By Dareh Gregorian and Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Kamala Harris received President Joe Biden’s backing Sunday to take his place as the Democratic presidential nominee, an endorsement he made after announcing he is abandoning his re-election bid. Biden’s decision to bow out breaks open the nominating process
By Dareh Gregorian and Yamiche Alcindor Vice President Kamala Harris received President Joe Biden’s backing Sunday to take his place as the Democratic presidential nominee, an endorsement he made after announcing he is abandoning his re-election bid. Biden’s decision to bow out breaks open the nominating process — meaning Harris or any other Democrat could seek the party’s nomination. The
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By Peter Nicholas President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, bringing an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House just four months before Election Day. Biden, 81, could not reverse growing sentiment within his party that he was too frail to
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Courtesy of Spelman College Spelman College announced today, plans to hold the College’s 2023 Baccalaureate Ceremony on Saturday, May 20, 2023, 10:00 a.m. (ET), at the Georgia International Convention Center. The guest speaker is Reverend Traci Blackmon, associate general minister of Justice and Local Church Ministries for the United Church of Christ. Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of
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Courtesy of BBC News Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a “moment of great sadness” for him and his family and that her loss would be “deeply felt” around the world. Senior royals had gathered at her Scottish estate after concerns grew about her health earlier on Thursday.
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By Brandon Griggs, Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94. Clint Watson, press secretary for the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, confirmed to CNN that Poitier died Thursday evening. Poitier
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Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all three charges in relation to the May 2020 killing of George Floyd. Today, the former Minneapolis Police officer was found guilty by 12 jurors of the Hennepin County court. The charges include second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Chauvin faces a maximum sentence of 40 years for
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By Eric Levenson and Aaron Cooper Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday on charges of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The jury of five men and seven women deliberated for four hours Monday afternoon and resumed deliberating Tuesday morning, according to the court. They were sequestered from the
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Harris says verdict in Chauvin trial ‘will not heal the pain that existed for generations’ By Kevin Liptak Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday the country is hungry for justice following the death of George Floyd, but acknowledged even a verdict finding former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of Floyd’s murder would not erase
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Rapper DMX has died at the age of 50. After suffering a heart attack the previous week, the artist was hospitalized and placed on life support until his eventual passing away. Born Earl Simmons in December of 1970, DMX grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and he came onto the rap scene in the early 1990’s.
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Congressman Alcee Hastings has passed away at the age of 84 after battling pancreatic cancer. A democrat, Hastings represented Florida’s 20th Congressional District, including areas around Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. He announced in 2019 that he had pancreatic cancer but said he planned on remaining in Congress. The dean of the Florida congressional
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