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The red, white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that slaves and their descendants ...
Harmeet Kaur, CNN Design by Will Mullery, CNN

The Juneteenth flag is full of symbols. Here’s what they mean

You might see another red, white and blue flag flying today over state capitols and city buildings. That banner with a bursting star in the middle is the Juneteenth Flag, a symbolic representation of the end of slavery in the United States.
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brand racial reckoning...
DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer

Cream of Wheat, Mrs. Butterworth confront race in packaging

More familiar brands are re-examining their race in packaging in the wake of renewed calls for racial justice in America.
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Atlanta police sick...
KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press

Atlanta police call out sick to protest charges in shooting

Atlanta police officers called out sick or refused to answer calls to protest murder charges filed against an officer who shot a man in the back.
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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, Paul Petersen looks on following an initial court appeara...
JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press

Ex-politician pleads guilty to fraud in adoption scheme involving Utah

A former elected official in Phoenix pleads guilty to fraud charges stemming from an illegal adoption scheme in three states including Utah.
6 years ago
Americans unhappy survey...
TAMARA LUSH Associated Press

Poll: Americans are the unhappiest they’ve been in 50 years

A new survey finds that just 14% of American adults say they're very happy, down from 31% who said the same in 2018.
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PG&E wildfire...
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer

PG&E pleads guilty to 84 deaths in 2018 California wildfire

Pacific Gas & Electric, PG&E, pleaded guilty Tuesday to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter for a wildfire that wiped out most of a Northern California town called Paradise.
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Utah reacts LGBTQ Supreme Court...
Kelli Pierce

Utahns react to US Supreme Court’s latest LGBTQ ruling

An LGBTQ ruling by the US Supreme Court on Monday indicated that companies cannot fire an employee just for being gay, lesbian, or transgender. 
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t mobile outage, Local police respond to nation wide T-Mobile issue...
Simone Seikaly

Local police respond to nationwide T-Mobile issue

SALT LAKE CITY — At least two police departments in Utah have responded to a T-Mobile issue affecting customers nationwide. Via their Twitter accounts, Layton and Provo City police informed their followers of the T-Mobile outages. T-Mobile users may be unable to dial out, including to 911. If you are unable to call during an […]
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ebay sign...
ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press

Feds: eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple

Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging a campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter.
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FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015 file photo, an Oscar statue appears outside the Dolby Theatre for the ...
LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer

Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says the 93rd Academy Awards will be held on April 25, 2021, eight weeks later than originally planned.
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veteran salute flag...
Colby Walker

WATCH: 88-year-old veteran stops to salute every flag on his morning walk

Every morning 88-year-old Donald Bronson leaves his home to go for a two-mile walk through his Pennsylvania neighborhood. It's a route he has taken for years and this veteran has gained some social media fame after his neighbors noticed that he stopped to salute every American flag along the way.
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Atlanta shooting...
RUSS BYNUM and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press

Experts hail swift moves in wake of Atlanta police shooting

Atlanta police quickly released body-camera and other footage that depicted the shooting death of a black man by a white officer who was swiftly fired.
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DOLGELLAU, WALES - FEBRUARY 16:  A United States Air Force F-15 fighter jet based at RAF Lakenheath...
Sharon Braithwaite and Chandelis Duster, CNN

US Air Force fighter jet crashes in the North Sea off England, pilot’s condition unknown

A US F-15 fighter jet crashed in the North Sea off England on Monday and the condition of its pilot is unknown, according to a statement from the 48th Fighter Wing.
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#AllBirthdaysMatter...
Cami Mondeaux

#AllBirthdaysMatter trends on Twitter on President Trump’s birthday

The hashtag #AllBirthdaysMatter began trending on Twitter Sunday to honor former president Barack Obama -- on the day of President Donald Trump's birthday. 
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A Missouri woman asked Merriam-Webster to update its definition of racism and now officials will ma...
By David Williams, CNN

A Missouri woman asked Merriam-Webster to update its definition of racism and now officials will make the change

she emailed Merriam-Webster last month. she wanted to let the dictionary publisher know that she thought its definition of the word racism was inadequate.
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Goodell...
Dakin Andone, CNN

Roger Goodell saying Black Lives Matter is ‘almost like a slap in the face,’ Michael Bennett says

NFL defensive end Michael Bennett isn't buying comments from Commissioner Roger Goodell last week that the league believes Black Lives Matter.
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NBA season restart...
Jabari Jackson, CNN

NBA reportedly sets coronavirus testing and player report dates

The NBA has reportedly laid out plans for the restart of the 2019-2020 basketball season.
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toilet paper personality...
Ryan Prior, CNN

Why hoard toilet paper? Your personality may be a clue.

Can your personality determine whether you are the type of person that would hoard toilet paper? Science is trying to answer that question.
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Donald Trump...
Maegan Vazquez, CNN

President warns against ‘falsely labeling’ people as racists

At a roundtable event in Dallas on Thursday, President Trump warned against falsely labeling millions of Americans as racist.
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The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases as experts predicted that tens of thousands ...
Faith Karimi, Arman Azad and Joe Sutton, CNN

Model: Coronavirus deaths expected to go down but a sharp rise in September

A model cited by the White House predicts deaths by COVID-19 will decrease but then increase again in September.
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charitable giving...
Kelli Pierce

Sen. Mike Lee supports a bill to increase charitable tax deductions

Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah) is joining a bi-partisan group of senators to support a bill that would increase the charitable giving deduction on federal tax returns to $4,000 for a single person and $8,000 for a married couple
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FILE - In this June 1, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump departs the White House to visit out...
CNN

Top general apologizes for appearing with Trump during church walk

America's top general apologized for appearing in combat fatigues with President Donald Trump after the forceful dispersal of protesters outside the White House last week, saying the move was a "mistake."
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) walks past sculptures of Alexander Hamilton Stephens (L) ...
Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN

Pelosi renews call to remove Confederate statues from display in US Capitol

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is renewing a call to remove Confederate statutes from display in the US Capitol -- a move that comes amid a national outcry over police misconduct and racial injustice and as President Donald Trump opposes efforts to remove Confederate commanders' names from military bases.
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NASCAR Confederate flag...
Steve Almasy, CNN

NASCAR bans Confederate flags

In a statement on its webpage, NASCAR announced it will not allow Confederate flags flown at its races.
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