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23 Aug, 2020
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The Third Degree: Racial resolution
Welcome to the Third Degree: Tough, Brief, Weekly Interrogations that force thinking and response.
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‘We want out’: Residents closest to rail project pay the price of progress

When U.S. Army veteran Brandi Tolley returned home in the early 2000s after years serving overseas, she had the American dream of home ownership on her mind.

Bernard Schoenburg: Davis, a campaign co-chair, won’t say if he’ll vote for President Trump’s re-election

In a year of interesting political twists, here's another one: U.S. Rep.

 
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Statehouse Insider: Why is there a Liberty Bell at the Capitol?

It was no surprise that the board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (a mouthful any way you try to say/write it) approved the removal of the Stephen Douglas and Pierre Menard statues from the Capitol grounds.

2 bodies found, 2 missing after explosion in Texas port

The explosion happened at about 8 a.m. Friday when the vessel struck a submerged pipeline, according to the Coast Guard, and Port of Corpus Christi officials said it was a natural gas pipeline.

 
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Billboards promote mask-wearing, social distancing

At first, the Mu Delta Lambda Charitable Foundation spent part of the $15,000 in COVID-19 response funds it was awarded by The Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln in the way one might expect.

‘The whole world celebrates’ on-camera birth of panda cub

WASHINGTON - A brand new giant panda cub is sparking pandemic-fueled panda-mania, and officials at the National Zoo said traffic on their livestream spiked 1,200% over the past week.

House returns from recess to vote on $25 billion for USPS

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives is set to consider legislation Saturday preventing any further changes at the United States Postal Service and providing $25 billion in funding ahead of an expected surge in mail-in ballots in the November election.    The Democratic-controlled chamber will likely pass the legislation, but it faces an uncertain future in the Republican-led Senate.

Tough choices for GOP over a Postal Service Trump belittles

WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans in tight reelections are in a precarious position over the embattled Postal Service as its bosses impose cost-cutting measures on one of the government's few beloved agencies.

How does coronavirus spread at a concert? Germans do a test

BERLIN - Germany held a pop concert Saturday to see how those attending could spread coronavirus if they had it.