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Rosenwald Schools educated generations of Black Americans. Now, graduates are fighting to preserve their legacy.

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Maudy Adkinson Johnson remembers walking across cow fields and busy roads as a child to get to her one-room schoolhouse in Spring Hill, Tennessee. It was the 1950s, and Johnson said the Lee-Buckner School was teaching her how to read, write and do math problems. She was also making friends

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Pakistan election candidate shot dead as violence escalates ahead of nationwide vote

By Sophia Saifi, Azaz Syed, Asim Khan and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — A Pakistan election candidate was shot dead while campaigning on Wednesday, as violence escalates a week before polls open. Rehan Zeb Khan, an independent candidate affiliated with former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was shot in a

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Countries are clamoring to join BRICS group, South Africa says, as Russia takes up leadership

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Nearly three dozen countries are seeking entry into the China and Russia-backed BRICS economic group, member state South Africa said Wednesday, weeks after the body expanded its membership for the first time in more than a decade. Thirty-four countries have submitted an expression of interest in joining the

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17-year-old alleged ‘serial swatter’ charged after police say he made threats throughout the country

By Carlos Suarez and Denise Royal, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old “serial swatter” from California is believed to be responsible for hundreds of swatting incidents and bomb threats throughout the United States and is now facing charges in Florida, according to a pretrial detention motion. Alan Filion was extradited to Florida on January 30 to face charges for a swatting

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3 killed and 9 injured in collapse of private hangar under construction at Boise airport, officials say

By Amy Simonson, Jason Hanna and Mallika Kallingal, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and nine others were injured when a privately owned hangar under construction collapsed on airport property in Idaho’s capital Boise on Wednesday evening, city officials said. Officials have identified the three victims as Craig Durrant, 59, of Boise, Mario Sontay Tzi,

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Zelensky set to announce dismissal of Ukraine’s top commander within days as rift grows over war, source says

By Victoria Butenko, Daria Tarasova-Markina and Andrew Carey, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine’s popular army chief Valery Zaluzhny was called to a meeting at the president’s office on Monday and told he was being fired, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, following weeks of growing speculation over tensions between Volodymyr Zelensky and his top

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