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David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of colour

David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of colour

NEW YORK — Bestselling authors David and Nicola Yoon are launching a Random House Children's Books imprint for young adult romance novels by and about people of colour .
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Bernie Sanders resuming in-person campaigning to back Biden

Bernie Sanders resuming in-person campaigning to back Biden

WILMINGTON, Del.
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Investigators search Florida landfill in case of missing mom

Investigators search Florida landfill in case of missing mom

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Investigators are searching a South Florida landfill for clues in the disappearance of a woman who has not been seen since her toddler was found wandering alone in an apartment complex parking lot in July, the FBI said.
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Tests, background checks can thwart police diversity effort

Tests, background checks can thwart police diversity effort

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Racism trips up Black police candidates at the very start of the application process and later as they seek promotion, complicating efforts to make law enforcement agencies more diverse, experts, officers and Black police association
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Wife of German rapper convicted of terrorism charges

Wife of German rapper convicted of terrorism charges

BERLIN — The widow of a German-born rapper who joined the Islamic State extremist group in Syria and was killed in an airstrike was herself convicted Friday of membership in a terrorist organization. The Hamburg state court sentenced Omaima A.
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Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis

Statement from Trump's doctor on president's virus diagnosis

WASHINGTON — Text of a statement from Sean Conley, physician to the president: I release the following information with the permission of President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump.
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25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant

25 years after UN women's meeting, equality remains distant

TANZANIA, Tanzania — One by one, leaders and ministers from over 100 nations admitted that 25 years after the adoption of a road map to achieve equality for women not a single country has reached that goal — and many warned that instead of progress t
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Hong Kong police arrest 86 for protesting on China holiday

Hong Kong police arrest 86 for protesting on China holiday

Hong Kong police arrested at least 86 people on suspicion of unauthorized assembly on China’s National Day holiday after crowds gathered on the streets of a popular shopping district and other areas chanting pro-democracy slogans.
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Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

GUALÁN, Guatemala — About 2,000 Honduran migrants hoping to reach the United States entered Guatemala on foot Thursday morning, testing the newly reopened frontier that had been shut by the coronavirus pandemic.
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EU leaders overcome Cyprus veto, agree to Belarus sanctions

EU leaders overcome Cyprus veto, agree to Belarus sanctions

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders agreed early Friday to impose sanctions on dozens of senior officials in Belarus accused of falsifying presidential election results and leading a crackdown on peaceful protesters, after unblocking a veto against the
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