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ABOVE PHOTO: Naomi Campbell   (Photo: JStone / shutterstock) LONDON (AP) — Naomi Campbell says she has become the mother of a baby girl. The 50-year-old British supermodel announced the news Tuesday on Instagram, posting a picture of her hand holding a baby’s feet. She wrote: “A beautiful little blessing has chosen me to be…

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By CLAUDIA LAUER PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner survived a challenge in the Democratic primary that pit his progressive reforms against growing concern over a rising tide of homicides and gun crimes. The primary was seen as referendum on whether a wave of prosecutors elected on promises of criminal justice reform —…

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By BEN FINLEY and JONATHAN DREW ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina prosecutor said Tuesday that sheriff’s deputies were justified in fatally shooting Andrew Brown Jr. because he struck a deputy with his car and nearly ran him over while ignoring commands to show his hands and get out of the vehicle. District…

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SUN ELECTION RECOMMENDATIONS: WHO TO VOTE FOR MAY 18:SUN ELECTION PICKS 1) Justice of Supreme Court: Maria MCLaughlin 2) Judge of The Superior Court: Tamika Lane 3) Judge of The Commonwealth Court:Sierra Street and Lori A. Dumas 4) Judge of The Court of Common Please:Caroline Turner, Terri Booker, Maurice Houston, Mark J. Moore, Tamika Washington, Patrick J Moran, Cateria MCCabe, Michele Hangley…

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By JEFFREY COLLINS COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electric chair or a newly formed firing squad in hopes the state can restart executions after an involuntary 10-year pause. South Carolina had been one of…

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By TIM REYNOLDS UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Vanessa Bryant took Michael Jordan’s hand and walked down from the stage, a familiar chant breaking out throughout the arena as she made her way back to her seat. “Kobe! Kobe! Kobe!” the crowd shouted. With that, he was — officially, finally — a member of the Naismith…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A day after Philadelphia’s health commissioner was forced to resign over the cremation of partial remains belonging to victims of a 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization, the city now says those remains were never actually destroyed. Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement late Friday saying that the remains of MOVE…

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By MARK SCOLFORO 2 hours ago HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Protests over George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic lawmaker took to the floor of the Pennsylvania Senate to argue for greater protections against racial discrimination. Next week, nearly a year after Floyd’s…

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Statement from Mayor Jim Kenney:  “Earlier this week, I learned of a very disturbing incident involving the Philadelphia Department of Public Health that occurred during the first term of our administration. Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley disclosed that several years ago he learned of remains found by the Medical Examiner’s Office that belonged to victims…

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