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Week In Review

North Carolina A&T State University releases statement regarding arrest of suspect

April 10, 2023

North Carolina A&T State University has released the following statement: “On March 26 at approximately 4 a.m., Brandon James Bentley was arrested on the North Carolina A&T State University campus after being encountered driving unsafely in the area of Sullivan Street and Benbow Road. After campus law enforcement discovered weapons in the vehicle, Bentley was…

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Mississippi tornado recovery tough for low-income residents

March 31, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Kimberly Berry looks at what’s left of her home outside Anguilla, Miss., Saturday, March 25, 2023, a day after a massive tornado destroyed the one-story structure where she lived with her two daughters. Berry and her 12-year-old daughter survived in a nearby church during the storm, and her 25-year-old daughter survived in the…

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What we know about the Covenant school shooting in Nashville

March 31, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: A young girl places an item at a growing memorial,Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, at an entry to Covenant School for the victims of Monday’ shooting. (AP Photo/John Amis) ASSOCIATED PRESS  NASHVILLE — Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a…

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Video shows Irvo Otieno pinned to floor before his death

March 24, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Caroline Ouko, mother of Irvo Otieno, holds a portrait of her son with attorney Ben Crump, left, and her older son, Leon Ochieng at the Dinwiddie Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Va., on Thursday, March 16, 2023. She said Otieno, who died in a state mental hospital March 6, was “brilliant and creative and bright.”…

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New report finds U.S. Black apprentices underrepresented and underpaid

March 24, 2023

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, America’s Black think tank, released “Five Charts To Understand Black Registered Apprentices in the United States” on Monday detailing the experiences of Black apprentices. The issue brief reveals that Black apprentices are underpaid compared to their peers from other racial and ethnic groups, in addition to being…

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San Francisco board open to reparations with $5M payouts

March 17, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Eric McDonnell, chair of the African American Reparations Advisory Committee, speaks during a special Board of Supervisors hearing about reparations in San Francisco, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Supervisors in San Francisco are taking up a draft reparations proposal that includes a $5 million lump-sum payment for every eligible Black person. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) By Janie…

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Military moves to cut suicides, but defers action on guns

March 17, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, speaks during a briefing with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) By Tara Copp And Lolita C. Baldor ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a number of improvements in access to…

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Mississippi Senate OKs bill affecting majority-Black city

March 17, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Sen. Barbara Blackmon, D-Canton, speaks against legislation that would expand the roles for state police and appointed judges inside the majority-Black and Democratic-led capital city of Jackson, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. The majority-white and Republican-led Mississippi Senate passed the bill which now advances to the House. (AP…

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US government ponders the meaning of race and ethnicity

March 17, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: Nyhiem Way, of Athens, Ga., poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Athens. Changes to how people are identified on surveys and censuses based on race and ethnicity have been proposed by the federal government. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz) By Mike Schneider ASSOCIATED PRESS  Nyhiem Way is weary of people conflating…

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Feds: Louisville police had pattern of violating rights

March 10, 2023

ABOVE PHOTO: A ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park in Annapolis, Md., July 6, 2020. The mural honors Taylor, a 26-year old Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Ky., apartment. A former Louisville police detective who helped write the warrant that led to…

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