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Survivors say Buffalo’s history of segregation and racial tensions linked to Tops shooting

Survivors say Buffalo’s history of segregation and racial tensions linked to Tops shooting

Malik Rainey for ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Dr. Eva Doyle describes herself as one of the “regular Saturday shoppers” at the Tops supermarket on Buffalo’s predominantly Black east side. But on May 14, 2022, the retired public school teacher broke from her weekend routine and went to pick up […]

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GMA honors teacher who went from lead custodian to substitute teacher

GMA honors teacher who went from lead custodian to substitute teacher

ABC News (PLYMOUTH, Minn.) — In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week , “GMA” is honoring educators, including educators like Mike Peterson, a custodian-turned-substitute at Plymouth Middle School in Plymouth, Minnesota. Before becoming the school’s favorite teacher, Peterson was a custodian for nearly three decades. He eventually became the director of […]

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Attorneys for Jordan Neely family, Daniel Penny speak out on NYC subway killing

Attorneys for Jordan Neely family, Daniel Penny speak out on NYC subway killing

Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The family of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after allegedly being put into a chokehold by Daniel Penny during an altercation on a New York City subway on May 1, has responded to Penny’s statement on the death. They called Penny’s response […]

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Buffalo shooting: Remembering the 10 lives taken a year ago in Tops massacre

Buffalo shooting: Remembering the 10 lives taken a year ago in Tops massacre

Courtesy of Amanda Drury (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Ten people, all African American, were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, a year ago this week, an attack that shook the nation and underscored a rise in white supremacy across the country. The victims […]

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Suspect arrested for Dallas train shooting that killed one, injured two

Suspect arrested for Dallas train shooting that killed one, injured two

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DALLAS, Texas) — One person is dead and two are injured after a fight broke out between two people Sunday on a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train, a spokesperson said. A man involved in the altercation was transported but has since died, the statement said. The incident […]

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‘Mayhem inside’: Texas shooting shows challenge of protecting malls

‘Mayhem inside’: Texas shooting shows challenge of protecting malls

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (DALLAS, Texas) — A mass shooting at a mall near Dallas on Saturday — which left nine dead, including the suspect, as well as seven injured — turned a shopping destination into a site of horrifying carnage. The attack comes less than a year after a gunman […]

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A year after racist shooting rampage, Buffalo struggles to correct decades of segregation and systemic racism

A year after racist shooting rampage, Buffalo struggles to correct decades of segregation and systemic racism

ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — While testifying in front of a federal commission last summer, Professor Henry Louis Taylor issued a startling summation of the evidence he said he’s drawn from the racially motivated May 14, 2022, mass shooting at a supermarket on Buffalo’s predominantly Black east side. Taylor, director […]

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Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster than previously thought, scientists say

Greenland Ice Sheet melting faster than previously thought, scientists say

Lukasz Larsson Warzecha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of the coldest regions on the planet appears to be losing its ability to retain the frigid climate necessary to regulate temperatures in the rest of the world. Scientists have determined that in the last 10 to 20 years of steady global […]

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Uvalde families demanding gun control see a win as Texas state bill passes committee vote

Uvalde families demanding gun control see a win as Texas state bill passes committee vote

ABC News (AUSTIN, Texas) — The rotunda of the Texas state Capitol echoed Monday morning with pleas from more than 160 activists who gathered in Austin to demand the legislature take action on gun reform. Monday marked the last day the Texas legislature could vote on House Bill 2744 — […]

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1 year after Buffalo mass shooting, some residents feel they’re left to save themselves

1 year after Buffalo mass shooting, some residents feel they’re left to save themselves

Alysha Webb/ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — In the wake of the racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo grocery store a year ago this week, there was an outpouring of sympathy and support. Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the funeral for Ruth Whitfield, at 86 the oldest of the 10 […]

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