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FILE — Nicholas Bridgeforth, 19, climbs onto a combine on his family’s farm, one of the largest Black-owned farms in the country, in Tanner, Ala., Sept. 1, 2019. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, May 21, 2021, that it will begin making loan forgiveness payments in June to thousands of minority farmers as part of the Biden administration’s $4 billion debt relief program. (James Estrin/The New York Times) XNYT113 XNYT113

June 11, 2021 at 4:30 am

Judge halts billions in debt relief for farmers of color as white farmers, conservative groups sue

The assistance program sought to correct long-standing disadvantages faced by Black, Latino and other minority farmers in getting loans from banks and the government. When...

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June 9, 2021 at 5:15 pm

A doctor falsely testified that vaccines magnetize people: ‘They can put a key on their forehead. It sticks.’

A doctor invited as an expert witness before Ohio lawmakers holds that COVID vaccines leave people "magnetized," that vaccines "interface" with 5G cellular towers, and...

June 2, 2021 at 5:46 am

Moses Lake boaters allegedly harassed another group over gay pride flags. Then their boat burst into flames.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office confirmed the incident took place on Moses Lake, adding that the agency was working to interview the people involved before...

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May 24, 2021 at 6:12 am

El Salvador police arrested an ex-officer for two murders. Then they found a mass grave of women in his yard.

Hugo Ernesto Osorio Chávez's neighbors never noticed anything suspicious at the former police officer's house in El Salvador, they told La Prensa Gráfica. Until one...

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John Cox, Republican recall candidate for California governor, begins his statewide “Meet the Beast” bus tour on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, with Tag, a Kodiak brown bear, at Miller Regional Park in Sacramento. (Renee C. Byer/The Sacramento Bee via AP) CASAB202 CASAB202

May 5, 2021 at 4:06 am

As California’s gubernatorial recall heats up, a GOP challenger brought a 1,000-pound bear on the trail

The Kodiak bear, whose name is Tag and who has starred in dozens of movies and commercials, was just one of the unlikely characters that...

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April 27, 2021 at 4:38 am

After violently arresting woman, 73, with dementia, police laughed about it, video shows: ‘We crushed it’

Last June, Karen Garner sat handcuffed to a bench inside a booking cell weeping and in pain. No one had come to treat her fractured...

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April 23, 2021 at 3:54 am

A huge explosion cracked house foundations in New Hampshire. An ‘extreme’ gender reveal party was to blame.

A man had detonated 80 pounds of explosives as part of an elaborate gender-reveal stunt at a concrete plant, the latest gender-reveal celebration gone wrong....

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April 21, 2021 at 4:14 am

Five years before George Floyd, a bystander filmed another pivotal police killing. It nearly cost him everything.

Feidin Santana avoided watching the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin at all costs, fearing that the emotional triggers would be unbearable. But...

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April 15, 2021 at 4:22 am

Canadian lawmaker left his camera on as he undressed. His colleagues saw it all on Zoom.

"It was an honest mistake and it won't happen again," William Amos, a member of parliament from Quebec, tweeted in French. "We don't have a...

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April 14, 2021 at 2:46 am

Texas students created Snapchat group to ‘Slave Trade’ their Black classmates, activists said

In screenshots, the Snapchat group is seen using racial slurs with the words "Farm" and "Auction." At least one student mentioned as "sold" in the...

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