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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
At 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a snipers bullet. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, when without warning, he was shot. The .30-caliber rifle bullet entered Kings right
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WNBA Players Call For Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler To Be Booted From League | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
WNBA players are again calling for Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to be removed as co-owner of the league’s Atlanta Dream franchise after she objected to the WNBA’s mission to support Black Lives Matter this season. Loeffler, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, wrote to WNBA Commissioner
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Smarter News Quiz: Happy 245th Birthday and Semper Fi! | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Active and retired U.S. Marines mark Nov. 10 as the birthday of the Marine Corps. Today's guest quizmaster is WMAL Radio morning co-host Vince Coglianese, son of Marine Corps Major General (ret.) Vincent A. Coglianese. Oorah! 245 The post Smarter News Quiz: Happy 245th Birthday and Semper
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Jacksonville City Council Committee Publishes JEA Investigation Report
The Jacksonville City Council’s Special Investigatory Committee on JEA Matters has released the findings of its months-long investigation into the City’s attempts to sell JEA. On February 4, 2020, President of the Jacksonville City Council, Scott Wilson, convened the Special Investigatory Committee
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New text message alerts launch for Dallas residents | Dallas Weekly
The City of Dallas Office of Communications, Outreach and Marketing has launched a new text message alert system that allows the community to receive news updates directly to their mobile phones. The text alert system, which is being administered through GovDelivery, will be a way for the City to
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Dam Helpful: Trapped Beaver Freed by Texas Police | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Police officers in SouthLake, Texas rescuing a beaver. (Newsflash) SOUTHLAKE, Texas-A dog may be man's best friend, but a few American police officers proved essential to a beaver's survival. The animal was trapped in a pond, and it took numerous attempts to finally entice it over a wall and back
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Norwegians With Cabins in Sweden Sue to End Quarantine Obligation | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
OSLO, Norway -More than 1,000 Norwegians have filed a lawsuit against their government over COVID-19 quarantine restrictions that prevent them from using their weekend homes in nearby Sweden. This is the first Scandinavian lawsuit aimed at easing pandemic measures. Norwegians have to
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12 Days of Smarter News Christmas Quizzes: Caroling, Caroling | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
The post 12 Days of Smarter News Christmas Quizzes: Caroling, Caroling appeared first on Zenger News. The post 12 Days of Smarter News Christmas Quizzes: Caroling, Caroling first appeared on The Florida Star | The Georgia Star.
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Smarter News Quiz: New Toys, New Burgers and New TV – The Wilmington Journal
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El vino chileno tiene algo especial  | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Entre los cientos de opciones que hay en vinos, el chileno se distingue por la posición que ha alcanzado a nivel de producción y en términos entre precio-calidad. La tecnología ha tenido mucho que ver, al ayudar a que cada año la calidad de la bebida se mantenga o hasta mejore. Además, ayuda
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Costa Rica está repleta de hermosos colibríes 
Describirlos es difícil, pues son pequeños seres que caben en la palma de la mano, pero son magníficos. Cuentan con una variedad tan grande como su belleza. Los colibríes parecen animales mágicos, sacados de un cuento lleno de alegría y colores. Su nombre proviene del zumbido que se genera al batir
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Massive World War II Tallboy Bomb Explodes Accidentally | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
SZEZCIN, Poland-A massive World War II bomb exploded underwater as the Polish Navy attempted to defuse it. Military experts had warned in advance that it was a dangerous job to detonate the nearly 12,000-pound Tallboy bomb, found in the Piast Canal waterway leading to the port of Szczecin in
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: By Kimberly Daniels State Representative House District 14 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
CLIFFORD WILLIAMS, WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED FOR 43 YEARS, COMPENSATED: Clifford Williams was sent to death row in 1976 for a murder he did not commit. In 2018, State Attorney Melissa Nelson opened a unit dedicated to wrongful prosecution. Williams was released from prison in March 2019 after his
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VIDEO: Armenia Blows Up Rival Azerbaijani Tanks As War Looms | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Armenian armored vehicles fired missiles at Azerbaijani tanks as the two countries inch closer to war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia and Azerbaijan both reported military clashes on Sunday over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in the South Caucasus whose ethnic Armenian majority
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Rapper Lil Marlo shot and killed in Atlanta | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Rudolph Johnson, a rapper who performed under the name Lil Marlo, was shot and killed in Atlanta this weekend. Cause of death has yet to be determined, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office. The rapper, who signed with Quality Control Music in 2017 and was close friends with
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Warnock and Ossoff Wins Georgia Senate
The racial awakening in the United States last year after the police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd may have propelled a sweep for Democrats in the January 5, 2021 Georgia Senate runoffs, paving the way for President-elect Joe Biden to push his legislative agenda without fear of
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Hail Mary! Are Miracles Real? | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
In the New Testament, the Gospel of Luke states, 'the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.' Several anecdotes tell of inexplicable miracles throughout Latin America among the believers of the Virgin Mary, Jesus' mother. But through skeptic's eyes, there is a question based in
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Smashing Patriarchy: The Women Behind India’s Chhau dance
KOLKATA - The year was 1979. Ileana Citaristi, an Italy-born Odissi exponent, had just arrived in India. She was visiting Delhi as her Odissi (a classical Indian dance form) trainer, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, was conducting workshops in the Indian capital. One day, she walked into a room at
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NFL Will Play Black National Anthem at Games | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
When Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the playing of the national anthem to bring awareness to social and other injustices faced regularly by Black and Brown individuals in America, the National Football League, President Donald Trump, and others wrongly associated the quarterback’s actions as
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India Meets Only 29 Percent of Key Policies For TB: Report  | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Mumbai - India meets only 29 percent of the internationally recommended key policies for tuberculosis, a new report by Médecins Sans Frontières and the Stop TB Partnership states. Of the 10 million tuberculosis cases globally, India has 27 percent. The disease is curable and preventable. The
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Smarter News Quiz: A Deadly Crash, a Diamond and Your Next Vacation Rental | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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Motorsports in America: Do Black Lives Matter? | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Washington, DC — This past Fourth of July, the motorsports world was exploding with action in Austria with Formula One, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway made history by hosting INDYCAR and NASCAR, on the same race weekend. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, and the civil unrest that
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VIDEO: 7 Arrested in Mississippi During Interagency Drug Bust | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Police in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, found a trove of illegal substances in a combined drug crackdown with state and federal forces. Officers with the Hattiesburg Police Department - with assistance from Forrest County Sheriff's deputies and agents for Metro Narcotics, the Bureau of
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6 Reasons Why Your TV Aerial is Not Working & How To Fix it - 2020 Guide | PensacolaVoice Magazine 2020
The almighty TV. Besides books and board games, at the time, it was one of the few sources of indoor entertainment and activity. You couldn’t wait for those after shift hours, where you would rush to your couch with your favourite snacks to watch that TV show that aired just Read More
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Covid-19 Claims Tiny Lister, Charley Pride and Carol Sutton | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
The Internet is weeping over the Covid-19-related deaths of beloved character actor Tiny Lister, country music legend Charlie Pride and veteran theater and tv actress Carol Sutton. Tommy “Tiny” Lister, 62 The character actor best known for his performance as Deebo in the cult classic Friday
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French Ski School Uses Horses to Pull Children Up the Slopes 
Saint-Leger-les-Melezes, France - A skiing school in the French Alps is using horses to pull tourists up ski slopes after mechanical ski lifts were shut down due to the Covid-19 lockdown. 'Skijoring is a Scandinavian sport that involves a person being pulled along on the skis by horses or
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Catholic Cardinal: Joe Biden's Abortion Views Should Disqualify Him from Taking Communion | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
A conservative Roman Catholic cardinal says Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion during Sunday Masses because his views on abortion are at sharp odds with Vatican teaching. Cardinal Raymond Burke cited Biden's long history of defending pro-choice
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Rising Bad Loans, Slowing Credit Demand Create Major Challenges for India's Banking Sector | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Mounting nonperforming assets and a slowdown in credit demand are contributing to a major slump in India's banking sector that analysts say is not likely to improve anytime soon. Further, uncertainty over the banking sector intensified last week when the Reserve Bank of India, the central
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 still stands strong in 2020 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Our laws are created to keep us from injustice. I spent many of my formative years in segregation, so I knew first-hand what injustice was. The Civil Rights Act was signed into law on July 2, 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. That signing occurred a long time ago, but sometimes it seems like
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British Company Pays $12 Million For Terrorists' Gold Stash | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
MEDELLIN, Colombia - A British firm paid nearly $12 million at auction for gold formerly owned by a Colombian guerrilla group. The unprecedented auction took place Dec. 15 in the city of Medellin, Colombia, and was organized by the Special Assets Corporation (SAE) in coordination with the
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