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Seattle Musician, Podcaster Apologizes for ‘Bean Dad’ Story
  • 5 January 2021
John Roderick has apologized for a story he told online about making his young daughter...
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Girl Scouts Call on Cookie Bakers to Address Child Labor
  • 30 December 2020
The Girl Scouts of the USA said that child labor has no place in its...
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Fired Tyson Boss Says COVID Office Pool Was a ‘Morale Boost’
  • 29 December 2020
One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract...
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FILE - In this June 18, 2018, file photo, patches cover the back of a Girl Scout's vest at a demonstration of some of their activities in Seattle. Girl Scouts of the United States of America claim the century-old organization is in a "highly damaging" recruitment war with Boy Scouts of America after the group opened its core services to girls, leading to marketplace confusion and some girls unwittingly joining the Boy Scouts. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Girl Scouts Rebuke Boy Scouts in Escalating Recruitment War
  • 26 December 2020
The competition, more conjecture than reality two years ago, has intensified as the Boy Scouts...
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Louis Vuitton Yoga Mat Made of Leather Draws Hindu Complaint
  • 22 December 2020
A Hindu activist is calling on luxury goods maker Louis Vuitton to pull a yoga...
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