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Akron police release bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of Jayland Walker

7:25am July 04, 2022

Black motorist Jayland Walker was shot dozens of times last week by police in Akron, Ohio. Outrage has roiled the city, as protesters call for police officers to be held accountable.

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Examining commuters' sluggish return to mass transit

6:26am July 04, 2022

by Saul Gonzalez

Even with gas prices at record highs, people are not flocking to mass transit in urban areas. Public transportation has a lot of work to do to lure people back.

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It's been a rough summer so far for air travelers

6:24am July 04, 2022

by David Schaper

Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this weekend, as the number of people flying returns to pre-pandemic levels. Nearly every flight is full and tickets don't guarantee travelers a seat.

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News brief: Akron police shooting, Ukraine's Luhansk region, air travel woes

6:23am July 04, 2022

Akron police release bodycam video of the Jayland Walker shooting. Russia says it now controls one of two eastern regions in Ukraine. Airlines struggle to accommodate high demand this holiday weekend.

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Steve Bova (center) traveled from Maryland to Los Angeles with the "People's Convoy" to protest covid-19 restrictions. Despite using a phrase that originated with the abortion rights movement, he opposes abortion.

'My body, my choice': How vaccine foes co-opted the abortion rallying cry

5:01am July 04, 2022

by Rachel Bluth

Anti-vaccine advocates have repurposed a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the reproductive rights movement, which has been linked to the phrase for more than 50 years.

New recruits learn to drill. Breaking a tradition of 167 years, the U.S. Marine Corps enlisted blacks, June 1, 1942. The first class of 1,200 black volunteers began their training three months later as members of the 51st Composite Defense Battalion.

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Black Marines were 'dogged' on this base in the 1940s. Now they're honored there

5:00am July 04, 2022

by Jay Price

In the 1940s about 20,000 men trained on racially segregated Montford Point in North Carolina. Some of the 300 surviving Marines recently returned for the reopening of a restored museum honoring them.

Law enforcement work the scene where multiple people were shot near Cedarcrest Drive and Diamond Oaks Drive in Haltom City, Texas, on Saturday.

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A gunman killed 2 people and wounded 3 police officers in Texas

8:27pm July 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

A gunman killed two people and wounded four others, including three police officers, before taking his own life on Saturday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Protesters march along South High Street on Saturday in Akron, Ohio, calling for justice for Jayland Walker after he was fatally shot by police.

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A Black man who was killed by police was unarmed at the time of the shooting

3:33pm July 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

Officials in Akron, Ohio, released video of the pursuit and shooting of Jayland Walker, 25. The police chief said officers tried to stop Walker's car for unspecified traffic and equipment violations.

A pregnant woman stands behind frosty glass.

Losing a pregnancy could land you in jail in post-Roe America

2:22pm July 03, 2022

by Robert Baldwin III

Now that the Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, experts warn that prosecutions will increase for miscarriages, stillbirths and self-induced abortions.

Law enforcement officers look on as protesters march past the home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in suburban Maryland in June.

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The Supreme Court marshal asks state officials to act on protests at justices' homes

1:35pm July 03, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

The protests have carried on for weeks since the leak of a draft of the court's eventual decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. State officials had previously called on federal law enforcement for help.