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Share It has been over a month since 21-year-old white American Robert Aaron Long shot dead eight people at three massage parlours in Cherokee County and Atlanta city on March 16, 2021. Six of them were women of Asian descent but despite Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms stating that the mass shooting should be seen as a hate crime, Long has not been charged with this yet. The Atlanta incident brought world attention to the xenophobic attacks Asians in America have been facing, both verbal...

Take the case of Rayshard Brooks. He was being handcuffed June 12 by Atlanta police for a suspected DUI after falling asleep in the drive-thru line at a Wendy’s when he grabbed an officer’s taser and ran. He was shot and killed after he turned around and fired the taser. Jacob Blake was shot and left paralyzed Aug. 23 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after he bolted from officers and reached into his car, where he had a knife. Daunte Wright was shot and killed April 11 near Minneapolis when he jumped...

How do I find out about concerts? How do I get more details about something I heard over the air? How do I submit events to WORT’s Music Calendars? Who do I contact with changes or cancellations? WORT’s Music Calendars are a great resource to find out about concerts in all genres and places. Usually you’ll find details in the online listing or links to get more information. There’s a link to to submit your event at the top of the calendar page. You can also submit events, changes and ...

Andrew Brown Jr. was shot 5 times by North Carolina deputies, autopsy shows An independent autopsy conducted by Browns family found four wounds to the right arm and one to the head Loading the player... Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, was shot five times, including in the back of the head, according to an independent autopsy report released Tuesday by his family’s attorneys. Attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr., Wayne Kendall, left, and Ben Crump ho...

Dara Reneé *Disney Channel is teaming up with modern media company Tastemade for “Disney’s Magic Bake-Off,” a competitive series for kids 6-14 that combines the wonder of baking with the ingenuity of young pastry chefs. Multitalented stars Dara Reneé (“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series”) and Issac Ryan Brown (“Raven’s Home”) will co-host the 13-episode series and, along with Disneyland resort pastry chef Graciela Gomez, will guide kid contestants through a ser...

By Ryan Shepard More details continue to emerge regarding the death of 42-year-old father Andrew Brown Jr. was killed by police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina earlier this month. According to statements from his attorneys and his family, Brown Jr. was unarmed and following police instructions when he was shot five times. It appears that body camera footage of the fatal shooting will be released in the near future, but it is unclear when that time will come. In the meantime, the Brown famil...

What I Played When the Verdict Came Down Leon Bridges // Photo by Amber Knecht On Tuesday, April 20th, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of two counts for the murder of George Floyd. KEXPs Director of Editorial and Host of The Afternoon Show, Larry Mizell, Jr., reflects on hearing the news and reacting in real-time while on-air. Listen to his essay on the latest episode of the Sound & Vision podcast or read a transcript below.  Next month it’ll be a year since ...

Drew Arrieta’s Family Album Drew Arrieta, a photojournalist based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, described the tense moments he spent waiting to hear how the jury would rule on Derek Chauvin as “the most nervous hour ever.” Over the past year Arrieta, who is thirty-one, has spent considerable time at Black Lives Matter protests and related events on water protection, immigration rights, gun violence, and police reform and abolition. In that time, he has cultivated relationships with the organi...

Video that was shot on Sunday in Minnesota and shared on Twitter shows Sgt Paul Gorder, with the state Department of Corrections, yelling at protesters: f*** you, f***ers.

  While former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted in the murder of George Floyd last week, the call for police reform and racial justice is far from over. This past weekend marked the second week in a row that demonstrators gathered in Raleigh to denounce law enforcement and seek to abolish the police. The most recent gathering was in response to the deaths of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant out of Columbus, Ohio and 42-year-old Andrew Brown Jr. out of Elizabeth City, North Ca...