Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO: Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery, the parents of Ahmaud Arbery, address the media following the sentencing of Travis McMicheal in federal court in Brunswick, Ga. on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022. The white man who fatally shot Arbery after chasing the 25-year-old Black man in a Georgia neighborhood was sentenced Monday to life in…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Shaun Harrison reacts as attorneys give closing arguments in his trial in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. Harrison, a former dean at a Boston high school known affectionately by students as “Rev” has been ordered, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022 by a federal judge to pay more than $10 million in damages to a…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Lt. Gen. Michael Langley speaks during a Senate Armed Services hearing to examine the nominations at the Capitol Hill, on Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling him…

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ABOVE PHOTO: President Joe Biden hugs Tamika Palmer, mother of Breonna Taylor, as Rev. Al Sharpton watches after Biden signed an executive order in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Washington. The order comes on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death, and is focused on policing. (AP Photo/Alex…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Political campaign signs in Emporia, Kansas for and against the Kansas House Concurrent Resolution 5003 (Value Them Both constitutional amendment) vote in today’s primary election.  (Mark Reinstein/Shutterstock.com) By John Hanna and Margaret Stafford ASSOCIATED PRESS TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: In this Dec. 27, 2012, file photo, a variety of military-style semi-automatic rifles obtained during a buy back program are displayed at Los Angeles police headquarters. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned two lower court judges and upheld California’s ban on high-capacity magazines Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in a split decision…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, April 8, 2022, celebrating the confirmation of Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has taken a step that will allow new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This combo of June 3, 2020 file photos provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff’s Office, shows, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Former Minneapolis police Officer Thomas Lane is hoping for a sentence Thursday, July 21, 2022, that could let him go free after as little as two…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Ann Arbor police chief Michael Cox poses at the Ann Arbor News Wednesday, Aug. 7 2019. Cox, a former Boston police officer who was beaten more than 25 years ago by colleagues who mistook him for a suspect in a fatal shooting, will be the new leader of the city’s police department, Boston…

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ABOVE PHOTO: The Old Well is seen near the South Building on campus at The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. The flagship school of North Carolina’s university system announced Friday, July 15, 2022, that it has reached a settlement with the journalist who ultimately shunned the school in an extended dispute over…

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