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Italy's Meloni expresses hope for deal on IMF bailout of Tunisia as she preps weekend visit
ROME (AP) — The leaders of Italy and the Netherlands along with the EU Commission president travel to Tunisia on Sunday with a packet of initiatives to help create security in Tunisia, easing the way for a possible international bailout , Italian Pre
Jun 8, 2023 11:15 AM
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Documents reveal what happened inside the discord at Canada's drug-price regulator
OTTAWA — A letter from the federal health minister sparked discord and division at the agency tasked with regulating the price of patented drugs in Canada, internal emails show, culminating in an indefinite pause on major drug-price reforms and sever
Jun 8, 2023 10:48 AM
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Voting rights marcher recalls being clubbed, hearing fatal gunshot during pivotal day of protests
MARION, Ala. (AP) — Della Simpson Maynor was just 14 when she marched for voting rights in her hometown of Marion, Alabama. Her most distinct memory of that evening is of the police attacking the demonstrators.
Jun 8, 2023 10:46 AM
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LBJ's daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights bill, then cried when Supreme Court weakened it
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Luci Baines Johnson was a somewhat impatient 18-year-old on Aug. 6, 1965, when she happened to be on what she called “daddy duty,” meaning “I was supposed to accompany him to important occasions.
Jun 8, 2023 10:45 AM
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Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana .
Jun 8, 2023 10:44 AM
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Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill 'star-struck' as he witnessed 1965 signing into law
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joel Finkelstein is an accidental witness to one of the seminal events of the civil rights movement, the signing in 1965 of the Voting Rights Act.
Jun 8, 2023 10:43 AM
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Voting activist killed during Freedom Summer in Mississippi believed country should be integrated
NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Schwerner doesn’t remember how he learned that his younger brother Michael, nicknamed Mickey, was missing in Mississippi along with colleagues Andrew Goodman and James Chaney.
Jun 8, 2023 10:42 AM
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Activist's fight against segregation evolved into political action to push for voting rights
NEW YORK (AP) — Norman Hill was at the AFL-CIO office in Washington, D.C., in August 1965, and recalls cheering when he learned the Voting Rights Act had passed Congress.
Jun 8, 2023 10:41 AM
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Supreme Court of Canada won't hear unvaccinated woman's case for organ donation
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta woman who was unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to get a life-saving organ transplant.
Jun 8, 2023 10:18 AM
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Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights
ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Young’s first thought when he heard the Voting Rights Act had been signed into law was not celebratory. It was strategic.
Jun 8, 2023 10:16 AM
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