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One reason Meghan suffered racist UK coverage: The media is not diverse
When British newspapers first broke the news of Prince Harry’s relationship with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, one Mail Online headline declared that she was “(almost) straight outta Compton.” Around the same time, The Daily Star ran a headline asking whether Harry would “marry into gangster royalty?” The first round of headlines back in 2016
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Billionaire MacKenzie Scott remarries, tying the knot with a Seattle schoolteacher
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, one of the world’s richest people, has re-married after her 2019 divorce from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Seattle teacher Dan Jewett acknowledged his marriage to Scott this weekend on the couple’s webpage for the Giving Pledge, a philanthropic organization which encourages the world’s richest people to dedicate a majority of their wealth
Continue ReadingFirefighters run 48 miles, raise $8,000 to help end child sex trafficking
Click here for updates on this story TULARE, California (KFSN) — Pictures capture the moments Tulare City firefighters Eric Ferreira and Josh Ryan completed their run of 48 miles in just 48 hours. In joy and pain, the two embraced each other over their victory. “We knew going into this it wasn’t going to be
Continue ReadingVolunteers come together to serve homeless
Click here for updates on this story FRESNO, California (KFSN) — A group of Fresno community members rolled up their sleeves and served the homeless community near Downtown Fresno on Sunday. More than 35 volunteers provided hot meals, personal hygiene products, clothes and pet products to those without. The group set up tables on Santa
Continue ReadingMan raises money by running
Click here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — One man was running for a cause close to his heart in part of Wilkes-Barre on Sunday. Danny Kovalski was hit by a car back in 2015. He says Allied Services helped him recover from a traumatic brain injury. To raise money, he’s running
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The emotional catharsis of ‘Wandavision’ in a year of grief
Warning: Spoilers for “WandaVision” follow. There’s a moment in the penultimate episode of the Disney+ series “WandaVision” where our reality-bending superhero protagonist sinks to her knees and wails. Standing in the skeleton of what would’ve been the home she’d share with her humanoid partner, Wanda Maximoff is completely alone. It’s a state she’s used to
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Randolph County man dies in Sunday motorcycle wreck
The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a Randolph County man was killed in a Sunday afternoon crash near the county courthouse.
Continue ReadingBoy Scout creating wheelchair accessible garden beds for seniors
Click here for updates on this story ADAMS COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A Boy Scout is creating wheelchair-accessible garden beds for seniors to enjoy planting at SpiriTrust Lutheran in Gettysburg. As part of his Eagle Scout Project, Collin Smith, 17, is creating four portable raised garden beds to provide seniors with an opportunity to plant
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Malala Yousafzai lands Apple TV+ deal and discusses her hope for International Women’s Day
Nobel laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai is teaming up with Apple TV+ to bring empowering content to the streaming platform. Yousafzai spoke to CNN about the partnership between the streaming service and her production company, Extracurricular, in a recent interview, saying that her multi-year deal will include everything from creating documentaries, comedies to children’s programming.
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The Firm: Britain’s royal ‘institution’ explained
Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has caused shockwaves, with the couple accusing the royal “institution” of failing to protect them when they needed it most. But what is this institution, and how does it operate? Sometimes referred to as “the Firm,” the monarchy works like a public body
Continue ReadingMan battling rare cancer for 3rd time receives life-changing surgery
Click here for updates on this story YORK COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — We brought you the story of Omar Capo last October when he was battling a rare form of cancer for the third time after beating it twice. Now after many years of battling this disease–the family is finally starting to see the light
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The royal split, racism and family struggles: 11 things we learned from Harry and Meghan’s explosive interview
It was the interview that some within Buckingham Palace must have feared — but Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s discussion with Oprah Winfrey was more revealing, explosive and potentially damaging to the royal family than many could have imagined. Allegations of racism within the family itself, and Meghan’s admission that she felt suicidal
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Gem museum nears completion as pandemic clouds its plans to open
Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — Tucson’s new gem and mineral museum will be ready to sparkle just as soon as it is safe for people to come see it. Staff members are now placing rare rocks and finished jewelry inside the display cases at the newly completed
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Meghan reveals she ‘didn’t want to be alive anymore’ in bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey that her life as a British royal was so isolating and lonely at one point she “didn’t want to be alive anymore” — a stunning admission likely to rock the foundations of the centuries-old institution. In her first public comments since she and
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Team LeBron wins NBA All-Star Game, but HBCUs were the real winner of the night
While Team LeBron defeated Team Durant 170-150 to win the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, the real winners of the night were historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Team LeBron represented The Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Team Durant played for the United Negro College Fund. Both funds are non-profits that look to award scholarships
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NASA named the Perseverance rover’s landing spot for Octavia E. Butler, the pioneering Black science-fiction author
Though they starred aliens, vampires and time travelers, Octavia E. Butler’s celebrated science-fiction novels were often grounded on Earth. Her name and enduring legacy, though, have made it as far as the Red Planet millions of miles away. For her pioneering work in the world of sci-fi, NASA named the site on Mars where the
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So few influenza cases, Canada can’t declare start of flu season yet
Click here for updates on this story SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — There have been so few cases of influenza this year that Canadian public health officials still can’t declare the official start of flu season. “Influenza activity remains below the threshold required to declare the start of the 2020-21 influenza season,” reads the latest
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Most distant cosmic jet discovered 13 billion light-years away
It has taken 13 billion years for the light from the powerful jets of a distant object to reach us. These jets, the most distant known source of radio emission to date, are coming from a recently discovered quasar that existed when the universe was only 780 million years old, an adolescent on the astronomical
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Meghan reveals ‘concerns’ within royal family about her baby’s skin color
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has said there was concern within the royal family about her baby’s skin tone, and her husband Prince Harry condemned his relatives for failing to criticize colonial undertones in media coverage, in a series of damning and disturbing claims that threaten to spark a racism scandal around Buckingham Palace. Meghan told
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