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In pitch for Biden, Obama urges voters to cast Trump out
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Former President Barack Obama blasted President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus, his culpability in national discord and his overall fitness for the job on Wednesday as he made his first in-person campaign pitch for his former vice president, Joe Biden. With less than...
Watchdog group cites interference at polls in Latino areas
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A voting rights group says that caravans of flag-waving President Donald Trump supporters appeared to obstruct and intimidate voters at two polling location in predominantly ethnic-minority neighborhoods last weekend in the Albuquerque area. Common Cause New Mexico Executive Director...
Francis becomes 1st pope to endorse same-sex civil unions
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions in comments for a documentary that premiered Wednesday, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue. The papal thumbs-up came...
Tensions mount in Guinea as nation awaits election results
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Gunfire rang out across Guinea's capital on Wednesday and authorities reported at least nine deaths across the West African country as tensions mounted in anticipation of official results being released from a weekend presidential election. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse...
Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Oct. 19 The State Journal on racial diversity at workplaces in Frankfort, Kentucky and Kentucky's Franklin County: As a whole the United States may be a racially diverse country, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there is evidence of “the melting...
Editorial Roundup: North Carolina
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Oct. 19 The Greensboro News & Record on a decision to delay in-person classes for some public school students in North Carolina's Guilford County: After initially tapping the brake on school reopenings in Guilford County, Superintendent Sharon Contreras...
Panel recommends renaming school honoring Atlanta editor
ATLANTA (AP) — A committee is recommending that an Atlanta school now named for a newspaper editor who advocated for white supremacy after the Civil War be renamed for a Mississippi-born Black journalist who exposed atrocities including lynchings. An Atlanta school board panel recommended Tuesday that...
Library removes name of white supremacist from branch
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina library will remove the name of a former state governor from one of its branches because of his ties to white supremacy, officials said. A Charlotte Mecklenburg Library branch near SouthPark mall is named after Gov. Cameron A. Morrison, who helped lead the white...
Alabama NAACP names 4 to new hall of honor
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama NAACP is honoring four people as the initial members of the Alabama NAACP Hall of Honor including civil rights lawyer Fred Gray Sr., who once fought for the right of the organization to operate in the state. Gray, of Tuskegee, assisted the organization for years after...
Denver police release images in fatal car-scooter crash
DENVER (AP) — Denver police on Tuesday asked the public for help identifying people seen in a car suspected of hitting and killing a man who was riding an electric scooter downtown last month. The damaged Chevrolet Cobalt suspected of hitting and killing Chris Patton, 26, of Los Angeles on Sept. 7, was...
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