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Morgan Freeman dismisses Black History Month and term African-American, says his story is "an American story"

Freeman described both the celebration and the term “African American” as an “insult”

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Miami closes four Biscayne Bay islands for Memorial Day weekend to protect natural habitat from litter

This Friday, Miami will close the four Biscayne Bay islands due to litter from visitors

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American writer Paul Auster dies at 77

The famous writer died at his home in Brooklyn due to lung cancer

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Gold watch worn by Titanic's richest passenger auctioned for more than a cool million

One of the most valuable objects preserved after the sinking of the famous ship will soon have a new owner

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California teen dies days after brutal Los Angeles high school bathroom fight

The video shows Mejía being hit by another teenage girl when she suddenly hits her head against a bathroom stall and falls to the floor

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Pew Survey: Most Hispanic adults prefer to consume news in English and through digital media

More than half of U.S. Hispanic adults (54%) receive their news primarily in English, far more than the percentage who receive their news primarily in Spanish (21%)

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Los Angeles Times columnist sounds alarm about mass layoffs of Latino journalists

The layoffs cut the staff of De Los, the newspaper’s digital edition to Latino coverage resulted in 38% of its Latino caucus members receiving pink slips

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Puerto Rican Afro-Caribbean community argues it needs legal protection against hairstyle discrimination

In the continental United States, Texas and least 23 other states have passed a version of what has been labeled as the CROWN Act, which stands for “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.”

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Nearly four million new Latino eligible voters since 2020, Hispanic youth vote on the rise, says Pew Research Center

Latinos have become the second fastest growing major ethnic group in the United States since 2020, just behind Asian Americans, the report says, but the actual number of Hispanic eligible voters has increased twice as much as Asian Americans since the last election cycle

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Democrats to pour millions into capturing votes from Latinos and "people of color"

Democrats announced Tuesday that they are spending at least $35 million this election cycle to "persuade and mobilize" Latino, Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander and Native Hawaiian voters to help the party win control of the U.S. House in November