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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Tony Bennett, enraged by racism, championed civil rights alongside MLK — In an era when most white entertainers stayed on the sidelines, the singer marched for racial equality and resisted apartheid. — In the 1950s, Tony Bennett watched with dismay as Black musicians like Nat King Cole …
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Dave Kindy / Washington Post:
Tony Bennett saw racism and horror in World War II. It changed him. — What were the chances? Thousands of miles from home, in a foreign land devastated by war, old friends bumped into each other on the street. — It was Thanksgiving Day, 1945, when two U.S. Army soldiers met unexpectedly in Mannheim, Germany.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Biden: 'Tony Bennett's life was legendary'
Biden: 'Tony Bennett's life was legendary'
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Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
DeSantis Faces Swell of Criticism Over Florida's New Standards for Black History — In one benchmark, middle schoolers would learn that enslaved Americans developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.” — After an overhaul to Florida's African American history standards …
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Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
Harris, on DeSantis's turf, blasts Florida curriculum on Black history — Vice President Harris denounced what she calls the state's effort to rewrite the history of Black people in America — Vice President Harris, taking aim at Gov. Ron DeSantis's “war on woke” on Friday in his home state …
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Harris blasts Florida's history standards' claim slavery included ‘benefit’ to Black Americans
Harris blasts Florida's history standards' claim slavery included ‘benefit’ to Black Americans
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's trial date conjures GOP's nightmare scenario — When the trial date for Donald Trump's Manhattan hush money case was set for March — during the GOP presidential primary schedule — the former president and leading 2024 Republican candidate shook his head.
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Jaclyn Diaz / NPR:
Trump's classified documents trial date is set. What to know about this complex case
Trump's classified documents trial date is set. What to know about this complex case
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New York Times:
Michael Cohen Agrees to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization
Michael Cohen Agrees to Settle Lawsuit With Trump Organization
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Trial in Trump Documents Case Set for May 2024
Trial in Trump Documents Case Set for May 2024
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New York Times:
Texas A&M President Resigns Amid Fallout Over Journalism Program — The university said M. Katherine Banks would retire “immediately” after political pushback over the effort to appoint Kathleen McElroy to lead its journalism program. — Texas A&M University said on Friday that its president was resigning …
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Kate McGee / The Texas Tribune:
Texas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor — “The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”
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Suzanne Bates / Deseret News:
Ahead of DeSantis' visit to Utah, a new poll shows him losing ground to Trump among the state's GOP voters — Voters also weighed in on what quality they want most in a leader, with moral character topping the list — As Utah prepares for a visit from GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Friday …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Iowa poll shows Scott gaining on DeSantis; Trump with commanding lead
Iowa poll shows Scott gaining on DeSantis; Trump with commanding lead
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden's lawyer Kevin Morris is seen smoking a BONG on the balcony of his LA home while clearly visible from the road during a visit from the president's son — DailyMail.com saw Hunter Biden's hotshot lawyer Kevin Morris smoking from a large bong on the balcony of his Los Angeles home on Thursday
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Morgan Stanley credits Bidenomics for ‘much stronger’ than expected GDP growth — President Joe Biden's economic policies drove an unexpected economic surge that has forced Morgan Stanley to make a “sizable upward revision” in its GDP forecasts. — Biden's 2021 infrastructure bill has created …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
New York Republicans to House leaders: Hold the SALT at your own risk — The Scoop — Tensions are flaring between House Republicans as lawmakers from New York have threatened to oppose a major upcoming tax bill unless it raises the current $10,000 cap on the State and Local Tax Deduction …
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Nolan Dorn / KLKN-TV:
26-year-old man who posed as Lincoln high school student accused of sex crimes — LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) - A man who posed as a student at two different Lincoln high schools has been arrested, police say. — Assistant Police Chief Brian Jackson said 26-year-old Zachary Scheich attended 54 days …
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Khristopher J. Brooks / CBS News:
Ron DeSantis threatens Anheuser-Busch over Bud Light marketing campaign with Dylan Mulvaney — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hinting at legal action against Bud Light's parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, for the beer brand's promotion earlier this year with TikTok star Dylan Mulvaney.
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She'd be first woman on Joint Chiefs of Staff — President Joe Biden has chosen Adm. Lisa Franchetti to lead the Navy, an unprecedented choice that, if she is confirmed, will make her the first woman to be a Pentagon service chief and the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Reuters:
Alabama lawmakers clash over Black voters as redistricting deadline looms — Alabama's Republican-controlled legislature on Friday passed a new congressional map that increased the number of Black voters in one of the state's districts, but Democrats said the plan defied a U.S. Supreme Court ruling intended …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Rise and Fall of the Chief Diversity Officer — Diversity executives hit the exits as company priorities shift; ‘everything is a battle’ — Two years ago chief diversity officers were some of the hottest hires into executive ranks. Now, they increasingly feel left out in the cold.
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Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Leon Black Agreed to Pay $62.5 Million to Settle Epstein-Related Claims — The private equity mogul struck a deal with the U.S. Virgin Islands to avoid a potential lawsuit over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. — The billionaire investor Leon Black agreed to pay $62.5 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Texas's governor put a barrier in the Rio Grande. DOJ just hit back. — One of the more pernicious developments in our politics is the effort by red-state governors to assert outsize power over immigration in their states, in ways designed to appeal to national right-wing audiences.
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