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With Kamala Harris, Democrats Would Bet Against US History Of Sexism, Racism
The Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a Black woman can overcome racism, sexism and her own missteps as a politician to defeat Republic
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Watch: New Videos Show Deadliest Mass Shooting In Modern US History
Police arrive with sirens blasting, grabbing automatic weapons from their cruisers and rushing toward the sound of automatic gunfire.
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Donald Trump Vows 'Greatest Military Build-Up In American History'
President Donald Trump said he would make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" on Friday in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists.
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African-American Museum Tells 'Story Of All Of Us', Says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.
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Dream Job? US Museum Seeks Beer Expert For $64,650-A-Year Post
Attention beer lovers: the National Museum of American History may have your dream job -- traveling the country drinking brews, all expenses paid.
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Five Myths About Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is a historical figure every school child knows, one of the few from American history sculpted into a monument on the Mall. Yet much of his activism is misunderstood, even by some who seek to honor him. In the midst of protests by young African Americans in cities and on campuses across the country, King's life and l...
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Nurse tells of storied kiss. No, not that nurse
It is a defining image of the American century, one that expressed the joy of a nation at its moment of greatest triumph: on the day the Japanese surrender was announced, a sailor grabbed a nurse in the middle of Times Square, bent her back and kissed her.That kiss on V-J Day was captured in at least two photographs -- one iconic, one merely famous...
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With Kamala Harris, Democrats Would Bet Against US History Of Sexism, Racism
The Democratic party will be taking a historic gamble if it now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris to become its presidential candidate, betting that a Black woman can overcome racism, sexism and her own missteps as a politician to defeat Republic
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Watch: New Videos Show Deadliest Mass Shooting In Modern US History
Police arrive with sirens blasting, grabbing automatic weapons from their cruisers and rushing toward the sound of automatic gunfire.
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Donald Trump Vows 'Greatest Military Build-Up In American History'
President Donald Trump said he would make a massive budget request for one of the "greatest military buildups in American history" on Friday in a feisty, campaign-style speech extolling robust nationalism to eager conservative activists.
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African-American Museum Tells 'Story Of All Of Us', Says Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Friday celebrated the pending opening of the Smithsonian's new African-American museum and said the institution, decades in the making, is a powerful place because it tells "the story of all of us," not just the famous.
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Dream Job? US Museum Seeks Beer Expert For $64,650-A-Year Post
Attention beer lovers: the National Museum of American History may have your dream job -- traveling the country drinking brews, all expenses paid.
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Five Myths About Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is a historical figure every school child knows, one of the few from American history sculpted into a monument on the Mall. Yet much of his activism is misunderstood, even by some who seek to honor him. In the midst of protests by young African Americans in cities and on campuses across the country, King's life and l...
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Nurse tells of storied kiss. No, not that nurse
It is a defining image of the American century, one that expressed the joy of a nation at its moment of greatest triumph: on the day the Japanese surrender was announced, a sailor grabbed a nurse in the middle of Times Square, bent her back and kissed her.That kiss on V-J Day was captured in at least two photographs -- one iconic, one merely famous...
