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Iranpress: US police officer repeatedly punches Black woman in face over slice of cheese

US police officer repeatedly punches Black woman in face over slice of cheese

Saturday, 21 January 2023 22:08

An Ohio police officer is on leave after he was seen in a cellphone video repeatedly punching a Black woman in the face, leaving her with a bloodied lip, following a dispute over a slice of cheese.

Iranpress: Retirement dreams become nightmares for many older Americans

Retirement dreams become nightmares for many older Americans

Friday, 14 October 2022 03:09

For more and more Americans, dreams of retiring are morphing into a nightmare. The cause of this impending doom is two words: financial insecurity.

Iranpress: California police fatally shoot 23-year-old Black man

California police fatally shoot 23-year-old Black man

Wednesday, 20 July 2022 15:32

Police in San Bernardino, California, fatally shot a 23-year-old man on Saturday as he was fleeing, according to surveillance footage that shows an officer firing just seconds after arriving in an unmarked vehicle, the US media reported.

Iranpress: Outrage after video of police fatally shooting Jayland Walker released

Outrage after video of police fatally shooting Jayland Walker released

Monday, 04 July 2022 19:26

Civil rights groups and local politicians have reacted with outrage to the release of video of police killing of a Black man in Akron, Ohio, who was shot in a hail of gunfire as he ran away after a car chase.

Iranpress: 1st African American woman sworn in as U.S. supreme Court justice

1st African American woman sworn in as U.S. supreme Court justice

Friday, 01 July 2022 12:06

Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in at noon on Thursday to formally become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the nation's first African American woman to serve in that role.

Iranpress: 3 dead, 1 critically injured after shooting in U.S. state of Maryland

3 dead, 1 critically injured after shooting in U.S. state of Maryland

Friday, 10 June 2022 16:15

Three people died and another was critically injured after a shooting broke out in Smithsburg, U.S. state of Maryland, on Thursday afternoon.

Iranpress: Black lives never matter in Land of Dreams: Official

Black lives never matter in Land of Dreams: Official

Sunday, 17 April 2022 11:46

Tehran (IP)- Deputy Head of the Iranian Judiciary and Secretary of the county’s High Council for Human Rights said that the life of the black people in the US, the "Land of Dreams," has never been important and will never matter.

Iranpress: Infographic: Black Americans in US prisons

Infographic: Black Americans in US prisons

Tuesday, 15 March 2022 18:32

The US is a world leader with 1.2 million people in state prisons across the country. Black Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at nearly 5 times the rate of white Americans.

Iranpress: US vice president commemorates Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma

US vice president commemorates Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma

Monday, 07 March 2022 12:51

US vice president visited Selma, Alabama on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote, making her trip as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act have faltered.

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Arbery

World Newspapers: Arbery's killers guilty of hate crime

Wednesday, 23 February 2022 21:01

Today, a jury found Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan guilty on federal hate crimes charges for the murder of Ahmaud Marquez Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, in Satilla Shores, a neighborhood near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia, United States on February 23, 2020. 224

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