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An Asian woman was fatally stabbed while walking her dogs in California, but police say they don’t suspect a hate crime

An elderly Asian woman was stabbed to death while walking her dogs Saturday morning in Riverside, California, police said. But investigators say they don’t think it’s a hate crime. Riverside police received several calls about a woman suffering from stab wounds on Golden Avenue in the city’s La Sierra neighborhood. The woman, 64-year-old Ke Chieh

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Democrats fear a delay in redistricting threatens Black and Asian residents in two southern states

Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community. Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.

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Delay in redistricting threatens Black and Asian residents in two southern states, some Democrats fear

Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community. Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.

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Pope condemns ‘scandalous’ armed conflicts in scaled-down Easter Sunday mass

Pope Francis condemned “scandalous” armed conflicts around the world, naming Myanmar and Tigray among other areas, during his Easter Sunday mass. Francis led the service in St. Peter’s Basilica, in a scaled-back event due to Covid-19 precautions. He also called for vaccines to be shared with the world’s poorest countries. “The pandemic is still spreading,

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