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Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly is back in the news, this time for officially filing for presidential clemency in hopes of securing his release from prison. Although we don't know if his request will be granted, it raises a much bigger question about whether the culture will forgive R. Kelly after he serves his time, and if so, what that forgiveness would look like.

The case against D4vd involved far more grand jury testimony than previously known, with three panels meeting on seven separate occasions before the singer was arrested in April.

Investigators are uncovering new details about the motive behind a deadly mass shooting that left five members of the same family dead and several others injured. Two teens have been charged with the killing spree, but now, relatives of the victims are saying the violence stemmed from a teenage relationship that family members repeatedly tried to stop.

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Books by writers of color have been under attack by conservative activists who want to remove their works from libraries and schools around the country. Iowa is second only to Florida, with more than 3,000 titles by writers including Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison and Angie Thomas removed under a 2023 state law. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is working to ensure students in her home state have access to books that tell Black stories through community initiatives.