Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO: Women carry water in Gahanga the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday, April 4, 2024. The country commemorated the 30th anniversary of the genocide on April 7, 2024, which occurred when ethnic Hutu extremists killed neighbors, friends and family during a three-month rampage of violence aimed at ethnic Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, leaving…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The Rev. Cecil Murray Sr., of the First African Methodist Episcopal, preaches to his congregation, Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998, in Los Angeles. Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who gained international attention for his efforts to help Los Angeles recover from one of the country’s worst race riots, died Friday, April…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. Anti-smoking groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, over a long-awaited ban on menthol cigarettes, which has been idling at the White House for months. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Diverted traffic, including an ambulance on a call, passes a closed portion of the Washington Bridge, Friday, March 8, 2024, in East Providence, R.I. The closure of a section of the bridge, and onramps, due to failure of some bridge components, has caused a significant loss to local businesses. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) By…

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By Tia GoldenbergASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, called a halt to its work in the Gaza Strip after an Israeli strike killed seven of its workers, mostly foreigners. The group, which said it will make decisions about longer-term plans in the region soon, has…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Imam Omar Niass leads evening prayers with mostly Senegalese migrants, before the breaking of Ramadan fast and the serving of a festive meal called an iftar, Friday March 15, 2024, at Bronx’s Masjid Ansaru-Deen mosque in New York. The mosque, formerly the Imam’s home, has been a refuge since 2020 where hundreds of…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani works in her office Wednesday, March 27, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is announcing changes to how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity. “It feels good to be seen,” said Eskamani, whose parents are from Iran. (AP Photo/John…

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State Rep. Harold Love, Jr., D-Nashville, left, speaks to state Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, on the House floor Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) By Kimberlee KruesiASSOCIATED PRESS NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trustees of Tennessee’s only publicly funded historically Black university were removed last Thursday under legislation signed into law by…

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Opal Lee, left, applauds during a ceremony before raising the first wall to her new home on her family’s former lot in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Lee, one of the driving forces behind Juneteenth becoming a national holiday, attended a ceremony to watch as the walls are raised on new home….

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ABOVE PHOTO: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs an education overhaul bill into law, March 8, 2023, at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. On Monday, March 25, 2024, a high school teacher and two students sued Arkansas over the state’s ban on critical race theory and “indoctrination” in public schools, asking a federal…

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