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Portland protests draw largest crowd in weeks

Portland endured another night of violence and vandalism on Monday, after the largest crowd in weeks stormed the streets for the 53rd day of protests. The massive crowd included mothers dressed in yellow and fathers dressed in orange, who marched with protesters to the Multnomah County Justice Center and created …

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A 17-year-old boy called Trader Joe’s labeled ‘racist’

When Trader Joe’s founder Joe Coulombe died earlier this year, he was hailed as a marketing genius, a retail visionary. He had opened a small nautical-themed market in South Pasadena in 1967 and watched it grow into an empire of nearly 500 stores across the country. But today that empire, …

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Omar al-Bashir: former Sudanese president on trial for 1989 coup

Image copyright AFP Screenshot The Khartoum courthouse was crowded for the start of the trial. The ousted Sudanese leader, Omar al-Bashir, was tried in the capital Khartoum in connection with the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago. The 76-year-old man, who has already been …

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