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HBCUs see a historic jump in enrollments

5:10pm August 13, 2022

Since the desegregation of higher education, Black enrollment at HBCUs has been on the decline, but that's changing. NPR's Michel Martin discusses this with university administrator Walter Kimbrough.

A federal jury awarded Republican Roy Moore $8.2 million in damages Friday after finding that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed him in an advertisement during the 2017 U.S. Senate race in Alabama.

A Democratic-aligned super PAC is ordered to pay Roy Moore $8.2M in a defamation suit

11:19am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

A federal jury found that a Democratic-aligned super PAC defamed the Alabama Republican in a TV ad recounting sexual misconduct accusations during his failed 2017 U.S. Senate bid.

Novelist Salman Rushdie is on a ventilator after being stabbed at a speaking event

11:11am August 13, 2022

by Mandalit del Barco

Novelist Salman Rushdie suffered damage to his liver, nerves and an eye when he was attacked at a speaking event in western New York state Friday, according to his agent. He is on a ventilator.

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A cross and Bible sculpture stand outside the Southern Baptist Convention headquarters in Nashville, Tenn., on May 24. The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention says that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigatio

The DOJ is investigating Southern Baptists following sexual abuse crisis

11:02am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, which has faced widespread sexual abuse problems, said several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the Department of Justice.

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The Nez Perce tribe resumes annual powwows after pandemic hiatus

8:55am August 13, 2022

by Antonio Sierra

The Nez Perce tribe has resumed its annual powwows after canceling them for the pandemic. They are an important way for the tribe to assert its presence in northeastern Oregon.

A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or grandparents. By contrast, Black adults are more likely to give money to elders.

Here's one reason why America's racial wealth gap persists across generations

7:00am August 13, 2022

by Jennifer Ludden

A new poll finds white adults are more than twice as likely as others to get sizable financial help from parents or grandparents. By contrast, Black adults are more likely to give money to elders.

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A young unidentified man bows during the Dhuhr afternoon prayer at the Islamic Center of New Mexico on Aug. 7, 2022, after the fourth Muslim man was killed in Albuquerque.

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The suspect in the killings of 4 Muslim men in New Mexico left a trail of violence

3:51am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The lengthy pattern of violence — which began not long after Muhammad Syed arrived in the U.S. in 2016 — has shocked members of Albuquerque's small, close-knit Muslim community.

People spend time at the park at dusk during a summer heat wave in Hoboken, N.J., on July 21, 2022.

The U.S. in July set a new record for overnight warmth

2:21am August 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

The average low temperature for the lower 48 states in July was 63.6 F. It's not only the hottest nightly average for July, but for any month in 128 years of record keeping, a NOAA climatologist said.

Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a lecture stage in New York

7:54pm August 12, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Rushdie was apparently stabbed in the neck by an attacker who rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution. The suspect was taken into custody and Rushdie was transported to a nearby hospital.

Mental health workers say they plan to strike

6:01pm August 12, 2022

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Two thousand Kaiser mental health workers plan to go on strike Monday. They say Kaiser has failed to follow California law and make sure patients with mental health needs are given prompt care.

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