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The latest in the trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery

The defense teams for Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan Jr. rested their case today. The men are charged with malice and felony murder in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia.

Texas Legislature close to adding new restrictions to voting process

Texas Republican lawmakers moved closer Sunday to imposing a slew of new restrictions on voting, as state Senate members voted along party lines to adopt legislation that would make mail-in voting more difficult

A look inside Mississippi’s only critical race theory class and an unlikely ally

Three weeks ago, Brittany Murphree enrolled in Law 743, a unique class for the University of Mississippi. Despite the skepticism from fellow Republican friends and family, the second-year law student wanted to take the class “to see what it’s all about.”

Two college students pulled from car by police during last summer’s protests in Atlanta file lawsuit

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Two college students who were forcibly removed from their car and tased by police during a civil rights protest in Atlanta last summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city Thursday, according to their attorneys.

Inside the underground world of dog fighting: How the brutal blood sport thrives in the shadows

Columbia, South Carolina CNN — On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural South Carolina, a team of federal agents wearing tactical gear quietly assembled for a mission that was part raid, part rescue operation.

Attorney accusing Fani Willis of wrongdoing testifies before Georgia state Senate panel

A Georgia state Senate committee investigating allegations of wrongdoing by the Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis heard more than three hours of testimony from defense attorney Ashleigh Merchant that largely went unchallenged

Arab American Democrats push for ‘uncommitted’ vote in Michigan primary to send message to Biden about Gaza

In 2020, the Palestinian American activist and longtime Michigan Democrat backed Joe Biden for president. But like many Arab Americans, she feels betrayed by his response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and the rising civilian death toll.

China is using the world’s largest known online disinformation operation to harass Americans, a CNN review finds

CNN — The Chinese government has built up the world’s largest known online disinformation operation and is using it to harass US residents, politicians, and businesses—at times threatening its targets with violence, a CNN review of court documents and public disclosures by social media companies has found.

How antisemitic hate groups are using artificial intelligence in the wake of Hamas attacks

Nobody told her about this gun-safety measure in her state. Now, she wonders if it could have saved her daughter’s life

Vanessa Salgado’s nightmare began on what should have been a regular evening in the spring of last year, while she was waiting for her boyfriend to bring back tacos from a fast-food restaurant.

Families of Black people killed by police in Atlanta feel left behind. DA blames case backlog

Atlanta CNN —
Through the crowd of lawyers and people on their way to court, 60-year-old Jimmy Hill walks the same downtown Atlanta street every week. He’s been doing this for the last three years to get justice for his son.

‘Y’all ain’t never been to Mexico.’ How a road trip over the border took a deadly turn

Four South Carolinians in a white minivan pulled out the parking lot of a Motel 6 surrounded by palmettos and onto an expressway in Brownsville, Texas – zooming past strip malls lined with taquerias,

NAACP requests civil rights probe into Jackson water crisis, saying Mississippi has long discriminated against majority-Black capital

CNN — The calls to quickly fix Jackson, Mississippi’s water system are growing louder, with the US Justice Department and NAACP demanding not just answers from the state and its capital city, but solutions.

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