A superintendent in Maine apologized Tuesday after receiving backlash from students for a memo telling staff to not display any “controversial” phrases including “Black Lives Matter” ahead of the election.
Golfers wore red and black in honor of Tiger Woods during Sunday’s play
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Golfers wore red shirts and black pants during the WGC-Workday Championship on Sunday in honor of golf legend Tiger Woods, who is hospitalized after a serious car accident last week. Woods responded on Twitter to th...
Baseball legends honored in MLB’s Black History Month art series
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Major League Baseball celebrated Black History Month this year by merging America's favorite pastime with art. The MLB commissioned 10 artists to celebrate the careers of legendary Black baseball players, in an effo...
The 78th Golden Globes get off to an awkward start amid controversy, while honoring Black stars
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The 78th Golden Globe Awards got off to an awkward start, seeking to address controversy regarding the organization behind the ceremony, while experiencing technical glitches amid a pandemic-dictated format. This ye...
These Black transgender women are fighting housing insecurity for LGBTQ people in the South
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Kayla Gore wants transgender people of color in the South to have a fighting chance. In 2016, she and her friend Ellyahnna C. Wattshall were working at a local community center in Memphis, Tennessee, when they noti...
As one Virginia school district prepares to reopen, educators and families balance Covid precautions and normal instruction
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Rose Moore stands in front of a classroom, training a teacher about technology and safety for in-person learning. It's the 44th time the assistant principal at Holmes Middle School in Fairfax County, Virginia, has d...
New Haven, Connecticut, police secure arrest warrant for suspect in Yale student’s killing
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Police in New Haven, Connecticut, say they have secured an arrest warrant charging MIT graduate student Qinxuan Pan with murder in the fatal shooting of Yale University student Kevin Jiang earlier this month. Pan re...
NYC education chancellor steps down, to be replaced by first Black female chancellor
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Richard Carranza, chancellor of New York City's public schools system, will step down in March, he announced at a news conference Friday. Carranza will be succeeded by Meisha Ross Porter, a former teacher and school...
Alleged leader of Oath Keepers disavows right-wing extremist group
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Jessica Watkins, an alleged leader of the Oath Keepers that is accused of planning to attack the Capitol, disavowed the right-wing extremist group on Friday in her first public comments since her arrest. "Given the ...
Birkenstock sold to group backed by Europe’s richest man
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London (CNN Business)German footwear brand Birkenstock is selling a majority stake to L Catterton, a private equity firm backed by Bernard Arnault's LVMH (LVMHF). The company said in a statement on Friday that L Catt...
His rescue at a London protest inspired Michelle Obama and Prince Harry. Now, Patrick Hutchinson is turning his moment into a movement
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Know someone who inspires you? Click here to nominate them as a CNN Hero. It was a moment caught on camera -- a heroic act that thrust Patrick Hutchinson, a London father and grandfather, into the limelight. Last s...
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, renames 2 dorms for Black civil rights leaders
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Two dorms at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will now bear the names of two Black civil rights leaders in the state "whose fight for equity and social justice transformed the state's higher education system ...
McConnell says he’ll ‘absolutely’ support Trump in 2024 if he’s the GOP nominee
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he would "absolutely" support former President Donald Trump if he became the GOP presidential nominee in 2024, a notable commitment following his recent blisterin...