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  1. 6 minutes ago

    Black Americans face countless challenges to good health, and the stress of living with racism has real, physical effects. That has made COIVID-19 and the killing of George Floyd a brutal blow to Black people’s well-being.

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    ‘FORCE OF NATURE’: 'Outpost' star Orlando Bloom says he’s inspired by his pregnant fiancee during her third trimester.

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    With Wimbledon canceled there will be no tennis royalty or tennis champions at the All England Club in 2020. What better time to look through AP photos of the past and recall some of those who have ruled Centre Court over the decades. See more >>

    AP Photos: Wimbledon Champions
    An AP image gallery of past Wimbledon champions.
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    French anti-racism activists wanted to "rename" Paris streets honoring colonial-era figures, but police blocked them. Undeterred protesters rallied anyway, and say their campaign to shed light on French colonial wrongs is just beginning.

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    A humanitarian group says its rescue ship with 180 migrants stranded aboard for days has received instructions to sail to an Italian port for disembarkation. The migrants had been rescued from Libya-based traffickers' boats between June 25 and June 30.

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  6. 3 hours ago

    The NAACP dubbed it the Black national anthem in 1919. In 2020, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is being sung at nationwide protests against racial injustice. Civil rights leaders say the song's message of faithfulness, freedom and equality still resonates.

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  7. 3 hours ago

    Facebook groups that were created to protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders quickly became hubs of misinformation and conspiracy theories. They have now moved on to new targets: Black Lives Matter and protests against racial injustice.

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    45 years ago today, Arthur Ashe became the first Black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors, 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

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    Voters in Croatia are casting ballots in a close parliamentary race marked by a spike in coronavirus cases and which could push the European Union country further to the right.

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    Democratic Party leaders are hoping the current national reckoning on race that is sweeping away many reminders of the Civil War also translates into a fundamental shift at the ballot box in the South.

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    6 hours ago

    Algeria's president, with tears in his eyes, welcomed home the skulls of 24 of his countrymen decapitated for resisting French colonial forces. They were formally repatriated in an elaborate ceremony after spending decades in a French museum.

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  12. 6 hours ago

    A lawyer handling Bill Cosby’s appeal says that racial bias was a factor in his 2018 sex assault conviction. Cosby prosecutor Kristen Gibbons Feden, who is Black, agrees racial bias is a systemic issue. But she says that doesn’t make Cosby innocent.

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    Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has won a second term, buoyed by public support for her handling of the coronavirus despite a recent rise in infections, according to exit polls. Koike is viewed as a potential candidate to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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    It wasn't as bad as a drunken New Year's Eve, but one policeman said after England's reopening of pubs and restaurants it's '"crystal clear" that heavy drinkers can't or won't follow social distancing rules.

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    Beach outings, home barbecues and fireworks: Experts fear that celebrations this weekend will fuel America's surging coronavirus outbreak.

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  16. 8 hours ago

    The Greenville County Sheriff's Office has revised casualty figures, saying two people are dead and eight are wounded following a shooting at a South Carolina nightclub.

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  17. 9 hours ago

    A favorite of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalistic base and global far right leaders, Yair Netanyahu is now a fixture in the news, clashing with journalists and threatening his father's adversaries with lawsuits, reports.

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    BREAKING: Sheriff's spokesperson says 12 people in 'various conditions' following shooting at South Carolina nightclub.

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  19. 10 hours ago

    Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, poised for reelection, is the first woman to head Japan's capital and viewed as a potential candidate to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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    The worst locust outbreak in Kenya in 70 years is far from over, and the newest generation is now finding its wings for proper flight.

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