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Week In Review

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, The Carter Center says

June 3, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife former first lady Rosalynn Carter sit together during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File) By Bill Barrow ASSOCIATED PRESS  ATLANTA — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia, her family announced Tuesday….

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California panel moves forward on reparations to be paid to Black residents

May 12, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Dawn Basciano holds up legal documents while speaking during public comments at the California Reparations Task Force meeting, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Sacramento, Calif. She said her ancestors had land in Coloma taken by the state parks system. California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force will sign off Saturday, May 5, 2023, on key…

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Why so many mass killings? Families, experts seek answers

May 12, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Abel Lopez, right, father of Xavier Lopez who was killed in the shootings in Uvalde, Texas, holds a banner honoring the victims after a Texas House committee voted to take up a bill to limit the age for purchasing AR-15 style weapons in the full House in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2023….

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Muslim mayor blocked from White House decries “watch list”

May 5, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Mohamed Khairullah, a Borough Council member in Prospect Park, N.J., and the newly appointed mayor, is seen during an interview in Paterson, N.J., on July 30, 2004. Khairullah, 30, a Syrian native and former Saudi Arabian resident who is a high school teacher, became one of only two Muslim mayors in New Jersey…

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Man dies after being placed in headlock on NYC subway

May 5, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: New York police officers respond to the scene where a fight was reported on a subway train, Monday, May 1, 2023, in New York. A man suffering an apparent mental health episode aboard a New York City subway died on Monday after being placed in a headlock by a fellow rider, according to…

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