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James Meredith, center right, is escorted by federal marshals as he appears for his first day of class at the University of Mississippi, in Oxford, Miss., Oct. 1, 1962. Meredith sued to gain admission as the first Black student at the state’s flagship university. Facing resistance from the governor and riots that led to two deaths, Meredith enrolled at Ole Miss under federal court order and protected by U.S. marshals. (AP Photo/File)

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Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,10/01/22-6:28AM, 6 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll in what was then a bastion of Deep South segregation.
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Former President Jimmy Carter reacts as his wife Rosalynn Carter speaks during a reception to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 10, 2021, in Plains, Ga.. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

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Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98 with family, friends, baseball

By BILL BARROW BILL BARROW - Associated Press
Fri,09/30/22-11:11PM, 7 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S.
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China's ambassador in Geneva ambassador Chen Xu makes a media statement criticising the U.S. for attacking China's candidate to head a United Nations agency that tracks intellectual property in the digital age, in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 26, 2020. Like rarely before, Western countries are leading a push among the 47 member nations of the U.N.’s top human rights body to single out and scrutinize human rights in China — over allegations of abuses in western Xinjiang — and Russia, where a domestic crackdown on dissent over the Ukraine war has stifled independent media and activist groups. (AP Photo/File)

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Western push on China, Russia at UN rights body faces test

By JAMEY KEATEN JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press
Sat,10/01/22-1:54AM, 8 Reads
GENEVA (AP) — Western countries are leading a rare two-pronged push at the U.N.’s main human rights body to better scrutinize the human rights records of two big world powers: China, over allegations of abuses during an anti-extremism campaign in western Xinjiang, and Russia, over its government's crackdown on dissent and protest against the war
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Kelly Dillaha, left, talks with Kathy Nitz during a Red Wine and Blue event in Utica, Mich., Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Michigan women fight to preserve abortion, 1 chat at a time

By SARA BURNETT SARA BURNETT - Associated Press
Fri,09/30/22-11:48PM, 10 Reads
UTICA, Mich. (AP) — At a wine bar in suburban Detroit, about a dozen women strategized about how to preserve the right to abortion in their state.
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