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The Latest Breaking News from Michael Brown

A rise in after-school shootings, Black Restaurant Week kicks off and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Victims, families and school leaders seek answers after increase in after-school shootings

A WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times analysis shows that 2022 brought a spike in fatal shootings among teens in the after-school hours in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Families of Tyre Nichols and George Floyd to attend State of the Union

Close relatives of Black people killed by police invited to Biden’s address by more than a dozen members of Congress

The Guardian - US

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Police violence upended the lives of these families attending Biden’s State of the Union

Mothers, fathers and siblings of Black victims of police brutality will attend prime-time address

The Independent UK

State of the Union guests to highlight divisiveness on foreign, domestic issues - Roll Call

Republicans may look to highlight Biden's foibles on foreign policy with their SOTU guests, while Democrats look to domestic issues.

Roll Call

Brother charged with murdering Brit shot dead in bed in Jamaica after mum’s funeral

Police have charged 38-year-old Lemone Brown from Jamaica with the murder of his brother Michael Brown, 48. Michael, a Brit, was shot and killed only days after his mother's funeral

Daily Mirror

British man 'in family feud over mum's will' shot dead in Jamaica days after funeral

Michael Brown, 48, from Hertfordshire, was shot and killed while visiting relatives in Mike Town on Thursday morning - just days after his mother's funeral

Daily Mirror

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Amy Winehouse's biopic sees 'Blake' arrested in scenes filmed outside her old flat

Filming has begun on the upcoming biopic Back to Black, which will explore the life and career of Amy Winehouse - with actor Marisa Abela having been seen on set recently portraying the late singer

Daily Mirror

Record numbers of Scots told of partners' violent pasts under police scheme

The amount of warnings given by police has more than quadrupled in the last five years, according to shock new figures obtained by the Sunday Mail.

Daily Record

How the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a surprisingly bright, complex and element-filled early universe – Podcast

If you want to know what happened in the earliest years of the universe, you are going to need a very big, very specialized telescope. Much to the joy of astronomers and space fans everywhere, the world has one – the James Webb Space Telescope.

The Conversation

What will happen next for Black Twitter?

Now that Elon Musk has bought the social media platform, some users fear a unique form of Black witnessing will be lost

The Guardian - US

Fears rise that UC strike could have long-lasting consequences on vaunted research, teaching

LOS ANGELES — As the nation's largest ever strike of higher-education academic workers enters its third week Monday, with the crunch time of final exams just days away, fears are rising over long-lasting and unintended consequences to the University of California's core missions of teaching and research.

Los Angeles Times

Timely rains help to dampen woodland fire areas

Much-needed rainfall in eastern Kentucky is carrying a beneficial impact that is two-fold. It’s helping to snuff out woodland and brush fires in the Appalachian region and putting a dent in relieving drought readings.

WEKU

From George Floyd to Hunter Biden: Lachlan Murdoch, Fox News and the year that tested America

In an extract from his biography The Successor, Paddy Manning considers how Rupert Murdoch’s favored son dealt with the challenges of 2020, and what might come next

The Guardian - US

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The Canberra Times

'I felt totally useless': Main street inundated in flash flood

Gunning residents were left shocked on Monday night as the main street flooded, causing damage which may take months to clean.

Leeds Live

Ex-Leeds United midfielder hails 'great desire' after surprise win over Liverpool

The 45-year-old highlighted the 'strong performance' from his former side

The Guardian - US

‘I’m changing Congress’: how Cori Bush brought her lived experience to Capitol Hill

Member of ‘the Squad’ on how her abortion experience, sexual assault and front-line fight in Ferguson, Missouri, affected her politics

The Independent UK

Emmett Till images have multigenerational impact on artists

As the first-ever feature-length retelling of the lynching of Emmett Till goes into wide release, so does an art campaign meant to honor the power of images like those of his open casket that were printed by the Black press

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Evening Standard

Project with Michelin-starred chef Adam Simmonds hopes to train homeless people at pop-up Victoria restaurant

The Home Kitchen is crowdfunding to launch the restaurant where it will train 15 homeless people with skills to work in the hospitality industry

Salon

Cops killed George Floyd — not fentanyl

Parroting drug war propaganda, Ye repeats the lie that fentanyl and methamphetamine killed George Floyd

The Independent UK

Questions raised about fatal police shooting in St. Louis

Relatives of a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by St. Louis detectives are disputing the police account of the incident

The Independent UK

St. Louis police shoot, kill 16-year-old they say had a gun

St. Louis police officers have fatally shot a 16-year-old who was allegedly reaching for a gun

The Independent UK

New oversight plan means closer scrutiny of St. Louis police

Eight years after Michael Brown’s death pushed the St. Louis region front and center into the national debate over police accountability, the city’s elected officials and its police associations are at odds over a new oversight plan

The Guardian - AU

From garage to charts: how Māori strum helped shape the sound of New Zealand

The distinctive guitar pattern informs many of the country’s biggest hits, and remains an enduring cultural touchstone

Zenger

Archaeologist Compares Mysterious Ancient City To ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Fortress

A mysterious ancient redoubt may have been found in northern Iraq, having been known before only because of a handful of ancient coins.

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