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Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 12 June 2023

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An avid skateboarder, Nichols spent much time as a youth at the park on the outskirts of Sacramento. City officials and others held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly renovated skate park now named for Nichols.

Details: Written by THOMAS BEAUMONT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press; Published: 11 June 2023

Ron DeSantis ventured far from the usual presidential campaign trail Saturday, heading to a rodeo in reliably red Oklahoma to make the case that he’s the top alternative to Donald Trump — even as the former president’s indictment threatens to upend the 2024 Republican primary race

Details: Written by ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press; Published: 09 June 2023

FILE - Former President Donald Trump attends an event with supporters at the Westside Conservative Breakfast, in Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

The indictment accuses Trump of having improperly removed scores of boxes from the White House to take them to Mar-a-Lago, many of them containing classified information.

Details: Written by ERIC TUCKER, JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press; Published: 09 June 2023

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023, while en route to West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The remarkable development makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw. The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if he’s convicted.

Details: Written by MARK SHERMAN Associated Press; Published: 08 June 2023

Evan Milligan, plaintiff in Merrill v. Milligan, an Alabama redistricting case, listens to a reporter's question following oral arguments outside the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama congressional map.

Details: Written by GARY FIELDS Associated Press; Published: 07 June 2023

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The justices now will decide how strongly to protect minority groups when they challenge political boundaries drawn through states' redistricting.

Details: Written by ANNIE MA, CLAUDIA LAUER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press; Published: 07 June 2023

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The first encounter with racism that Harmony Kennedy can remember came in elementary school. On a playground, a girl picked up a leaf and said she wanted to “clean the dirt” from Harmony’s skin.

Details: Written by CURT ANDERSON and FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press; Published: 07 June 2023

This Jan. 14, 2023, photo released by attorney Anthony D. Thomas, shows Owens, a 35-year-old mother of four from Ocala, Fla. (Anthony D. Thomas via AP)

Authorities came under pressure Tuesday to arrest and charge the white woman who fired through her front door and killed Ajike Owens in a case that has put Florida’s divisive stand your ground law back into the spotlight.

Details: Written by JILL COLVIN Associated Press; Published: 05 June 2023

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While Trump is currently leading the early fight for the nomination, Pence supporters see a lane for a reliable conservative who espouses many of the previous administration’s policies but without the constant tumult.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 05 June 2023

Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at the Whittemore Center Arena at the University of New Hampshire, Feb. 10, 2020, in Durham, N.H. West says he will run for president in 2024 as 3rd-party candidate. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

In a compelling video shared on Twitter, West expressed his intention to run for the pursuit of truth and justice, emphasizing that the presidency serves as a means to achieve these noble ideals.