More than 700 alumni signed a letter that was an unmistakable rebuke of his threat to use the military against protesters.
June 2020
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Ten dead, 117 hurt as tanker truck explodes on highway in China
Some nearby houses and factory workshops collapse and rescuers are looking for people in the debris.
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Protests in Trump country test his hold in rural white areas
Hundreds of protests over black injustice have cropped up in small cities across the upper Midwest and Rust Belt, many with their own lingering current of white supremacy and racial unrest.
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Some towns not holding in-person annual meetings
Restrictions of large gatherings during COVID-19 prompt alternatives.
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Bolivian schoolteacher gives virtual classes as superhero
His classes have become so popular that siblings fight for the laptop screen to learn from this costumed teacher.
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Polish president calls LGBT ‘ideology’ worse than communism
Andrzej Duda makes his comments as he campaigns for re-election.
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More global protests emerge over racism, police actions
Far-right activists scuffle with police and other protesters in London and Paris as more demonstrations unfold across Europe in support of Black Lives Matter.
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Police chiefs and sheriffs say chokeholds long ago outlawed
In the current climate of protests over charges of police brutality and racial profiling, police chiefs and sheriffs outline their policies.
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Mississippi faces reckoning on Confederate emblem in flag
White supremacists embedded the rebel-flag symbol within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.
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Man turned away from Texas bar shoots, wounds 8
Five women and three men between the ages of 23 and 41 are in stable condition.