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Marchers make their way toward the St. Pete Pier in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022 during a march to protest the controversial "Don't say gay" bill passed by Florida's Republican-led legislature and now on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis' desk. (Martha Asencio-Rhine/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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Disney workers plan walkout to protest 'Don't Say Gay' bill
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Wed,03/16/22-10:22AM , 94 Reads
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney workers are planning walkouts during their breaks every day this week to protest CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida legislation that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
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Bob Saget arrives at a screening of "MacGruber" on Dec. 8, 2021, in Los Angeles. Saget's family has released a statement on the cause of his death last month in Florida, citing authorities saying the actor-comedian died from an accidental blow to the head. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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Saget's fractures possibly caused by fall on carpeted floor
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Tue,03/15/22-11:46AM , 111 Reads
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Fractures around Bob Saget's eye sockets and bleeding around his brain were possibly caused by the comedian hitting “something hard, covered by something soft," such as a carpeted floor, according to a report released Tuesday that provides more details of the TV's star's death.
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Texas Christian University assistant professor of literature Brandon Manning posses for a photo at TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Manning was born in the U.S. South and had been itching to return there, but Manning didn't want to go back to his native Atlanta because of the traffic, cost of housing and sprawl. He made a list of smaller cities in the South he would consider, and when the opportunity came for Manning to take a job teaching in Texas at TCU he jumped. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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US Black population: The biggest growth is in smaller cities
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Mon,03/14/22-9:59AM , 222 Reads
Brandon Manning and his wife were both born in the U.S. South and had been itching to return, but Manning didn’t want to go back to his native Atlanta because of the traffic, housing costs and sprawl.
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Children play in the yard of a community boxing club Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Somerton, Ariz. The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday, March 10, 2022, released two reports which measure how well the once-a-decade head count tallied every U.S. resident and whether certain populations were undercounted or overrepresented in the count. Any undercounts in various populations can shortchange the amount of funding and political representation they get over the next decade. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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Some minority groups missed at higher rate in 2020 US census
By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press
Thu,03/10/22-9:56AM , 95 Reads
Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were missed at higher rates than a decade ago during the 2020 census, according to a report released Thursday that evaluated how well the once-a-decade head count tallied every U.S. resident.
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