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Demonstrators hold slogans as they gather at the People's Power Monument in Quezon city, north of Manila Philippines Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, to protest against the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Filipino Filipino voters overwhelmingly elected Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., as president during the May 2022 elections, completing a stunning return to power for the family of the late President Ferdinand Marcos, Sr., who ruled the country for more than two decades until being ousted in 1986 in the nonviolent "People Power" revolution. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

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A new leader in the Philippines, and a family's old wounds
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Thu,06/23/22-11:36PM , 730 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — He was the uncle I never met. But in my family's origin story, Emmanuel “Manny” Yap always loomed large.

The life of great potential cut short. The cautionary tale. But also the reminder of doing what was right, no matter the cost.
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An advisory lists the name Mingo on a sign at an entrance to Mingo Beach, in Beverly, Mass., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The beach was named after enslaved African American Robin Mingo, who according to legend, was promised his freedom if the tide ever receded enough for him to walk out onto a rocky ledge offshore that becomes exposed at low tide. Students and faculty at Endicott College in Beverly are researching the local legend and proposing ways to memorialize Mingo. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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Efforts spotlight slave who inspired beach name, local tale
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Sat,06/18/22-12:08AM , 408 Reads
BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach that now bears his name are the focus of new efforts to recognize the role of slavery along Massachusetts' picturesque North Shore.
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This combination of 2017-2020 photos shows, from left, Dr. Larry Nassar, Mario Batali, and Harvey Weinstein. Legal experts and victims’ advocates say celebrity chef Batali’s acquittal on sexual assault charges underscores the inherent difficulties of prosecuting such cases nearly five years into the #MeToo era. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, John Minchillo; David L Ryan/The Boston Globe via AP)

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Mario Batali acquittal underscores perils of #MeToo cases
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Wed,05/11/22-5:21PM , 436 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby was released from prison when his conviction that he drugged and assaulted a woman was overturned.
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Celebrity chef Mario Batali reacts after being found not guilty of indecent assault and battery at Boston Municipal Court on the second day of his trial, on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 in Boston. Batali, who pleaded not guilty to indecent assault and battery in 2019, had faced up to 2 1/2 years in jail and would’ve been required to register as a sex offender if convicted. (Stuart Cahill/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

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Celebrity chef Mario Batali acquitted of sexual misconduct
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Tue,05/10/22-8:15AM , 599 Reads
BOSTON (AP) — Mario Batali was found not guilty of indecent assault and battery on Tuesday, following a swift trial in which the celebrity chef waived his right to have a jury decide his fate in a criminal case that arose from the
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