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WEBJapanese court acquits a man in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row. A court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder. He spent 48 years behind bars, making him the world's longest-serving death row inmate. 4 hours ago.
The new COVID shot is now available. Here's what you need to …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · It’s that time of year again. New COVID-19 shots are now available all over the country. The Food and Drug Administration has greenlighted three updated vaccines — the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots, and now a third one from Novavax, which was just authorized by the FDA on Friday. All three aim to help protect people from the latest ...
Here's who made the 2024 MacArthur Fellows list - kwit.org
WEB3 hours ago · There are 22 MacArthur fellows this year. They include (clockwise from left) filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, disability justice activist Alice Wong, scholar and writer Ruha Benjamin, poet and educator Juan Felipe Herrera, artist and performer Justin Vivian Bond, and poet Jericho Brown. "No strings attached" is not a phrase you hear too often in the ...
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This new MacArthur “genius” says she defied caste prejudice …
WEB3 hours ago · Published October 1, 2024 at 11:01 AM CDT. MacArthur Fellows Program. Shailaja Paik is one of the 2024 MacArthur '"genius grant" recipients. She is a historian of modern India who writes about caste and gender, shedding light on the unseen lives of women from the Dalit caste — referred to as "untouchables." Shailaja Paik was …
What's The Frequency - kwit.org
WEBBret Hayworth hosts the news and culture program, What's The Frequency. He has been a journalist since 1996, and with the show aims to provide the latest on how Siouxlanders live, and to illuminate key trends in government, the …
Fat Bear Week delayed after a large bear kills a rival bear
WEB1 hour ago · Fat Bear Week, a celebration of brown bears’ survival instincts, brought a grisly reminder of the animals’ predatory nature on Monday, when a male bear, 469, killed a female, 402, at Katmai National Park & Preserve in Alaska. The unsettling scene was captured by a popular live webcam that follows the bears on the Brooks River.
Ta-Nehisi Coates explores how oppression can breed oppression …
WEB26 minutes ago · Ta-Nehisi Coates teaches at Howard University, where he's the Sterling Brown Endowed Chair in the English department. Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates says he long felt the pull to visit Africa — and yet it was a trip he kept putting off. “When you're Black in this country, Africa — or the story that's told about Africa — is a weight,” Coates ...
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