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Kamala Harris yet to speak as Trump wins White House
Exit poll data suggests Kamala Harris may have underperformed with female voters.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
Protect homeowners from post-hurricane insurance fraud, Raskin tells southern states
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee are calling on five southern states to explain how they are keeping constituents from being ripped off by insurance companies. As communities across the ...Politics - The Hill - November 4 -
Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising Budget will affect you for years
The bean counters are back in control with a chancellor who wants to change the rules without rocking the boat.Top stories - BBC News - October 28 -
Where is the growth in Reeves' 'Budget for growth'?
Labour's first Budget in 14 years had a lot to say about growth, but forecasts paint a mixed picture.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
Faisal Islam: The cost-of-living crisis isn't over
Inflation is easing, but many people are still struggling to afford the basics.Top stories - BBC News - 1 hour ago -
Appearing in Big 12, CFP hunt out of nowhere, Arizona State (not Colorado) is league's best turnaround story
The Sun Devils were picked to finish dead last in the preseason Big 12 media pollSports - CBS Sports - Yesterday -
Music Review: State Champs’ self-titled album is enjoyable, quintessential, predictable pop-punk
New York pop-punk band State Champs’ self-titled album is one fans of the genre have heard beforeEntertainment - ABC News - November 4 -
Archbishop of Canterbury reveals ancestral links to slavery
Justin Welby says ancestor owned enslaved people in Jamaica and was paid compensation upon abolition. Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has revealed that his ancestor owned enslaved ...World - The Guardian - October 21 -
Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparation talks
The prime minister says he wants to focus on challenges faced by Commonwealth countries "right now".Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
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Leaders meet at Commonwealth summit with slavery reparations on agenda
Commonwealth leaders convened in Samoa to discuss climate change and reparations for Britain's role in transatlantic slavery.Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
UK will not pay out over slavery, says Reeves
The chancellor says she understands why countries are making demands but the UK will not pay out.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
What form could reparations for slavery take?
How likely is the UK to provide reparations for the slave trade, and what could that look like?Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
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Why the King can't say 'sorry' for slavery
Arguments about reparations rumbled once again this week as the King spoke at the Commonwealth summit in Samoa.Top stories - BBC News - October 25 -
Commonwealth leaders agree to consider reparations for historic slavery
Pledge comes despite British efforts to prevent the issue from being mentioned in official communiqueWorld - Financial Times - October 26 -
California and Nevada voters consider ending inmate 'slavery'
LOS ANGELES — California and Nevada voters are weighing whether to repeal legal loopholes in their state constitutions that allow slavery and involuntary servitude to be used as criminal punishment.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash, says Lammy
Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.Top stories - BBC News - November 4 -
Gaza’s top Islamic scholar issues fatwa criticising 7 October attack
It is an embarrassing critique for Hamas, which has used religious arguments to justify its actions.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Pakistan's top cleric says use of VPNs is against Islamic laws
Pakistan’s top body of clerics, which advises the government on religious issues, has declared the use of virtual private networks against Islamic laws as the government seeks to ban themWorld - ABC News - 2 days ago -
Harris’ small business pitch resonates in Georgia’s most diverse county. Can it win her the state?
The Democratic nominee's path to victory could hinge on her ability to excite entrepreneurs in Gwinnett County, Georgia, an immigrant-rich slice of Atlanta.Top stories - NBC News - October 27 -
Lisa Blunt Rochester elected Delaware's first Black and female senator
Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will become the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate after she defeated Republican Eric Hansen and independent candidate Mike Katz, NBC News ...Top stories - NBC News - November 6 -
Veteran-Owned Businesses Are on the Rise
More veterans started businesses last year, according to a recent report — and in one sector in particular.Business - Inc. - November 11 -
Starmer says he wants to ‘look forward’ and not talk about slavery reparations
UK prime minister would rather work with nations on ‘future-facing challenges’ at Commonwealth summit. . Keir Starmer has insisted he wants to “look forward” rather than have “very long endless ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Starmer rejects calls for slavery reparations ahead of Commonwealth summit
PM plans to focus on ‘future-facing challenges’ such as climate change but Caribbean leaders hope to raise the issueWorld - Financial Times - October 23 -
Commonwealth leaders to defy UK by putting slavery reparations on summit agenda
Downing Street insists a discussion about the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of 56 Commonwealth countries.Top stories - BBC News - October 24 -
Britain's leaders likely to face slavery reparations questions at a summit of former colonies
A confrontation for Britain over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade appears increasingly likely to feature at a summit of nations its empire once colonized, after Caribbean leaders said ...World - ABC News - October 24 -
King Charles acknowledges 'painful' slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
King Charles said the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
Inside a 1760 schoolhouse for Black children is a complicated history of slavery and resilience
A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation’s oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds of mostly enslaved students learned to read through a curriculum that ...Top stories - NBC News - November 1 -
Project reveals UK sites where black Americans fought to end slavery
Missing Pieces Project maps buildings in 189 locations where African American abolitionists spoke against slavery. Historic England is commemorating the American abolitionist Frederick Douglass ’s ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
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Britain's foreign secretary says slavery reparations not about cash transfer
Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy says reparations for the U.K.’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing ...World - ABC News - November 4