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• Turner Drew Language Academy Teacher Wins Prestigious ‘Golden Apple’

  05-05-2024 16:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  Turner Drew Language Academy students celebrates teacher Alicia Carlisle’s Golden Apple Award (Credit: Tacuma Roeback). 
  Grade school children at the Turner Drew Language Academy on the South Side held pom poms or signs that read “#TeachGolden” but barely held onto their excitement over what would transpire at the school gym. 
  As soon as the door flipped open and first-grade teacher Alicia Carlisle stepped into the room, it all came to a glorious head. They and staff
  
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• FDA misses deadline to ban cancerous ingredients in hair relaxers commonly used by Black women

  05-05-2024 15:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to meet its own deadline for banning formaldehyde in hair-straightening products, raising concerns about the agency’s commitment to protecting public health. The proposed ban, which was slated to take effect in April, has yet to be implemented, leaving many questioning the FDA’s inaction.
  According to NBC News, the FDA has not provided any explanation for the delay in enforcing the ban, despite previously announcing plans for action in Ap
  
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• Trump Says Police Should Have ‘Immunity From Prosecution’ Amid Deportations

  05-05-2024 14:00 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  Former President Donald Trump pledged to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants through the use of local law enforcement, the National Guard, and potentially the U.S. military if he’s reelected.
  “We will be using local law enforcement,” Trump said of the deportations in an interview with Time Magazine.
  The former president noted that he wants to give police special immunity from prosecution.
  “And we have to give the police back the powe
  
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• 4-Year-Old Boy Who Was Missing For Months Found Dead In Duffle Bag

  05-05-2024 13:30 via chicagodefender.com
  
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  A body found in a duffle bag in Pennsylvania has been identified as a four-year-old boy who was missing for months.
  According to the Philadelphia Police Department, DNA evidence recently matched 4-year-old Damari to a body that was discovered in a duffle bag on March 18 in a West Philadephia neighborhood, per PEOPLE.
  The Puma-branded bag was found by a maintenance worker in an alleyway less than a mile away from where Damari lived with his mother, Dominique Bailey. The body i
  
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