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he previously served as a police officer at the university of pittsburgh. >>> retailers are responding this morning to a supreme court decision that could shake up online shopping. the court has handed down a ruling about the sales tax that you pay. some experts say online shoppers could be hit with an extra $20 billion in charges per year because of this one decision. shopping online is not only more convenient for many people, it can also be less expensive, but that could soon change following thursday's supreme court ruling. >> i'm not happy, but, again, i still shop so not too much holds me back. >> reporter: the ruling comes after a dispute between the state of south dakota and retailers such as overstock and wayfair. south dakota wanted to collect sales tax even though retailers didn't have a physical presence in the state. in a 5-4 decision, the supreme court justices sided with south dakota ruling states can force retailers to collect the tax. wayfair is based in boston where the governor calls the decision a win for brick and mortar businesses which have been forced to charge

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along with others, she helped stab the derrick bell fund for excellence at the university of pittsburgh, school of law. professor bell's mall matter. to honor his memory and legacy she has endowed in the janet bell scholarship at -- where she earned her masters degree. she is also the founding president of lead, intergeneration wall solutions, inc., a nonprofit developing interracial leadership as social change agent. serves on the boards teaching marys, cancer care, the southern center for few rights and women's media center and an ordained elder, serving at first presbyterian of brooklyn. please join me in welcoming dr. janet dewart bell to baltimore and pratt library. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you for that very kind introduction. it's so wonderful to be here. i dime this library a couple times with my late husband, derrick bell and i have great fond memories. and so it's really a pleasure and an authorize be invited here . [singing] ♪ ain't gonna let nobody ♪ turn me around ♪ i'm gonna keep on ♪ walking ♪ keep on talking ♪ marching up to freedom land >> during the civil

we have now confirmed that he worked from october of 2012 to january of 2018 for the university of pittsburghersity is cooperating with the allegheny county police department's investigation here and has turned his personnel records over to the agency. of course, that investigation continues. poppy? >> athien why joeena jones, tha much. >>> the eu hitting the u.s. with more than $3 billion in tariffs on american goods, retaliating from the tariffs we put on our european allies. it targets u.s. exports like motorcycles, bourbon from kentucky, peanut butter, cigarettes and denim, all in retaliation of the president's tariffs on aluminum and steel now threatening to slap tariffs on european cars as well. one business leader who spoke out vehemently against the tariffs is bill ford, the executive chairman of ford. now he's also this week announcing a plan to try to remove one of the biggest signs of blight in detroit's downtown, the abandoned michigan central station, once the gateway to the midwest, has been a sign of urban decay now and collapse for decades. he is my latest guest on my podcast

post-gazette"the he left his last job at the university of pittsburgh police after authorities discovered discrepancies between his sworn statement and evidence in an arrest. the woman who filmed the killing said it appeared that rosfeld "was taking target practice on this young man's back." according to the washington post's database of police shootings, antwon is one of more than 500 people who have been killed this year by police offificers. lester police officers shot dead 987 people. amy: joining us now is activist and nfl player michael bennett, who has been part of a movement led by former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick protesting police shootings of unarmed black men. the on-field protests began in august 2016 when kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem to protest racism and police brutality. the protests spread throughout the nfl. earlier this year, the "new yorker" magazine ran a cover illustration showing martin luther king jr., taking a knee in between michael bennett and colin kaepernick. while kaepernick has essentially been blacklisted from the nfl, michael

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back in 1946, i was a 14-year-old high school freshman in that maritime center of the universe, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. and it was in pittsburgh when i went to the movies and i saw little big man. my gosh, i can still remember everything about two hours. i remember dustin hoffman, the whole custer as the deranged maniac. it was just terrific good caputa terrific. it blew the back of my head off. i became completely fascinated with this custer, the whole sitting bull thing, battle of little big one, what what was this all about? in the 1980's when some of the the morning star the , great book by evan kanawha truly introduced into the nooks and crannies of this incredibly complex nuanced stories, i began to think, boy, i'd really like to return to that someday. and then, in i was finishing mayflower." in that book i write about the , iconic event that many americans associate with the beginning of this country come to pilgrims in the voyage of the mayflower. with that book i realized that the story doesn't end with the first thanksgiving. i took it to the next generation. later, a horrible