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'Segregation academies' are common remnants of Mississippi's troubled history

"The most damning evidence of racism is the rise of the segregation academies in Mississippi just as school integration is taking place," an expert told NBC News.

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Climate report says sea level rise threatens Puerto Rico's infrastructure

Nearly 8,000 structures in the island's low-lying areas are said to be at risk by an increase in sea level of 1.6 feet, according to a new climate report.

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Incoming Mexican government denies deal to hold asylum seekers in Mexico

After initial reports that a deal was in the works to hold asylum seekers in Mexico, the incoming government denied such an agreement had been struck.

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190 sea turtles found frozen to death along Cape Cod

Mass Audubon said a "once in a lifetime weather system" of "gale force winds," cold temperatures and high tide caused the migrating turtles to freeze.

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Federal report says climate change will wallop US economy

A new federal report warns of a "cascading effect" that will alter lives and economies, cause fuel shortages and increased power outages.

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California communities bring Thanksgiving to wildfire survivors

Hundreds if not thousands of evacuees are still in temporary quarters over the holiday.

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US troops celebrate Harry Potter-themed Thanksgiving in South Korea

US troops celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with a Harry Potter-themed feast on Thursday at an army base in South Korea.

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Death toll in Northern California fire rises to 83 as searchers push through rain

"I can assure you that we are going to continue to push forward because this is important work that we're doing," Sheriff Kony Honea said of the search.

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Proud Boys founder distancing himself from 'extremist' organization

The group's founder said he was leaving in an effort to alleviate sentencing for several Proud Boy members arrested in a New York City brawl.

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Survivors of California's Camp Fire struggle to find housing

FEMA has given out $4.95 million in housing assistance so far in Butte County, but many fire survivors are still scrambling for a place to live.

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The Boy and Girls of white nationalism: 'Proud' groups labeled 'extremist'

Membership in Proud Boys' Girl got a female sheriff's deputy fired

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Police in Kentucky believe they stopped possible mass shooting in arresting man with five loaded guns in his car

Matthew Smith, 37, was arrested in Springfield, Kentucky, Monday after police found five loaded weapons in his pickup truck.

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Chicago hospital-shooting suspect had been kicked out of fire academy for alleged aggressive behavior toward women

Juan Lopez allegedly killed a woman doctor he had been involved with, then gunned down a police officer and a pharmacy assistant.

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Euroviews. Trump's stubborn support for Saudi Arabia is indefensible | View

Some of the bombs being dropped on poor Yemenis — including on the school bus where 40 children died in August 2018 — were made in America. So were the planes from which they are being dropped.

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Check out this full-scale model of the White House made out of Lego

The model is on display at the visitor centre in Washington.

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Migrants camped out in Mexico attend job fair

Many Central American migrants camped in Tijuana after crossing Mexico in a caravan attended a job fair organised by the Baja California state government on Monday as they look for work while they remain in Mexico.

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Trump expected to give border troops authority to defend border patrol agents

Nearly 5,200 troops have been deployed to the border to join the 2,000 already stationed there.

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Gather together: California town hosting wildfire victims for Thanksgiving

"It's going to be a good night out to the get their minds off what's happened."

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Euroviews. Have millennials killed phone calls? | View

About a century after Americans commandeered the phone for personal chit-chat, what is left? Personal chit-chat — very personal chit-chat.

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How the Catholic 'alt-right' aims to purge LGBTQ members from the church

Websites like Church Militant, LifeSite News and the Lepanto Institute are ratcheting up the rhetoric with personal attacks on supporters of gay Catholics.

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