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NASA Names First Woman, First Black Astronauts For Artemis II Moon Mission
NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the 4-member team chosen to fly on what would be first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years
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US Open 2022: Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia Set Up Semi-Final Clash
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first African woman in history to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday as France's Caroline Garcia ended the hopes of American teenager Coco Gauff to advance to the last four.
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Woman Who Drove Into Girl For Being Mexican Hit Black Child The Same Day, Cops Say
A woman accused of driving into a teenage girl because she believed she was Mexican had struck another child with her car less than an hour earlier, Iowa authorities say.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Toni Morrison Dies At 88
Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a short illness, her family said in a statement on Tuesday. She was 88.
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Beyonce Incurs Wrath of South African Chief Over New Rumoured Role
"She lacks the basic human dignity to be worthy of writing Sarah's story, let alone playing the part. Why Sarah Baartman? Why not a story about an Indigenous American woman? I can only see arrogance in her attempt to tell a story that is not hers to tell," Chief Jean Burgess of the Ghonaqua First Peoples said
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Lion Kills American Tourist Driving in South African Park
A lion leapt through a open car window and mauled to death an American tourist at a privately-run game park just outside Johannesburg on Monday, a park official said.
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Video Shows Police Wrestle Pregnant Black Woman to Ground
Police body camera footage published online by a rights group on Thursday showed two California officers wrestling to the ground a black woman who was eight months pregnant, and arresting her following a dispute with another woman.
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NASA Names First Woman, First Black Astronauts For Artemis II Moon Mission
NASA on Monday named the first woman and the first African American ever assigned as astronauts to a lunar mission, introducing them as part of the 4-member team chosen to fly on what would be first crewed voyage around the moon in more than 50 years
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US Open 2022: Ons Jabeur, Caroline Garcia Set Up Semi-Final Clash
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur became the first African woman in history to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday as France's Caroline Garcia ended the hopes of American teenager Coco Gauff to advance to the last four.
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Woman Who Drove Into Girl For Being Mexican Hit Black Child The Same Day, Cops Say
A woman accused of driving into a teenage girl because she believed she was Mexican had struck another child with her car less than an hour earlier, Iowa authorities say.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Writer Toni Morrison Dies At 88
Toni Morrison, the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, has died following a short illness, her family said in a statement on Tuesday. She was 88.
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Beyonce Incurs Wrath of South African Chief Over New Rumoured Role
"She lacks the basic human dignity to be worthy of writing Sarah's story, let alone playing the part. Why Sarah Baartman? Why not a story about an Indigenous American woman? I can only see arrogance in her attempt to tell a story that is not hers to tell," Chief Jean Burgess of the Ghonaqua First Peoples said
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Lion Kills American Tourist Driving in South African Park
A lion leapt through a open car window and mauled to death an American tourist at a privately-run game park just outside Johannesburg on Monday, a park official said.
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Video Shows Police Wrestle Pregnant Black Woman to Ground
Police body camera footage published online by a rights group on Thursday showed two California officers wrestling to the ground a black woman who was eight months pregnant, and arresting her following a dispute with another woman.
