Emma Bowman

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Strong Quake Hits Indonesia's Lombok Island; Dozens Dead

Sunday, August 05, 2018

At least 91 people are dead after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of the island on Sunday. It's the second powerful quake in a week to hit the region.

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Venezuelan Officials Say President Nicolás Maduro Is Unharmed After Drone 'Attack'

Saturday, August 04, 2018

A spokesman for the president says the leader was targeted by drones armed with explosives during a speech at a military event on Saturday, injuring seven service members.

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'Him Doing Well Was Through His Children': Sharecropper's Son Makes Dad Proud

Friday, August 03, 2018

When Percy White's father left the Virginia farm he worked to move north, the land owner said he wouldn't make it, and would come back. He didn't. That is, until he returned to say "I told you so."

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Strong 6.4 Magnitude Quake Strikes Indonesia

Sunday, July 29, 2018

More than a dozen people have been killed and more than 160 others injured in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesian tourist spot Lombok island and surrounding areas, officials say.

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Death Toll In Northern California's Carr Fire Rises To 6

Saturday, July 28, 2018

The massive wildfire in Shasta County that's forced the evacuations of at least 38,000 people is only 5 percent contained. In Yosemite, the Ferguson Fire has killed a second firefighter.

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To Focus On Students' Emotional Well-Being, India Tries 'Happiness Classes'

Saturday, July 28, 2018

This month, Delhi students saw a new course added to their traditionally rigid curriculum. To confront academic pressures linked to India's high suicide rate, public schools are teaching mindfulness.

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The 'Babe Ruth' Of Ice Cream Gives The Scoop On His 71-Year Career

Friday, July 27, 2018

The town of Peabody, Mass., calls him "The King of Cool." Allan Ganz reflects on how his father introduced him to the business, and the cherry on top of his lifelong career: meeting his wife.

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Gunman Faces Murder Charges After LA Trader Joe's Standoff Left 1 Dead

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Police say the 28-year-old gunman surrendered three hours after he barricaded in the store and held dozens of bystanders hostage in the city's Silver Lake neighborhood.

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After Trump's Helsinki Comments, Ohio County GOP Chairman Resigns With 'No Regrets'

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Chris Gagin, former chairman for the Republican Party in Ohio's Belmont County, stands by his choice to resign after President Trump appeared to back Russian President Putin at a Helsinki conference.

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He Was Wrongly Convicted When They Were Teens. Now They're Building Their Lives Together

Friday, July 20, 2018

De'Marchoe Carpenter spent 22 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit, which pulled him away from a new romance. Although he was exonerated, he struggles with anxiety from his time in prison.

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Pentagon Identifies U.S. Soldier Killed In 'Apparent Insider Attack' In Afghanistan

Saturday, July 07, 2018

A service member from California was killed and two others wounded, NATO said on Saturday. Details of the incident, which the Pentagon says is still under investigation, have not yet been released.

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LeBron James To Leave Cleveland For The Los Angeles Lakers

Sunday, July 01, 2018

The four-time NBA MVP will leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the second time in his 15-year career to join the iconic LA franchise, his agency announced on Sunday.

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'Ain't Too Proud' Playwright Dominique Morisseau Tackles The Temptations Origin Story

Sunday, July 01, 2018

Award-winning Detroit native Morisseau authored a new musical that goes behind the scenes of the Motown quintet's signature smooth tunes, as told through the eyes of founding member, Otis Williams.

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'I Lived Through All That?': The Temptations Musical Hits The High And The Low Notes

Saturday, June 30, 2018

The memoir of the Motown group's co-founder, Otis Williams, plays out in Ain't Too Proud. Although the successes of the fractious group came at a cost, Williams says the power of their music lives on.

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2 Transgender Veterans Find Courage — And Sisterhood — Off The Battlefield

Saturday, June 30, 2018

When Sue McConnell and Kristyn Weed came out as transgender women, some of their loved ones cut them out of their lives. But when McConnell and Weed met, they forged their own sisterhood.

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'We Were All In There Together': Strangers Share Compassion In The Flood Of '93

Friday, June 29, 2018

During the Great Flood of 1993, the mutual efforts of a then-prisoner and a beauty shop owner to protect a tiny Illinois town briefly brought them together. After 25 years, the two reconnect.

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'We Never Spoke Of It Again': A Night That Changed A Family Forever

Friday, June 22, 2018

At StoryCorps, half sisters Glennette Rozelle and Jennifer Mack recall the night their mother killed her husband. They were kids back then, and it took decades to understand what happened.

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Colombia Elects Right-Wing Populist Ivan Duque As President

Monday, June 18, 2018

The young former senator won the first election since a peace accord ended the country's 50-year-old rebel war. Duque, who defeated former leftist rebel Gustavo Petro, promised to overhaul the accord.

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Jefferson's Monticello Makes Room For Sally Hemings

Saturday, June 16, 2018

As part of a restoration initiative to interweave Monticello's dynamic history, a new exhibit at Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate gives humanity to an enslaved woman who bore six of his children.

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Domestic Violence Expert Resigns From NFL Players Association Commission

Saturday, June 16, 2018

The Commission on Violence Prevention was created in response to several cases of alleged domestic violence by NFL players. Law professor Deborah Epstein says the effort was essentially a "fig leaf."

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