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Man commemorates 20th anniversary arriving in America from Sudan with children’s book about multi-cultural identity

Click here for updates on this story     LANCASTER COUNTY, PA (WPMT) — An active leader in Lancaster refugee communities is taking a creative approach to inform children and their parents about multi-cultural identity. James Magot, 40, a former South-Sudanese “Lost Boy” refugee is developing his first children’s storybook with the help of illustrator Tess Feiler

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Ed Asner Fast Facts

Here is a look at the life of activist and seven-time Emmy Award winning actor Ed Asner. Personal Birth date: November 15, 1929 Birth place: Kansas City, Missouri Birth name: Etye Asner Father: Morris David Asner, scrap metal dealer Mother: Lizzie (Seliger) Asner Marriages: Cindy Gilmore (1998-2007, divorced); Nancy Sykes (1959-1988, divorced) Children: With Carol

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Man armed with ‘screwdriver-type weapon’ kidnapped, attacked security guard

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A man is facing several charges after he kidnapped and attacked a security guard in downtown Portland, according to court documents. Sir Kyle Den Bedeker, 32, has been charged with first-degree robbery, second-degree kidnapping, felony strangulation, second-degree burglary, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle,

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Los Angeles County ambulance crews told not to transport patients with little chance of survival

Imagine having cardiac arrest and getting picked up by an ambulance that won’t take you to a hospital. Or having a medical emergency and languishing outside an emergency room for hours. This is what Los Angeles County faces as the onslaught of Covid-19 devastates the community — including those without coronavirus. “Hospitals are declaring internal

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The academic gap between Black and White college football players grew in 2020, report says

College students faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic swept across the country, prompting remote-learning provisions and shortening athletics seasons. For student-athletes playing football at bowl-bound schools, those changes coincided with a poor year for academic performance, the latest edition of an authoritative annual study has found. The overall academic performance of football

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