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Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays died Tuesday at the age of 93, the San Francisco Giants announced.

#Prichard 💪🏿

Behavioral health is in crisis. An investment in behavioral health is smart — it improves overall health and lowers other costs. We’ve got to increase rates to sustain services, mobile crisis services, care for foster kids, and more. transylvaniatimes.com/news/providers… @TTimesNews @NCLeg

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TIGERS ADVANCE! We're going to the second round of the NCAA Tournament after taking down No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55! #MakeShots 🐯🏀 | #MarchMadness

We've lost a giant with the passing of former Senior Resident Superior Court Judge Shirley L. Fulton. Blazing a path in the profession, she was the 1st Black woman to serve as a Mecklenburg ADA before going on to a storied career on the bench. Read more: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=55…

Cory Booker moves Ketanji Brown Jackson to tears: “You're a person that is so much more than your race and gender. … You have earned this spot. You are worthy. You are a great American. … Don’t worry, my sister, don’t worry. God has got you."

In Mecklenburg County, reporting domestic abuse is a drawn-out process — and many victims don't complete the journey on their first try. Local organizations want to make the process easier, writes @michaelngraff. charlotte.axios.com/281614/to-live…

For years, we had the pleasure of working with Darryl Gaston, and we were deeply saddened to hear of his passing. Mr. Gaston led a life of service. He was a tireless advocate for Druid Hills & the entire North End community. More from @CharlotteMag: charlottemagazine.com/north-end-comm…

My mother helped to integrate high schools in Alabama. She is standing with her legal team and civil rights leader John Leflore as one of 3 Black students integrating Murphy High School w/ over 3100+ white students in 1965. She is in the white coat.(left) She was only 16 yrs old.

Dad played ball w/him, my great aunt drafted speeches for him, and, for me, it was pilgrimage to bike past the house he grew up in. We took real pride in merely being proximate to him. The gift of legacy from a class act. #HankAaron #Mobile #Toulminville espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

🚨🚨🚨Mobile’s Hank Aaron dies

Many students are inspired by the life of Laura Wooten, a #PrincetonU staff member who was the longest, continuously-serving U.S. poll worker at the time of her passing. Wooten volunteered at local, primary and general #ElectionDay polls for 79 years. bit.ly/2YS8QoK

@hipolitix Davis was such a special person. And he was indeed the Mayor. So glad to see this. ❤️

Beautiful ceremony celebrating the life of Davis Flohr (The Mayor of NODA) & the park renaming in his honor! We should all be so lucky to have our lives impact so many. Today we reinforced that his life mattered to so many! #mark4thepeople

Generations of prosecutors & staff in DA's Office, past & present, mourn the passing of Judy Williams, co-founder of Mothers of Murdered Offspring. May we all honor Ms. Judy's legacy by working every day, as she did, to ensure everyone can live in peace. 📷: MOMO & Jon Strayhorn

Sometimes all one can say is a deeply reverential THANK YOU.

Vince Carter has checked in for what could be his final time and immediately hits a 3

It was great to be in Mecklenburg County NC yesterday w/ DA @Merriweather4DA & others learning about that county's bail reform efforts. My paper explains a recent evaluation of those efforts ow.ly/ceoZ50uE2dV

Squad goals.