BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The United Nations on Saturday condemned the killing of a Kenyan peacekeeper in an ambush of a patrol in the east of the Central African Republic.

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Black and Japanese American advocates discussed shared struggles and support for reparations at a Sacramento event.

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