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Articles for Claiborne

Wake Forest Holds on for 23-20 Win over UConn
2 months ago

Wake Forest Holds on for 23-20 Win over UConn

Associated Press  

Wake Forest secured a 23-20 victory over Connecticut on Saturday, extending their winning streak to three games. Demond Claiborne had two touchdowns for Wake Forest, while Nick Evers threw for 264 yards for the Huskies. The Demon Deacons dominated the red zone throughout the game, scoring 23 unanswered points in the first half. Despite trailing by 10 points in the …

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A New Orleans neighborhood confronts the racist legacy of a toxic stretch of highway
9 months ago

A New Orleans neighborhood confronts the racist legacy of a toxic stretch of highway

Salon  

Aside from a few discarded hypodermic needles on the ground, the Hunter’s Field Playground in New Orleans looks almost untouched. It’s the adults who built the playground under the interstate.” Hunter’s Field is wedged directly beneath the elevated roadbeds of the Claiborne Expressway section of Interstate 10 in the city’s 7th Ward. When it was built, the “Claiborne Corridor,” as …

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Third-string QB Santino Marucci throws late TD pass as Wake Forest tops Pittsburgh 21-17
1 year, 2 months ago

Third-string QB Santino Marucci throws late TD pass as Wake Forest tops Pittsburgh 21-17

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! We found a way to not get it done.” Claiborne ran 42 yards for a touchdown with 3:02 left to cap Wake Forest’s 89-yard drive to complete a six-play possession. On Wake Forest’s next possession, the Demon Deacons reached the Panthers’ 32, but they gave the …

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Decades of Black history were lost in an overgrown Pennsylvania cemetery until volunteers unearthed more than 800 headstones
2 years, 1 month ago

Decades of Black history were lost in an overgrown Pennsylvania cemetery until volunteers unearthed more than 800 headstones

CNN  

North York, Pennsylvania CNN — Before she became one of America’s most-decorated Special Olympics athletes, before the made-for-TV movie and the shared stages with actor Denzel Washington and Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Loretta Claiborne was a great-granddaughter – of one Anna Johnson. Not until two decades later did Claiborne learn that a group of volunteers called Friends of …

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Scandals? What scandals? Here's why fans are still watching the NFL
2 years, 3 months ago

Scandals? What scandals? Here's why fans are still watching the NFL

NPR  

Here's why fans are still watching the NFL Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin T. Gellerson for NPR Justin T. Gellerson for NPR For the last few months, I've been driving past a new sports bar in northeast Baltimore, but hadn't had the chance to stop in. Enlarge this image toggle caption Justin T. Gellerson for NPR Justin T. Gellerson …

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Shootings expose divisions on gun issue in faith communities
2 years, 6 months ago

Shootings expose divisions on gun issue in faith communities

Associated Press  

After a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, several pastors around the country challenged their conservative counterparts with this question: Are you pro-life if you are pro-gun? He passed out tracts asserting “We can’t be pro-life and ignore gun violence” and asking “Will we choose the gun or the …

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US dairy farms grapple with high feed prices, drought
3 years, 4 months ago

US dairy farms grapple with high feed prices, drought

Al Jazeera  

Tulare, the United States — Cody Baker’s family traces its roots in Tulare County, the heart of California’s dairy industry, back almost 100 years. “Water has been tougher for farmers to get with the drought this year,” said Tom Tucker, the agricultural commissioner for Tulare County, which produced over $1.6bn in dairy products in 2019. “One of my biggest areas …

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In New Orleans, documenting history of iconic Black street
3 years, 6 months ago

In New Orleans, documenting history of iconic Black street

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans resident Raynard Sanders can detail the many ways Black businesses and culture thrived under the canopy of oak trees along Claiborne Avenue: the Black insurance companies, the corner lot home to the Black musicians union, the church that held a funeral to bury slavery. And they were not welcome and wanted in other parts of …

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Trump pardons 73, commutes sentence for 70 others: Full list
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump pardons 73, commutes sentence for 70 others: Full list

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump has granted a pardon to his disgraced former aide Steve Bannon as part of a wave of clemency and commutations during his final hours in office. In the decades since, Mr. Ford has been an upstanding member of his community and has used this experience and his decades of expertise to keep miners safe, including promoting …

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