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Healing garden for gun violence victims unveiled by Seattle city leaders
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMayor Bruce Harrell, along with leaders in Seattle’s Black community and families of those impacted by gun violence, banded together to commemorate a new healing garden.
Police seeking suspect who shot another man
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 18 hours agoThe Metropolitan Police Department is asking the community for assistance in locating a suspect who shot another man in the southwestern part of...
'Louteenth' debacle shows missteps in honoring Black history can be learning opportunities
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth became a national holiday in 2021, marking the first new federal holiday since Martin...
8 arrested as protest disrupts Grand Floral Parade
KOIN via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoDespite a protest that led to the arrests of eight people, city officials and organizers said the Grand Floral Parade was successful despite the limited...
Today in History: Frank Lloyd Wright is born
Chicago Tribune· 1 day agoOn June 8, 1867, modern American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Flashback: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin was a...
Healing garden for gun violence victims unveiled by Seattle city leaders
FOX 13 Seattle· 1 day agoSeattle city leaders unveiled a new park space on Friday to honor local victims of gun violence....
Merced County Fair kicks off this week offering rides and entertainment for all ages
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 5 days agoThe Merced County Fair kicks off this Wednesday and will run through Sunday June 9 at the Merced...
Titusville man, 34, dies after his motorcycle strikes Tesla in Melbourne crash
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoMELBOURNE — A Titusville man was killed Saturday morning when his motorcycle crashed into a car at an intersection, police said. Benjamin James Fish Jr., 34, was traveling eastbound on West ...
Sputnik Monroe, a wrestler in Tennessee during the Jim Crow era, advanced civil rights
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPeople of a certain age who grew up in Memphis know all too well about Sputnik Monroe, the professional wrestler who used the power of celebrity and popular culture to move the racial equality ...
8 protesters arrested at Portland Grand Floral Parade
FOX 12 Oregon· 10 hours agoThe protesters were arrested after pushing through a line of officers and lying in the street in...