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Georgia Sheriff Spox Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook

By Pilar Melendez, William Bredderman

Jay Baker incited outrage on Wednesday when he said the 21-year-old who admitted to murdering eight people at Asian massage parlors was having “a really bad day.”

The Equality Act Hearing Showed Why We Need the Equality Act

By Tim Teeman

The Senate hearing into the Equality Act took place today. It featured a star in trans teen Stella Keating, alongside entrenched prejudice that signals a tough ride in the Senate.

Cop Who Threw Black Girl in School Still Playing the Victim

By Cheyenne Roundtree

The SXSW doc ‘Spring Valley’ revisits a South Carolina school resource officer who dragged a Black teen from her desk and examines how cops in schools can create a prison pipeline.

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Thought the Right Would Give It a Rest? It’s Just Begun

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Will ‘Identity’ Commencement Parties Wreck America? Um, No.

By Ruben Navarrette Jr.

Some universities have held separate and additional events for different groups for years. The only things that's new here is that Fox News has “discovered” them.

Newlyweds’ Night at Atlanta Massage Parlor Turned to Terror

By Pilar Melendez, Jewel Wicker, Matt Taylor, William Bredderman

The eight people killed in Tuesday’s shooting rampage included two hard-working business owners, and a young mom enjoying a night out with her husband.

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NGOs Shocked at U.S. ‘Horrendous’ Response to Migrant Surge

By David Shortell, Scott Bixby

“The idea that DHS, which has $49 billion budget, can’t figure this out, to me, is the wrong conversation,” said Paola Luisi, of Families Belong Together,

How COVID Stopped the Next Comedy Boom in Its Tracks

By Wayne Federman

Comedian Wayne Federman breaks down the pandemic’s impact in this excerpt from his new book “The History of Stand-Up: From Mark Twain to Dave Chappelle.”

Whiskey, NBA Rings & Boston Bars: 10 Rounds with Paul Pierce

By Noah Rothbaum

The retired Celtics star tackles our speed round of questions.

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1. Massage Parlor Massacre Suspect’s Own Family Turned Him In

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Robert Aaron Long’s grandmother told CNN that he “is our grandson and we still love him very much.”

2. ‘Right to Fight’: Feds Say Rioter Attacked Cops With Poles

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“When our country is being attacked, like we are, we have a right to fight…that is what the Second Amendment was built on,” Mark Ponder told other rioters.

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4. Authorities Make Odd Claim Spa Killer Had ‘Really Bad Day’

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Cherokee County Sheriff’s Capt. Jay Baker also insisted the 21-year-old, who admitted to murdering eight people, was just “fed up” and at the “end of his rope.”

5. Two Proud Boys Leaders Arrested as Conspiracy Case Grows

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Leaders of Proud Boys chapters in Philadelphia and North Carolina were arrested in the latest busts on the group.

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