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Nation
May 31

WATCH LIVE: Biden participates in annual Memorial Day ceremony

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

Nation
May 31

Dems walk, stop Texas GOP’s sweeping voting restrictions

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

The Tulsa Race Massacre

A Century After The Race Massacre, Tulsa Confronts Its Bloody Past

Survivors and their descendants say facing the truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre is essential in the nation’s struggle to confront racial injustice and violence against Black people.

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Democratic state Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth, the chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on Sunday, against Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act.

Jay Janner/AP

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Jay Janner/AP

National

Texas Democrats Walk Out, Stop Republican’s Sweeping Voting Restrictions

The revolt torpedoed the measure which would have reduced polling hours, empowered poll watchers and scaled back ways to vote in Texas, which already has some of the nation’s strictest voting laws.

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Ralph “AK” Angkiangco spent just under a decade in the United States Navy as a hospital corpsman. He deployed to Afghanistan twice and served alongside the Marines.

Courtesy Ralph Angkiangco

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National

A Path To Peace: How A Former Navy Corpsman Honors His Fallen Friends On Memorial Day

In Afghanistan, Ralph “AK” Angkiangco was a medic with a Marine platoon that suffered terrible casualties. For years, the holiday was a time to drink and forget, not remember. This year is different.

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More than 30 states have medical marijuana programs — yet scientists are only allowed to use cannabis plants from one U.S. source for their research. That’s set to change, as the federal government begins to add more growers to the mix.

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

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Shots – Health News

More Cannabis Research Is Coming

For more than 50 years, U.S. researchers have only been allowed to use plants from a facility based at the University of Mississippi. Now there will be new suppliers, which will accelerate research into understanding cannabis’ health effects and possible therapeutic uses.

Nation
May 30

Vets return to Memorial Day traditions as pandemic eases

By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press