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Today is Saturday, Aug. 23, the 235th day of 2025. There are 130 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Aug 23, 2020, a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot a Black man, Jacob Blake , seven times as officers tried to arrest Blake on an outstanding warrant; the shooting left Blake partially paralyzed and tr

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