Tag: King
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King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said Friday that the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 countries, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that began in Samoa on Monday, with slavery…
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Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and others pull onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak
Burger King, Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut have all pulled onions from a portion of their restaurants following reports of a “severe” E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders. The removal comes two days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first announced in a food safety alert on its website that there was an…
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King Charles heckled by indigenous senator in Australia
King Charles III was heckled in Australia on Monday by an Indigenous senator who shouted “you’re not my king” as the British monarch finished a speech at Parliament House. The king, who is the first reigning British monarch to visit Australia in 13 years, was addressing lawmakers and other dignitaries in the Great Hall of…
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King Charles arrives to an Australia with mixed feelings about the monarchy
LONDON — King Charles III has expressed “deep love and affection” for Australia, a former part of the British Empire. As he visits the country this weekend, he may find that Australians don’t feel quite as much affection for him. Charles and Queen Camilla arrived Friday evening local time in Sydney, where a tribute on…
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Australia awaits King Charles on first big overseas tour since cancer diagnosis
SYDNEY, Australia — King Charles, the only British monarch who has spent time living in Australia, arrives on Friday for his inaugural visit to an overseas realm as sovereign, his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer. The first visit by a reigning monarch in 13 years has revived debate in Australia over…
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Colorado man found guilty of murdering 10 people at King Soopers supermarket in Boulder in 2021
A Colorado jury on Monday rejected an insanity defense and convicted the man who gunned down 10 people at a Boulder supermarket three years ago of murder. Ahmad Alissa, 25, was found guilty on all 55 charges, including 10 counts of first-degree murder, in the March 22, 2021, assault at King Soopers. He’s likely to be…
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Black pastors rebuke Mark Robinson’s reported remarks about Martin Luther King Jr.
Three prominent Black pastors in North Carolina and other respected clergy have rebuked Mark Robinson, the embattled North Carolina lieutenant governor who is running for governor, for his past incendiary remarks about the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Robinson is under intense fire after CNN shared countless controversial comments that he allegedly made on social…
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Billie Jean King to become first solo female athlete to receive Congressional Gold Medal
WASHINGTON — Billie Jean King will become the first individual female athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey announced Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation had passed the House of Representatives and would be sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. The bill to…