There was a baby chimp born at The Sedgwick County Zoo, the baby had to be put on oxygen for a few days. This is a clip of it being reintroduced to its mother for the first time.
🏀Thrilled for @Malika_Andrews who is nominated in the Sports Emmys emerging on-air talent category. Malika is among ESPN’s industry-leading number of nominations. A well-deserved recognition for the @ESPNNBA host and reporter. #NBAToday. https://t.co/NibHO0f6DK
Best-selling writer Joan Didion has died from Parkinson's Disease. She was 87.
Beginning in the 1960s, her works influenced a generation of journalists, fiction fans and memoir readers.
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Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.
One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.
Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)
Today was @KendrickPerkins first time back in the studio in more than a year - I did not expect his explanation about the difference between in-person and virtual to include @ForestWhitaker and
@Morris_Chestnut 😂
On #InternationalWomensDay, I’m celebrating every woman who wakes up ready to fight to make life better for all the girls who’ll come after us. We’ve got a lot of work to do—and we persist.
Breonna Taylor was shot to death by police in her own home 5 months ago today. All of the officers have walked free. We must demand #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor. And we must keep fighting for the Justice in Policing Act to protect Black lives and end police brutality. #SayHerName
This lady just gave birth at the hour of the explosion in #Beirut... again the doctors prove ghat they’re the real heroes and the first line responders ❤️❤️❤️
Last night I was teargassed by a federal occupying force I SAW throw canisters of poison, without warning, into a nonviolent crowd, including elders, the vulnerable. We can’t wait for Nov to drive secret police from Pdx! Democracy is slipping away in front of our tear-gassed eyes
Juneteenth has never been a celebration of victory, or an acceptance of the way things are. It's a celebration of progress. It's an affirmation that despite the most painful parts of our history, change is possible––and there is still so much work to do.
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A simply astonishing story about President Abraham Lincoln in the White House during the Civil War, as recounted by his friend Joshua Speed after Lincoln’s death. “I am afraid with all my troubles I shall never get” to heaven, he said. “But if I do I will find you.”