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Month: October 2021

After a career of breaking barriers in the Army, this retired General is now fighting for military families of color

By Brianna Keilar and Ryan Bergeron Lieutenant General Gwen Bingham has spent much of her Army career being a frontrunner. She is only the second African American woman ever to become a three-star General in the Army and as she advanced throughout her career, she has been either the first woman, the first African American, or

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Biden undoes Trump’s cuts to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments

By Donald Judd President Joe Biden on Friday announced the expansion of three national monuments — Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine — in a move that restored protections that had been undone by then-President Donald Trump. “This may be the easiest thing I’ve ever done as president, so far,” Biden

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Minneapolis Mayor condemns MPD behavior in newly-released body cam videos

By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story     MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned Thursday the behavior of city police officers seen in newly-released body camera footage, which showed them joking about “hunting” protesters during the nights of unrest following George Floyd’s murder. In a social media post, the mayor called

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