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Memorial opens honoring victims of the 2015 Charleston church massacre
It took Alana Grant years to find the strength to set foot in the basement of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, where her grandfather, the Rev. Daniel Lee Simmons, attended his final Bible study. Her fears have been replaced by gratitude and hope now that there is a completed memorial in a courtyard by […]
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Thousands of flights canceled as airlines work to dig out from nationwide ground stop
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Alaska voters reject ballot measure seeking to repeal open primaries, ranked voting system
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Kreiss-Tomkins becomes first Democrat since 1998 elected governor in Alaska
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Democrats try out a strange new emotion at post-midterms What’s Next conference — hope
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