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Connecticut trooper acquitted in shooting death of Black college student following chase

Mar. 15, 2024 18:24 PM EDT

A white Connecticut state trooper was acquitted of all charges Friday in the death of Mubarak Soulemane, a Black 19-year-old community college student who was shot as he sat behind the wheel of a stopped stolen car holding a kitchen knife and apparently in the throes of a mental health crisis. ...

A Dallas pastor steps into Jesse Jackson's role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Feb. 02, 2024 01:31 AM EST

DALLAS (AP) — The civil rights group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the 1970s got a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years as a Dallas pastor became his successor at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Thursday evening. The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III was formally...

As legal challenges mount, some companies retool diversity and inclusion programs

Jan. 14, 2024 08:32 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Advocates of diversity efforts are steeling themselves for a fight this year as a growing number of lawsuits take aim at programs intended to advance racial equity in the corporate world. Lawsuits making their way through the courts have targeted prominent...