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Why Black Friday Is a Bad Day to Impulse Buy Electronics

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Photo: Canadapanda (Shutterstock) Food, clothes, home goods: If you can buy it, chances are there’s a Black Friday deal being advertised for it. But just because you’re snagging something with…

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Julia Fox Says She Dated Kanye West To ‘Distract’ Him From Kim Kardashian

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Julia Fox certainly has her reasons. The “Uncut Gems” actor had a lot to say when sharing why she decided to date Ye shortly after his split from ex-wife Kim…

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6 Strategies Harriet Tubman and Others Used to Escape Along the Underground Railroad

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Despite the horrors of slavery, it was no easy decision to flee. Escaping often involved leaving behind family and heading into the complete unknown, where harsh weather and lack of…

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After the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman Led a Brazen Civil War Raid

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They called her “Moses” for leading enslaved people in the South to freedom up North. But Harriet Tubman fought the institution of slavery well beyond her role as a conductor for…

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Why Frederick Douglass Wanted Black Men to Fight in the Civil War

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During the Civil War, Frederick Douglass used his stature as the most prominent African American social reformer, orator, writer and abolitionist to recruit men of his race to volunteer for…

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6 Black Heroes of the Civil War

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As America’s Civil War raged, with the enslavement of millions of people hanging in the balance, African Americans didn’t just sit on the sidelines. Whether enslaved, escaped or born free,…

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Black Civil War Soldiers

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Contents A ‘White Man’s War’? The Second Confiscation and Militia Act (1862) The 54th Massachusetts Confederate Threats The Fight for Equal Pay On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed…

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Supreme Court orders Trump’s tax returns to be turned over to House Democrats

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the handover of former President Trump’s tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.  Last month, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts granted…

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Leilani Simon, mother of missing toddler Quinton Simon, arrested

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Remains found in a Georgia landfill are believed to be those of a toddler reported missing in October from his Savannah home by his mother, police said Tuesday. The child’s mother,…

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