DALLAS - Leftover food from the State Fair of Texas is not going to waste.
Some of the fair's food and drink vendors gave what they had left to the State Fair Cares Initiative.
Those groceries were divided between seven separate South Dallas-area food pantries and shelters.
Items used in fried treats like flour, peanut butter, fruits and vegetables are all staples needed by local food pantries.
"This is a blessing to us because you know everything is getting short now, and we're not getting the donations that we normally get," said Rev. Ronald Wright, senior pastor for God’s Community Church of Joy. "But this is an awesome event for us to be a part of, and I thank God......
(CNN)Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st, has died from complications from Covid-19, his family said on Facebook. He was 84.
"General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19," the Powell family wrote on Facebook.
"We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," they said, noting he was fully vaccinated.
Powell was a distinguished and trailblazing......
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Minneapolis Cops Caught On Tape Talking About 'Hunting' Protesters
By Cherranda SmithOct 7, 2021
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Newly surfaced police body camera footage shows Minneapolis police officers talking about "hunting" protesters in the days following George Floyd's murder last May."Tonight it was just nice to hear we're going to go find some more people instead of chasing people around, we're gonna hunt –– you guys are out hunting people now and it's just a nice change of tempo," a Minneapolis police officer can be heard saying in the clip.
"Yep, agreed. F––k these people," another officer......
