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KOCO, KOKH, CNN By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Enid, Oklahoma (CNN) — When a public official in a small Oklahoma city faced a censure vote that condemned his recent ties to White nationalism, he was saved – at least temporarily – by a Black man. Several residents in Enid blasted city council commissioner Judd Blevins

CNN By Omar Jimenez and Yon Pomrenze, CNN (CNN) — There are only two people alive who remember firsthand what the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was like. One of them is 109-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, otherwise known as “Mother Fletcher.” She specifically remembers “people getting killed, houses, property, schools, churches, and stores getting destroyed with

KJRH, KTUL, CNN By Omar Jimenez and Yon Pomrenze, CNN (CNN) — There are only two people alive who remember firsthand what the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was like. One of them is 109-year-old Viola Ford Fletcher, otherwise known as “Mother Fletcher.” She specifically remembers “people getting killed, houses, property, schools, churches, and stores getting

CNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Millions of Americans are struggling to save for retirement. They just don’t have much money left after paying their daily expenses and monthly bills, forcing them to put retirement savings on the back burner. “My financial focus has to be on the present, as

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Millions of Americans are struggling to save for retirement. They just don’t have much money left after paying their daily expenses and monthly bills, forcing them to put retirement savings on the back burner. “My financial focus has to be on the present, as every

By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Lou Conter, the final survivor of the USS Arizona, the Navy battleship that was sunk – with a loss of 1,177 lives – during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died at age 102. Conter was surrounded by family at his home in Grass Valley, California, and

By Nicole Chavez, CNN (CNN) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday it received 8,061 complaints of anti-Muslim bias incidents last year – the highest number in the 28 years CAIR has tracked hate. The nation’s largest Muslim advocacy group released its annual civil rights report, which documents incidents reported to CAIR and an

By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN Enid, Oklahoma (CNN) — When a public official in a small Oklahoma city faced a censure vote that condemned his recent ties to White nationalism, he was saved – at least temporarily – by a Black man. Several residents in Enid blasted city council commissioner Judd Blevins at a public

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A severe thunderstorm dumped softball-sized hail in parts of the central and eastern US Monday. Forecasts show the storm will intensify today as it rumbles from the Southeast to the Ohio Valley, threatening to unleash another round of dangerous conditions. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up

By Michelle Watson and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Two men in New York have been charged with distributing fentanyl-laced heroin that allegedly caused the death of transgender activist Cecilia Gentili in February, prosecutors announced Monday. “Cecilia Gentili, a prominent activist and leader of the New York transgender community was tragically poisoned in her Brooklyn