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Tony Awards Show Honors Florida Victims; 'Hamilton' Wins 11 Categories

Monday, June 13, 2016

By Maquita Peters

The 70th Tony Awards ceremony was dedicated to people affected by Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Orlando, Fla.

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Florida Congressional Candidate Bob Poe Says He's HIV-Positive

Saturday, June 11, 2016

By Maquita Peters

In a Facebook video posted earlier this week, Bob Poe announced that he was diagnosed with HIV 18 years ago. If he wins Florida's 10th District, he would be the first openly HIV-positive congressman.

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U.S. Targets Taliban Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour In An Airstrike

Saturday, May 21, 2016

By Maquita Peters

The Pentagon says they're studying the results of the attack, which occurred along Afghanistan-Pakistan border, to determine the Mansour's fate.

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Baghdad State Of Emergency Declared After Protesters Storm Green Zone

Saturday, April 30, 2016

By Maquita Peters

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr occupied the Iraqi parliament on Saturday, escalating a month-long political crisis.

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Chess For Progress: How A Grandmaster Is Using The Game To Teach Life Skills

Saturday, April 23, 2016

By Maquita Peters

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley travels across the U.S. to teach students to play chess and apply its tactics and strategies to their lives. A former student reflects on the lifelong lessons he taught her.

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'Spotlight' Wins Best Picture At 2016 Academy Awards

Sunday, February 28, 2016

By Maquita Peters

Spotlight won the coveted Oscar for best picture when the 88th Academy Awards were handed out Sunday night in Hollywood, upsetting The Revenant and Mad Max: Fury Road, which entered the night with 12 and 10 nominations, respectively.

Mad Max: Fury Road just about swept the early categories, winning six ...

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Tributes Flow For Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

Saturday, February 13, 2016

By Maquita Peters

Lawmakers, presidential candidates on both sides and other prominent Americans have been reacting to the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia, 79, was found dead Saturday at a luxury ranch in West Texas.

Both conservatives and liberals have been describing him as brilliant, patriotic and a defender of ...

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UAE Names Minister Of Happiness

Thursday, February 11, 2016

By Maquita Peters

"It might seem crazy what I'm about to say,

Sunshine she's here, you can take a break . . .

Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof,

Because I'm happy"

These lyrics from Pharrell's "Happy," 2014's best-selling song in the United States, ...

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Paul Kantner, Co-Founder Of Jefferson Airplane And Jefferson Starship, Dies

Friday, January 29, 2016

By Maquita Peters

Paul Kantner, who co-founded the psychedelic-rock group Jefferson Airplane and helped define the San Francisco sound in the 1960s with songs such as "Somebody to Love," has died. He was 74.

The guitarist and singer died Thursday following a heart attack earlier in the week, NPR's Tom Cole reports.

"So ...

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Did the ATF Deliberately Walk Guns into Mexican Drug Cartels?

Monday, July 02, 2012

The title 'Fast and Furious' has come to mean more than the popular street-racing movie. It's now synonymous with a scandal that implicates the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and...

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Tennis Grunts Face Ban

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Grunts from professional tennis players — which for many years has been a hot issue, especially among long-time tennis fans who say it’s too barbarous for the sport — could soon be a ...

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