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bbc.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Harvard agrees to transfer photos of enslaved people to black history museumKwasi Gyamfi AsieduReutersTamara Lanier, pictured in 2018, has waged a 15 year battle with Harvard over the photosHarvard University has agreed to hand over a set of historic photos believed to be among the earliest depicting enslaved people in the United States.
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yahoo.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
An ostrich farm in Canada's British Columbia that is fighting to save 400 birds from a cull has caught the attention of Trump administration health officials Robert F Kennedy Jr and Dr Mehmet Oz.The farm had confirmed cases of the avian flu in December and January, though it says there have been no instances of the virus since.
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bbc.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Stunt pilot Rob Holland killed in plane crash before air showKwasi Gyamfi AsieduGetty ImagesRob Holland (bottom) and Mike Goulian perform during the Great State of Maine Air Show at Brunswick Executive Airport in 2012. Famed aerobatic pilot Rob Holland has died after a plane crash at the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. His death on Thursday was announced in a statement on his official Facebook page.
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bbc.co.uk | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Mr Garber, who is Jewish, acknowledged Harvard's campus has had issues with anti-semitism but said he had established task forces to work with the problem. He said the university would release the report of two task forces that looked into anti-semitism and anti-Muslim bias. The prominent US university, located in Massachusetts, is not the only institution faced with withholding of federal dollars, which play an outsized role in funding new scientific breakthroughs.
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bbc.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
US senator says 'traumatised' man deported to El Salvador moved to new prisonKwasi Gyamfi AsieduWatch: US senator Hollen says his 'principle mission' was to meet Ábrego GarcíaA Maryland man who the Trump administration mistakenly deported to El Salvador has been moved to a new prison, US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said.
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flipboard.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
12 hours agoNew docs reveal Abrego Garcia's gang ties | Reporter ReplayKilmar Abrego Garcia, the alleged MS-13 gang member who was wrongly deported to El Salvador's notorious megaprison last month, held the rank "Chequeo" and the street name "Che…9 hours agoTrump Torched On Social Media For Comment About Congo: 'I Don't Know What That Is'Trump was asked Thursday about wrongfully deporting Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia — and prompted viral mockery with his baffling comment.
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ourcommunitynow.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
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A shotgun was also found at the scene, police said. The suspect was a "longstanding member" of the sheriff office's youth advisory council and was engaged in a number of training programmes, Sheriff McNeil said. "So it is not a surprise that he had access to weapons," he said. The suspect was a protester at a campus demonstration against President Donald Trump's inauguration in January, according to the student newspaper.
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yahoo.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
At least six people have been taken to hospital after a shooting at Florida State University in Tallahassee. One person was taken into custody after the shooting at the university's Student Union building on Thursday, according to CBS News, the BBC's US partner. President Donald Trump said he had been briefed on the incident at the start of a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the White House, calling it "a shame, a horrible thing".
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
3 hours ago“They want to make one very much,” the president said. President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni both expressed optimism during a White House meeting on Thursday about an eventual trade deal between the United States and Europe. “There will be a trade deal, 100 percent,” Trump …
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu
Kwasi AsieduBBC News, WashingtonThe White House has dug in on its refusal to return a man who US officials have acknowledged was wrongly deported last month to an El Salvador mega-prison. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt doubled down on accusations that Salvadoran national Kilmar Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang. Leavitt also accused the 29-year-old of domestic violence, citing records showing his US citizen wife once filed a protective order against him.
