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The FBI has added the former Black Panther Assata Shakur to its Most Wanted Terrorist List 40 years after the killing for which she was convicted. Born Joanne Chesimard, Shakur was found guilty of shooting dead a New Jersey state trooper during a gun fight in 1973. Shakur has long proclaimed her innocence and accused federal authorities of political persecution. She escaped from prison in 1979 and received political asylum in Cuba. On Thursday, she became the first woman added to the FBI's terrorist list and the reward for her capture was doubled to $2 million. We begin our coverage by airing Shakur's reading of an open letter she wrote to Pope John Paul II during his trip to Cuba in 1998 after the FBI asked him to urge her extradition. "As a result of being targeted by [the FBI program] COINTELPRO, I was faced with the threat of prison, underground, exile or death," Shakur said at the time. "I am not the first, nor the last, person to be victimized by the New...

Roberto Clemente  was a  Puerto Rican   professional baseball player . Clemente spent eighteen  Major League Baseball  (MLB) seasons playing in the  National League  (NL) as a  right fielder  for the  Pittsburgh Pirates . He was inducted into the  National Baseball Hall of Fame  in 1973, becoming the first Latin American and Caribbean born player to be enshrined. His death established the precedent that, as an alternative to the five-year retirement period, a deceased player for at least six months is eligible for entry into the Hall of Fame. Clemente was an All-Star for twelve seasons and fifteen  All-Star Games . He was the NL  Most Valuable Player  in 1966, the NL  batting leader  in 1961, 1964, 1965, and 1967, and a  Gold Glove  winner for twelve consecutive seasons from 1961 through 1972. His  batting average  was over .300 for thirteen seasons and he had 3,000 majo...