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A civil rights icon’s childhood home will not be a museum after opposition from her descendants

Associated Press/Report for America NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans City Council has rejected plans to turn a historic home connected with the life of civil rights movement leader Oretha Castle Haley into a museum. The decision Thursday follows fierce opposition from many of Haley’s descendants. They accuse the property’s owner, Candice Henderson-Chandler, of

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Erik Menendez (R) and brother Lyle listen to court proceedings during a May 17

What’s next for the Menendez brothers as DA recommends their resentencing decades after their parents’ killing

CNN By Cindy VonQuednow and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — More than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the brothers now see a path to their potential release. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón on Thursday filed

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Australia’s leader rejects Beijing’s claims that his country is rife with ‘racism and hate crimes’

Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected accusations from Beijing that his country is “plagued by systemic racism and hate crimes” after an Australian diplomat led a group of Western nations in renewing concerns about human rights violations in China. “When it comes to China, we’ve said we’ll

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