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Man pleads not guilty to attempted murder of 3 Palestinian students in Vermont

10:56am November 28, 2023

by Liam Elder-Connors

The shooting of three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vt., is being investigated as a possible hate crime. A man pleaded not guilty to attempted murder on Monday.

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In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at the Hennepin County Courthouse, June 25, 2021, in Minneapolis.

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Derek Chauvin, officer convicted of George Floyd's murder, was stabbed in prison

10:55am November 25, 2023

by Juliana Kim

Chauvin was stabbed and seriously injured by another inmate inside a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., according to officials.

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Native American Heritage Day honors Indigenous people, but it's falling short

5:05am November 24, 2023

It's Native American Heritage Day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ned Blackhawk, a professor of History and American Studies at Yale, about the history of the day and what it means to observe it.

Disgusted by city's top prosecutor, a police officer refuses to testify

4:08pm November 23, 2023

by Sacha Pfeiffer

In an extreme example of resistance to progressive prosecutors, a St. Louis police officer is refusing to testify in murder cases he investigated, even though he believes the defendants are guilty.

Using a plastic skull, archaeologist Alicia Odewale teaches a lesson about Tulsa's ongoing search for mass graves containing victims of the city's 1921 race massacre. She taught it at Black History Saturdays, a free private program designed for students to learn unvarnished lessons in African American history that teachers say a new law targeting race education has made harder to honestly teach.

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Oklahoma restricted how race can be taught. So these Black teachers stepped up

4:40pm November 22, 2023

by Adrian Florido

After Oklahoma Republicans targeted public school lessons on race and gender, some Black teachers and parents in Tulsa have banded together to ensure their kids still get honest Black history.

The Peanuts gang celebrates Thanksgiving, but why is Franklin by himself on one side of the table?

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'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' turns 50 this year. How has it held up?

4:40pm November 22, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

CBS first aired the televised holiday special in 1973. The message still shines, but some characters and scenes feel a little dated.

Locals say U.S. Border Patrol is delivering hundreds of migrants into a series of camps, one of which is on private property, in the border community of Jacumba in the Southern California desert. Overnight temperatures in the desert have begun to drop below freezing.

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Border Patrol sending migrants to unofficial camps in California's desert, locals say

12:29pm November 21, 2023

by Jasmine Garsd

Residents of the Southern California border community of Jacumba say hundreds of migrants are dropped off every day at ad hoc sites where conditions are often dire. They call it a humanitarian crisis.

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Police and security stand outside the Center for Jewish Living at Cornell University on Nov. 3 in Ithaca, New York. The university canceled classes after one of its students is accused of making violent antisemetic threats.

As threats against Jews, Arabs and Muslims rise, Justice Department looks to help

4:14pm November 17, 2023

by Ryan Lucas

The Justice Department is engaging with the Jewish, Arab and Muslim communities in the U.S. as they face a wave of threats since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

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A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response.

In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden

12:48pm November 17, 2023

The community turned out overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, helping him win the swing state. But many now feel betrayed by the president's response to the Israel-Hamas war and it could cost him in 2024.

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Shy'Kemmia Pate was just 8 years old when she was last seen at her residence in Unadilla, Ga., on Sept. 4, 1998. Twenty-five years later, her family is still hopeful for her safe return as they continue the search efforts for her.

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25 years later, a Georgia mother isn't giving up on finding her missing daughter

1:47pm November 16, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

Shy'Kemmia Pate was just 8 years old when she vanished from her family's porch in Unadilla, Ga., on Sept. 4, 1998. She has not been heard from or seen ever since.