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Champion Ken Jennings will be first interim 'Jeopardy!' host - Black News Channel

By The Associated Press undefined NEW YORK (AP) — 'Jeopardy!' record-holder Ken Jennings will be the first in a series of interim hosts replacing Alex Trebek when the show resumes production next Monday. Producers announced Monday that Jennings, who won 74 games in a row and claimed the show's 'Greatest of All Time' title in a competition last year, will host episodes that air in January. A long-term host to replace Trebek, who died of cancer on Nov. 8, will be named later. 'By bringing in familiar guest hosts for the foreseeable future, our goal is to create a sense […]

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‘Christmas season coming alive’ - Businesses welcome bump in sales for Black Friday
With sales cramped by the coronavirus pandemic since March, business operators opened their stores yesterday to large numbers of shoppers flocking in for deals on Black Friday, bringing a spirit of hope to weary traders who had complained for much...
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Lockdown imposed on Orealla, Siparuta after COVID-19 cases detected - Stabroek News
A two-week lockdown has been instituted at Orealla and its satellite village, Siparuta, in Region Six, after they recorded multiple cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in less than two
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online - Black News Channel
By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, JOSEPH PISANI and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Retail Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The raging coronavirus pandemic kept crowds thin at malls and stores across the country on Black Friday, but a surge in online shopping offered a beacon of hope for struggling retailers after months of
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Con artists’ scam costs Southern California Edison customers $300,000 | L.A. Focus Newspaper
Rancho Cucamonga resident Gordon Broney has an aptitude for business. He sells and rents cars,
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Egypt Reports 368 New Coronavirus Cases, 11 Deaths, 67 Recoveries
[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said Thursday that 368 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 114,475.
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Minneapolis family survives Covid-19, vows to raise awareness
… virtual panel hosted by the African American Leadership Forum. The panel, … -19 on Minnesota's African-American community. And in early November …
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Africa: Continent Approaches 1.8 Million Covid-19 Recoveries
[allAfrica] As of November 27, the confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries have reached 2,121,329. Reported deaths in Africa have reached 50,944 and recoveries 1,791,154.
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Los Angeles Facing Economic Shift Due to Limited Stay At Home Order; Mayor Eric Garcetti Launches ‘LA Optimized’ To Keep Businesses Afloat. - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles City Mayor Eric Garcetti elaborated on upcoming plans for the city, as the community prepares for a second wave of increased transmission. Most recent numbers are projecting over thousands of new COVID-19 cases. The mayor went into detail about this unfortunate turn of events, and what
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Holiday season starts under pall of more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases | The Atlanta Voice
America enters the somber holiday weekend following a Thanksgiving Day that saw more than 100,000 new Covid-19 cases and 1,200 deaths - skyrocketing numbers given that 20 states did not report data. Traditionally the start of a time of shopping and giving, the final days of November have seen
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Nigeria: Will Burna Boy Get a Grammy This Time?
[This Day] Burna Boy has been nominated for the 2021 Grammy Awards. It is in the category for Best Global Music Album, for the second year running, writes Ferdinand Ekechukwu
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Tells Peacekeepers to Stay Out, Says Nation Will Handle Insurgent Crisis on Its Own
There was mounting pressure this week from the international community to end the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a rebel stronghold in the nation’s northern […]
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Ethiopia: Advantage of Rough Terrain Never Stops ENDF As It Dismantles Junta's Forces
[Ethiopian Herald] HEWANE - After trekking long distances by enduring rough terrains, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces has arrived at Hewane, said Raya Front Commander Gen. Bacha Debele, underscoring that the Junta would be dismantled in a two-three days.
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'Salt-N-Pepa' biopic on Lifetime gets official premiere date : TheGrio
Lifetime has announced the premiere date of the long awaited Salt-N-Pepa biopic, with an after show special featuring the hip-hop... View Article The post 'Salt-N-Pepa' biopic on Lifetime gets official premiere date appeared first on TheGrio.
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Chae'Meshia Simms Is The 39th Trans Person Killed In 2020 - Blavity
Chae’Meshia Simms, a Black transgender woman in Richmond, Virginia, has become the 39th trans person to be killed in 2020.
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14-Year Old Chef Who Lost Both Parents Dies From Rare Form of Cancer | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Nationwide — Ben Watkins, who became a fan favorite when he competed on Fox’s MasterChef Junior, has sadly died at the age of 14 after battling with a rare form of cancer for a year and a half. He was diagnosed with Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma, a rare soft tissue tumor that usually occurs in
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Asante Blackk On Learning From Hollywood Powerhouses Ava DuVernay And Sterling K. Brown
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Pakistan’s isolation behaviour ‘significantly improved’: NZ govt - Stabroek News
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) - The Pakistan cricket team’s behaviour in their bio-secure facility in Christchurch had “significantly improved”, New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said yesterday, just 24 hours after the tourists had been warned about breaching COVID-19
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Tripoli community rebuilds school damaged by Libya fighting | Africanews
At the Martyrs' School near Tripoli, teachers and parents are using the limited means at hand to repair buildings devastated by a year-long battle for the Libyan
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Remembering Bruce Boynton: The Civil Rights Pioneer Who Inspired the 'Freedom Rides'
Photo credits: Josh Bergeron/Selma Times-Journal Bruce Carter Boynton was an American civil rights leader who inspired the Freedom Riders movement. He advanced the cause of racial equality by a landmark supreme court case Boynton v. Virginia. Boynton was the son of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a key
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Audit reveals millions missing from credit union accounts - Stabroek News
With close to over $13 million unaccounted for by the Amalgamated Transport & General Workers Coopera-tive Credit Union, the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has been asked to execute a probe of suspicious transactions at the request of the Ministry of Labour, Minister Joseph Hamilton announced
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New cardinals quarantine in pope's hotel ahead of ceremony - Black News Channel
By NICOLE WINFIELD and TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican's Santa Marta hotel was built to sequester cardinals during papal elections. It's now sequestering soon-to-be cardinals in town for this weekend's ceremony to get their red hats: A handful are in protective coronavirus
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Kenya: Gor Mahia Announce Departure Date for APR Clash
[Nation] After a week of uncertainty characterised by go-slows, record Kenyan champions Gor Mahia will finally jet out of the country on Friday morning for Kigali, Rwanda where they face APR in the preliminary stage of the prestigious Caf Champions League on Saturday.
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Experts: Virus numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving - DefenderNetwork.com
The coronavirus testing numbers that have guided much of the nation’s response to the pandemic are likely to be erratic over the next week or so, experts said Friday, as fewer people get tested during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and testing sites observe shorter hours. The result could be
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Guard steals university mattress to give girlfriend
BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE A CATHOLIC University chief security officer, Brighton Tangwanda, has been arrested for stealing a mattress at Bulawayo Catholic campus and giving it to his girlfriend Morleen Mufandaedza, Southern Eye Weekender has learnt. Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Bartica residents’ irresponsible behaviour to blame for surge in COVID-19 cases - Mayor - Stabroek News
The recent increase in novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Bartica is the result of residents refusing to adhere to preventative measures, according to Mayor Gifford Marshall, who says the region has since recommended the reinstatement of a 12-hour curfew and restrictions on
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Kenya: Paul Ngei's Family Appeals for Funds for Great Grandchild's Heart Surgery
[Nation] The family of freedom hero Paul Ngei is in urgent need of funds to enable a great granddaughter of the former Cabinet minister to undergo a heart surgery in India.
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Why Did We Have To Give Tyra Banks A Hard Time On ‘DWTS’?
Tyra Banks signed on to host 'Dancing With the Stars' and wasn't welcomed with open arms.
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This archbishop is about to become the first African American cardinal in Catholic history
… , already the highest-ranking African-American Catholic in US history, told … quot; Butler, who is African American, said she would have … the pandemic. "For African American Catholics this is huge,… will be over. And Black Americans' long wait for …
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These health care workers will be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine | Dallas Weekly
Health care workers will be the first people in Texas to receive a COVID-19 vaccine once one receives emergency approval from the U.S. government, and on Monday a state panel of vaccine experts and politicians revealed which workers in the health field will receive top priority. The “first
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Source: Dallas Weekly
NetOne acting boss quits
NETONE acting chief executive Chipo Jaisson stepped down this week after leading the country’s second largest mobile telecommunications company for nine months. BY PRIMROSE HAISA In an internal circular to employees this week, Jaisson who reverts back to her previous position as head of
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