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Month: January 2021

Indianapolis police have charged a minor in connection with the fatal shooting of 5 people and an unborn child

Indianapolis Metro Police have charged a suspect in connection with the shooting deaths of five people and an unborn child, police said Monday in a news release. Police are not identifying the suspect and did not provide any additional details because the individual is a juvenile. They would not comment to CNN on what connection,

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California lifts regional stay-at-home orders

California health officials ended the state’s regional stay-at-home order on Monday, saying the latest four-week projections of increasing intensive care unit capacity allowed the restrictions to be lifted. The orders applied to the Southern California, San Joaquin Valley and Bay Area regions, which encompass more than 90% of the state’s population of 39 million people.

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Biden is poised to lift transgender military ban when he meets with first Black defense secretary

President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the military on Monday when he meets with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. “President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service, and that America’s strength is found in its diversity,” a fact

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The NAACP Legal Defense Fund launches a $40 million scholarship program for future civil rights lawyers, with help from an anonymous donor

As the NAACP Legal Defense Fund celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, they’re also giving back — to the tune of $40 million — to support the careers of future civil rights lawyers. Thanks to an anonymous donor, the legal organization is launching the Marshall-Motley Scholars Program, named after Thurgood Marshall, the founder of the

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Biden set to meet with first Black defense secretary as administration is poised to lift transgender military ban

President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday morning with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, as the President is poised to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender Americans joining the military as early as Monday. President Donald Trump’s ban has been rebuked by the Democrat-led House of Representatives and condemned by LGBTQ activists as discriminatory. Austin voiced his

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