Police Cancel Vacations; Prepare for Breonna Taylor Decision

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Police Cancel Vacations; Prepare for Breonna Taylor Decision

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville, Kentucky, police said Monday that they had canceled vacations and were setting up barricades in preparation for the state attorney general's announcement about whether he will charge officers in Breonna Taylor's shooting death. A statement from the department said all requests for vacation and days off were being canceled “until […]

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(1905) Theodore Roosevelt, “Lincoln and the Race Problem”

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