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A man prays during the executive committee plenary meeting at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting Monday, June 14, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Ed Litton Elected SBC President Amid Conservative Tensions

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By Michael Warren Alabama pastor Ed Litton will be the next president of the Southern Baptist Convention following a narrow election win Tuesday — a victory for the more moderate establishment against a conservative insurgency in an ongoing fight within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. The vote comes as the SBC has been grappling with questions

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 30: An Air Canada plane sits parked at the gate at San Francisco International Airport on June 30, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Canada's largest airline Air Canada is suspending 30 domestic routes as the company continues to lose money due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The airline has laid off 20,000 people, grounded over 200 planes and has lost $1-billion in the first quarter. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

DOT Seeks $25M Fine Against Air Canada Over Refund Delays

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By Gregory Wallace US officials are seeking a $25 million fine from Air Canada, accusing the airline of failing to provide timely refunds to more than 5,000 passengers during the coronavirus pandemic. The formal complaint is the first enforcement action that the Department of Transportation has announced against an airline since the pandemic upended the

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Senate Passes Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

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By Ted Barrett, Ali Zaslav and Alex Rogers The Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The legislation has gained momentum since the massive Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the police killing of George

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FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2018, file photo, Black Voters Matter Fund co-founders, LaTosha Brown, left, and Cliff Albright, right, lead Mississippi grassroots partners in some empowerment cheers aboard a bus tour to Greenville, Miss. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention on Aug. 28, 2020, to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Albright, said the 2020 Black National Convention will deepen the solutions to systemic racism and create more alignment within the movement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Freedom Ride 2021: Black Voters Matter Fight Voting Laws

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By Fredreka Schouten This week, voting right activists Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown will board a 53-foot bus and kick off a tour through the South. Their task: Rally public support for federal legislation to combat the raft of new state laws aimed at restricting voting rights. They face big obstacles. Among them: Democratic Sen.

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Harris met with immigrant women who work in the care economy on the ninth anniversary of the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Photographer: Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Kamala Harris Hosts Bipartisan Dinner for Women Senators

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By Jasmine Wright and Veronica Stracqualursi Vice President Kamala Harris held a private dinner Tuesday night for the female US senators, a show of bipartisanship among a deeply divided Congress. It was the first known time that Harris hosted lawmakers in the vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory since moving in April, a process that was

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 21: Special Assistant to President Obama, My Brother's Keeper Michael Smith attends the launch of Careers In Entertainment Tour (CIE), September 21, 2016 at the Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn, NY. The Careers In Entertainment Tour is an initiative of the Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation in the support of President Obamas My Brothers Keepers initiative and in partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, U.S. Small Business Administration and NYC Mayors office of Media and Entertainment. The event hosted approximately 600 youth from NYC Public Schools and colleges who gained an insightful perspective of alternative careers within the entertainment industry through panel discussions moderated by actor, author, and activist Hill Harper, and an interactive experience with immersive and experimental workshops with top executives, producers, educators, talent and production crew. Panelists included Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Leona Lewis, actress Regina Hall and actor Jussie Smollett. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for the Will And Jada Smith Family Foundation)

Biden Nominates Michael D. Smith to Lead AmeriCorps

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By Kate Sullivan President Joe Biden will nominate Michael D. Smith to serve as the chief executive officer of AmeriCorps, the nation’s main public service program, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Smith currently serves as the executive director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance — an initiative launched by former President Barack Obama in 2014 to

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A shopper wearing a protective mask carries a Nordstrom Inc. shopping bag in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Prices paid by U.S. consumers rose in May by more than forecast, extending a months-long buildup in inflation that risks becoming more established as the economy strengthens. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

US retail sales dip 1.3% in May, strong growth outlook ahead

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By Anneken Tappe and Nathaniel Meyersohn US retail sales fell 1.3% in May as the sector continues to come down from the stimulus-fueled high of recent months. The last round of stimulus checks from the American Rescue Plan approved by Congress in March boosted consumer spending in the early spring months. But the sugar rush has worn off. Sales

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Pennsylvania GOP advances election overhaul, Wolf vows veto

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By Dianne Gallagher and Paul LeBlanc Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania are the latest to push new state-level voting restrictions, with a key state House committee on Tuesday advancing a major election overhaul bill that the state’s Democratic governor blasted as “extreme.” “Pennsylvania had a free, fair and secure election in November 2020 with record turnout, in

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 19: The U.S. Capitol is shown as a looming government shutdown threatens federal government services January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. Congress continues to wrestle with passage of a continuing resolution to fund the federal government past midnight this evening. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Texas Democrats press DC on voting rights after SB7 walkout

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By Dianne Gallagher and Wesley Bruer Nearly two dozen Democratic members of the Texas state Legislature are taking their voting rights fight from Austin to Washington this week. The trip is a “Hail Mary” effort of sorts, to apply some Texas-sized pressure on US lawmakers to support the passage of the For the People Act, a comprehensive federal

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - OCTOBER 03: Aerial view of single-family homes photographed during a media flight for the Great Pacific Airshow in Huntington Beach, CA, on Thursday, Oct 3, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

JPMorgan pledges $400M to fight home appraisal bias, inequality

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By Matt Egan JPMorgan Chase is throwing its considerable weight behind efforts to root out racial bias in the appraisal of homes in America. As part of a new bank-wide commitment to fight housing inequality, JPMorgan is for the first time outlining specific legislation that can fight appraisal bias, backing the study of innovative ways to value

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