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The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office said Saturday that Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White disappeared while escorting an inmate being held on capital murder charges. The inmate is also missing. Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office via AP hide caption

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May Day demonstrators march through downtown Los Angeles last year. Thousands of people took to the streets across the nation that May 1 in rallies calling for immigration reform, workers' rights and police accountability. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption

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The University of Southern California has settled lawsuits with 80 former students, mostly gay and bisexual men, who accuse a male former school doctor of sexual misconduct. The agreement for an undisclosed sum follows settlements by the Los Angeles school to pay more than $1 billion to thousands of women who say they were sexually abused by another male doctor at the student health center. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

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J.R. Chester, an advocate with the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, says she hopes the state's updated sex education curriculum will lead to more open conversation between parents and kids. Keren Carrión/KERA hide caption

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Texas got a sex ed update, but students and educators say there's still a lot missing

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Friday

Shinese Harlins-Kilgore, cousin of Latasha Harlins and CEO of the Latasha Harlins Foundation, receives a hug from Lora King, daughter of Rodney King and CEO of the Rodney King Foundation, during the 30th anniversary of the Rodney King Civil Unrest HOPE Community Bus Tour Press conference in Los Angeles. Latasha, 15, was fatally shot in a liquor store. Gabriella Angotti-Jones/for NPR hide caption

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The LA Riots, 30 years later

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The Netflix logo is seen on top of their office building in Hollywood, Calif. The streaming service has laid off some employees of its companion website called Tudum. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Netflix promised good jobs at Tudum. Now, one of its teams has been laid off

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Police form a line as activists and supporters of residents of a homeless encampment protest at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles late on March 24, 2021, ahead of a planned and announced clean-up of the encampment. Ringo Chiu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A cannon encrusted in rust and mud sits inside a warehouse operated by the Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah, Ga., on Thursday. It's one of 19 cannons discovered in the Savannah River since last year that experts believe date to the American Revolution. Russ Bynum/AP hide caption

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Amber Heard has filed a countersuit against Johnny Depp, seeking $100 million in damages and saying his legal team falsely accused her of fabricating claims against Depp. The former couple are seen here in court last week. Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Brian Ulrich, a Georgia man affiliated with the Oath Keepers militia group, became the second Capitol rioter to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy for his actions leading up and through the attack. Jose Luis Magana/AP file photo hide caption

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