Paxton Smith, the 2021 valedictorian at Lake Highlands High School, submitted to school officials an address on the effect of the media on young minds. But when she spoke at the graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 30, she talked of the theft of her rights and those of her classmates by the “heartbeat bill” signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott a week and a half before. “I cannot give up this platform to promote complacency and peace when there is a war on my body and a war on my rights. A war on the rights of your mothers, a war on the rights of your sisters, a war on the rights of your daughters. We cannot stay silent,” she told her class.

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Israeli opposition parties on Wednesday reached a coalition agreement to form a government and oust Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history and a dominant figure who has pushed his nation’s politics to the right.

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Pope Francis on Tuesday issued the most extensive revision to Catholic Church law in four decades, insisting that bishops take action against clerics who abuse minors and vulnerable adults, commit fraud or attempt to ordain women.

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The Biden administration on Tuesday suspended oil drilling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, unspooling a signature achievement of the Trump presidency and delivering on a promise by President Biden to protect the fragile Alaskan tundra from fossil fuel extraction.

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Michael T. Flynn does something highly objectionable that undermines the U.S. government, in which he served. And then when pressed on it, he claims it’s just a big misunderstanding, despite all evidence to the contrary.

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President Joe Biden visited Tulsa, Oklahoma, to mark the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, becoming the first sitting president to visit the historic Greenwood neighborhood to acknowledge the atrocities that took place there.

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SHERLOCK HOLMES 1984-1994 “MYSTERY” ON GRANADA TV (PBS) STARRING JEREMY BRETT

THE THIN MAN

KNIVES OUT

CHINATOWN

THE MALETESE FALCON

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL

VERA  (BBC/PBS)

DEATH ON THE NILE

MISS FISHER MURDER MYSTERIES  (TV)

MURDER BY DEATH

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Stone Mountain’s massive monument featuring Confederate leaders has long sparked controversy. Now, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association has announced changes to the park it hopes will help tell a more "balanced" story of Georgia's past. 

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The GOP assault on democracy in Texas is disturbing.

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Vietnam says it has discovered a new coronavirus variant that is highly transmissible.

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Texas further restricts voting options with Senate Bill 7.

 

 

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