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In her search, she hopes to unearth forgotten mementoes left between the pages of used paperbacks at her local book store or thrift shop. She often finds old plane tickets, business cards or receipts hastily used as bookmarks -- small clues that tell a story about the book's previous owner. But
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US government slow to act as anti-vaxxers spread lies on social media about coronavirus vaccine - L.A. Focus Newspaper
While anti-vaxxers flood social media with lies about the upcoming coronavirus vaccine -- that it contains monkey brains, that it's a CIA plot to take over the world -- the government's multi-billion-dollar vaccine effort has yet to come up with a public education campaign to counteract that
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UDC quietly offers to remove Confederate monument as protesters clamor for statues to fall | Chicago Defender
RICHMOND, Virginia—A large crowd gathered in a heavy downpour to watch history being made: The removal of the monument celebrating Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Church bells rang in the distance as work crews took power tools to the feet of the statue. Once removed, the monument was placed on
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Dallas FC's Reggie Cannon criticizes booing of players kneeling during national anthem - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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In risky bid, Trump stokes racial rancor to motivate voters - DefenderNetwork.com
President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tensions as a reelection weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a near-daily basis with language stoking white resentment and aiming to drive his supporters to the polls. The incendiary discourse is alarming many in his own
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Charge against three in Essequibo newspaper vendor’s murder withdrawn - Stabroek News
A murder charge against three of the accused in the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall was yesterday withdrawn by the prosecutor at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. The article Charge against three in Essequibo newspaper vendor’s murder withdrawn appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Too early to draw conclusions on Coronavirus mutation - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, This letter is written with regards to an article published in the Kaieteur News dated June 28, 2020 and entitled, `Coronavirus: It has mutated and is now even more infectious.’ The article Too early to draw conclusions on Coronavirus mutation appeared first on Stabroek News.
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WATCH: President Trump Wants ‘Schools Open in the Fall’ - Free Press of Jacksonville
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AMC is reopening its theaters next week with 15-cent tickets - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The world's largest movie theater chain will reopen more than 100 US theaters on August 20, the company said on Thursday. In order to commemorate its centennial, AMC is offering "movies in 2020 at 1920 prices." That's 15 cents
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Top Senate Republican pushes back against Trump's claims on mail-in-voting - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"Mail-in voting has been used in a lot of places for a long time," Senate Majority Whip John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said in the Capitol. "And honestly, we got a lot of folks, as you know, who are investing heavily to try to win that war, it's always a war too for mail-in

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Details, title and cover revealed for Bob Woodward's upcoming book on Trump - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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At briefings, Trump is settling into a routine of false claims and exaggeration - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Supreme Court says Trump can weaken Obamacare contraceptive mandate - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The 7-2 ruling reverses a lower court decision that had blocked Trump's move nationwide. The ruling is a win for President Donald Trump, who has vowed to act aggressively to protect what he and other conservatives frame as religious liberty, as well as for the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Roman
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