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12+ hour, 33+ min ago   (108+ words) 'The Squad' faces backlash over claims 'modern-day lynchings' are now common in America Fox News 'The Squad' faces backlash over claims 'modern-day lynchings' are now common in America 'The Big Weekend Show' co-hosts discuss members of 'The Squad' facing backlash…...

1+ day, 49+ min ago   (121+ words) Sault Star 49th Field Regiment Pipes & Drums accompanies opening day festivities Saturday afternoon when Wolf Fest returned for its second year at Roberta Bondar Pavilion. Book Club was also on the afternoon roster. Musical acts, which also included Hustle Brothers, Jupiter…...

23+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1422+ words) That is the opposite of how the Nation already talks about sovereignty in other sectors: more enterprises, more members in the economy, more revenue streams so one compact fight cannot freeze the whole treasury. The public record is not a…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (229+ words) Interview with Brian Becker The mass prisoners movement of that era, especially in 1970 and 1971, was really an extension of the rising tide of the Black Liberation Movement in the larger society. You had the Black Panther Party, the Student Nonviolent…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (169+ words) NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Niagara Falls man is dead after a two-vehicle crash between a car and a motorcycle Saturday afternoon. According to Niagara Falls Police Department, around 4:30 p.m., police responded to reports of a two-vehicle crash at the intersection…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (609+ words) Squad member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass., she/her pronouns in bio) came out September 10 with a banger of an X post, weirdly lamenting the “strange fruit” hanging from trees — presumably referencing black lynching victims based on the context — across the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1351+ words) Nearly three years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, the fight by victims, survivors and their families for answers about millions of dollars donated in the tragedy’s aftermath is headed to Augusta on Wednesday. And this time, some…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (118+ words) Niagara Falls, N.Y. (WBEN) - A motorcycle driver died after crashing into a vehicle Saturday afternoon in Niagara Falls, police said. The crash happened around 4:30 p.m. at Niagara Falls Boulevard and Tuscarora Road as the driver of a Dodge Journey was turning left…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (471+ words) westernjournal.com A group of prominent Democrats has asked the FBI to investigate a series of hangings involving black people, and the most prominent member of the progressive wing of the party -- Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York -- has called…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (141+ words) An ongoing – and until now, unanswerable – question Western New Yorkers ask in casual conversation, along with "Will this be the Bills’ year?" is: What happened to Niagara Falls and why can’t it come back? Canada was our friend until Trump…...