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FILE Britain's Mo Farah celebrates winning the gold medal, in the men's 5000-meter medals ceremony, during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child. The British athlete made the revelation in a BBC documentary. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
UK Olympic great Mo Farah says he was trafficked as a child

By Danica Kirka Jul. 12, 2022 08:07 AM EDT

China's He Binghan competes during the men's halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Beijing Olympics get political with Taiwan, Uyghur questions

By Stephen Wade And Graham Dunbar Feb. 17, 2022 02:18 AM EST

US Sen. Ron Johnson: Liberals feel America isn't good enough

By Todd Richmond Jun. 26, 2021 08:10 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Saturday that America is making progress on racism but liberals feel it's not good enough and they want to...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 21, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
San Antonio Express-News. June 17, 2021. Editorial: Revel in joy, remember pain of Juneteenth The theme of Juneteenth...

Hawaii becomes 49th state to recognize Juneteenth

By Audrey Mcavoy Jun. 16, 2021 08:36 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii on Wednesday became the 49th state to officially recognize Juneteenth when the governor signed legislation designating June 19 as a day...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at an official welcome at the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Leon Neal/Pool Photo via AP)
Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China

By Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani And Jill Lawless Jun. 12, 2021 02:00 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:26 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 8 The Montreal Gazette on anti-Muslim hatred in...

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Charlotte Observer. May 30, 2021. Editorial: In NC, the GOP governs by the Big Fib The Big Lie that drives Republican...

President Joe Biden speaks as he commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre, at the Greenwood Cultural Center, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden decries 'horrific' Tulsa massacre in emotional speech

By Jonathan Lemire And Darlene Superville Jun. 01, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

An image of a Native American is featured in the artwork of Johnston Gate, Harvard University's first and largest gate heading to the campus, in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, May 23, 2021. Some 350 years ago, Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, an Aquinnah Wampanoag man, became the first Native American to graduate from the university, the product of Harvard's chartered mission to educate "English and Indian youths of this country." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
For Native Americans, Harvard and other colleges fall short

By Philip Marcelo May. 27, 2021 01:19 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

By The Associated Press May. 25, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
Kansas City Star. May 24, 2021. Editorial: Derek Schmidt and Eric Schmitt want to cancel ‘critical race theory,’ aka ‘history’ ...

A car is driven past a billboard showing machines harvesting cotton outside a Huafu Fashion plant, as seen during a government organized trip for foreign journalists, in Aksu in western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. A backlash against reports of forced labor and other abuses of the largely Muslim Uyghur ethnic group in Xinjiang is taking a toll on China's cotton industry, but it's unclear if the pressure will compel the government or companies to change their ways. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Factory boss defiant as sanctions bite in China's Xinjiang

By Ken Moritsugu And Dake Kang May. 25, 2021 12:11 AM EDT

Tronco, or multiple foot stocks used to to constrain enslaved people, are seen at the Slavery exhibition Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, May 17, 2021. The stark contrast between finery and brutality, wealth and inhumanity is a recurring pattern at the museum's unflinching new exhibition titled, simply, "Slavery", that examines the history of Dutch involvement in the international slave trade. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
New Dutch exhibition takes unflinching look at slavery

By Mike Corder May. 18, 2021 05:58 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, state Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, addresses a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. While some cities are moving ahead, the efforts have largely stalled in the states. Bradford, who will serve on the state's reparations task force, said the effort succeeded because of the commitment from the bill's author, now-Secretary of State Shirley Weber, support from the Legislative Black Caucus and the state's governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)
Despite racial reckoning, state efforts stall on reparations

Piper Hudspeth Blackburn Apr. 25, 2021 10:37 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Minnesota

By The Associated Press Apr. 13, 2021 08:00 PM EDT
Minneapolis Star Tribune. April 11, 2021. Editorial: Keep moving forward on expanded telehealth in Minnesota The...

Editorial Roundup: Florida

By The Associated Press Mar. 31, 2021 08:19 AM EDT
Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: ___ March 31 The Palm Beach Post on the “anti-riot” bill...

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaks about COVID-19 vaccinations in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
US-Russia ties nosedive after Biden-Putin tit-for-tat

By Vladimir Isachenkov And Matthew Lee Mar. 18, 2021 01:08 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Indiana

By The Associated Press Mar. 09, 2021 02:00 PM EST
KPC News. March 7, 2021. Editorial: Glick’s bill puts reasonable reins on governor Last fall we reported that Indiana...

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2020, file photo, an inmate firefighter rests during a break from battling the River Fire in Salinas, Calif. California could change its constitutional ban on slavery to remove the words "unless for the punishment of crime," further reducing the state's already faltering dependence on thousands of inmate firefighters, under a proposed amendment backed Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, by local officials and actor-activist Danny Glover. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Amendment would ban 'servitude' by California prison inmates

By Don Thompson Feb. 25, 2021 08:14 PM EST

A woman holds up a sign during q protest, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland. Racism would be declared a public health crisis in Ohio and the day celebrating the official end of slavery would become a paid state holiday under racial justice measures reintroduced Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, after unsuccessful efforts to pass them during the last legislative session. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Lawmakers revive bills to fight racism, honor Juneteenth

By Farnoush Amiri Feb. 23, 2021 04:13 PM EST