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Viola Franziska Müller, Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in history, University of Bonn

How some enslaved Black people stayed in Southern slaveholding states – and found freedom

South Underground Railroad Bettmann Harriet Tubman James Matws Slavery

Black fugitives fleeing slavery on the Underground Railroad, Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression.

Yet, the story is incomplete.

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France earmarks a further €7m to help fight DRC's worst-ever Ebola crisis

France has decided to allocate an additional €7 million this year to combat the Ebola epidemic currently ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This comes as Kenya announced its first-ever death from the disease.

Radio France Internationale

Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims

Clayton Iley pitched a fake Defense Department loan program and used victims' identities to fund 90-plus collector vehicles, prosecutors say.

Fortune

Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego

Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of thousands expected as school protests start on ‘day of mobilisation’ across France – Europe live

Trade unionists, teachers, public sector workers and parents’ groups are expected to join students in marches nationwide

The Guardian - UK

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Israeli ambassador to Australia says he hopes for return to ‘traditional friendship’ on October 7 anniversary eve

Relations have soured between the two countries over a number of issues since 2023, but Hillel Newman says a ‘reset’ is possible

The Guardian - AU

Pennsylvania faces largest measles outbreak in decades as case count rises to 1,000

Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the country

The Guardian - US

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France earmarks a further €7m to help fight DRC's worst-ever Ebola crisis

Radio France Internationale

Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims

Clayton Iley pitched a fake Defense Department loan program and used victims' identities to fund 90-plus collector vehicles, prosecutors say.

Fortune

Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego

Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of thousands expected as school protests start on ‘day of mobilisation’ across France – Europe live

Trade unionists, teachers, public sector workers and parents’ groups are expected to join students in marches nationwide

The Guardian - UK

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Israeli ambassador to Australia says he hopes for return to ‘traditional friendship’ on October 7 anniversary eve

Relations have soured between the two countries over a number of issues since 2023, but Hillel Newman says a ‘reset’ is possible

The Guardian - AU

Pennsylvania faces largest measles outbreak in decades as case count rises to 1,000

Neighboring states are also reporting hundreds of cases, with over 3,800 recorded across the country

The Guardian - US

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Holding Lightning by Emily Lordi review – an intimate portrait of Whitney Houston

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