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John Eligon

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Uganda New York Times world
1 Nov 2019
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — At 72 years old and ailing, Bunny Jo Harris regularly drives from her home in Riverside to medical appointments in Long Beach, a trip that usually takes about an hour and a half each way.
California Fires Bring On Traffic Nightmares
Uganda New York Times world
25 Apr 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When Makkah Ali learned that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., had been elected, she could not get enough of the good news — someone like her, a black Muslim woman, was going to Washington to represent Americans.
Trump's Criticism of Rep. Omar Unsettles American Muslims
Uganda New York Times world
11 Apr 2019
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nature was showing its fickle side Wednesday, with blizzard conditions, heavy snow and frigid air pounding parts of the Rockies and the Plains, just a day after the weather was sunny and idyllic. Schools and highways were shut down, hundreds of flights were canceled, and some communities braced for floods.
Blizzard Hits Central U.S., a Day After States Bask in Spring Sunshine
Uganda New York Times world
17 Feb 2019
The people in the town where Ralph Northam, Virginia’s governor, grew up want you to know that black and white people got along just fine when he was a kid there in the 1960s and ‘70s.
The 'Some of My Best Friends Are Black' Defense
Uganda New York Times world
6 Feb 2019
When reports emerged that Gov. Ralph Northam of Virginia had a racist photograph on his page in the 1984 yearbook, it not only sent his political career into a tailspin, it also cast a negative light on a tradition at the elite school that turned ugly.
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