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  Two Louisiana State University medical students praised for saving sick woman during flight to Greece

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  Call this the chance encounter of a lifetime for a passenger on a flight who needed medical attention. Two Louisiana State University (LSU) second-year medical students jumped to the rescue and saved the...

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  Haitian-American White House deputy press secretary tells her coming out story as Pride Month ends

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  As Pride Month comes to an end, White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has taken to Twitter to share with the world her coming out story. Jean-Pierre is the first openly gay woman to hold...

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  Racism deprived this Black WWII veteran of the Purple Heart, he finally gets the medal at age 99

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  Osceola “Ozzie” Fletcher, a 99-year-old Black World War II veteran, says he was denied a Purple Heart for more than seven decades just because he was Black. The racism and division in the U.S....

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  Shyne: A look at the New York rapper’s journey to becoming leader of Belize’s opposition party

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  Moses Levi Barrow popularly known as Shyne is making headlines in Belize again for all the right reasons. After bursting onto the Caribbean nation’s political scene last year, Shyne is now the leader...

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  11-yr-old cowgirl competes at first nationally televised Black rodeo and makes history

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  A fourth-generation young Texas cowgirl made great strides as a professional rider at the first-ever nationally televised Black Rodeo. Kortnee Solomon entered her first competition at age five. Now at...

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  Get to know Dr. Mautra S. Jones, the Oklahoma woman named national ‘Mother of the Year’

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  An Oklahoma mother was recently named the National Mother of the Year by the national nonprofit American Mothers, Inc. (AMI). Dr. Mautra Staley Jones received the 2021 National Mother of the Year®...

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