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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Keenan Scott II's play 'Thoughts of a Colored Man,' a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men, is heading to the bright lights of Broadway. The play will be given a Shubert theater and will open whenever Broadway restarts. It will be directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Both playwright and director are Black and will be making their Broadway debuts. 'Thoughts of a Colored Man' is made up of related vignettes and set over the course of a single day in Brooklyn, where seven Black […]
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
The post office shapes American public and private life in cities and towns, large and small.
If you passed Georgianna Glose on the streets of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, you might have known her as that renegade nun, the one who left her convent to live among the poor and then blew a whistle on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
Sister Glose died on April 28 at Brooklyn Hospital Center from complications of the new coronavirus, said her sister, Kathrine Dawson.
“If someone was misbehaving, especially a man in a position of power, she would say calmly and completely accurately, ‘That man is a horse’s ass,’” said Teresa Theophano, a social worker who interned with Sister Glose at her nonprofit, Fort Greene Strategic Neighborhood Action Partnership.
“She would never give in,” said Sister Sally Butler, who lived with Sister Glose for 51 years, serving in the same Roman Catholic order, the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, N.Y.
Georgianna Inez Glose was born on Dec. 1, 1946, to Helen and Rudolph Glose, the descendants of Slovak immigrants who lived in Astoria, Queens, and worked as superintendents of an apartment building.
She left her convent in 1969 for Fort Greene, joining Sister Butler and a third nun to serve with the priests of St. Michaels-St.
The coronavirus pandemic has been torture for animals in India - they have been abandoned, ill-treated and neglected. Animal activists are stepping in to help. 'People have always abandoned animals with little legal consequence,' said Mohana Dutt, an independent rescuer in Karjat, a small city east of Mumbai. 'Now, they're using coronavirus as an excuse.' India is a country that […]
[MAP] Rabat -- The signing of two cooperation agreements between Morocco and China National Biotec Group (CNBG) will enable Morocco to take part in the clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine, Minister of Health, Khalid Aït Taleb, said Thursday in Rabat.
A security guard at the New York Times who went viral last year for her interaction with Joe Biden nominated him at the Democratic National Convention
NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent “In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently [...]
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press/ BNC Contributor PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Marshals Service is investigating after a protester was hospitalized in critical condition over the weekend after being hit in the head by a less-lethal round fired by a federal law enforcement officer, authorities said Monday. The investigation into the shooting will be reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Attorney for Oregon Billy J. Williams said. He said his office would have no further comment. 'I want to make it very clear so that there's no confusion,' Portland's Democratic mayor, Ted []
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Jackson County Justice Court Judge Sheila Jackson Osgood of Mississippi was stabbed to death by her son, who was later fatally shot by police.
[SciDev.Net] New Delhi -- Nearly two million babies are stillborn every year, with 84 per cent of cases occurring in low- and lower middle-income countries, says an 8 October report by WHO, UNICEF and partners.
Bars are required to close in Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Joaquin and Tulare counties — which have been on the state’s watch list for more than two weeks — and recommended to close in Contra Costa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and Ventura counties, which have been on the watch list for at least three days.
However, Santa Clara County, which has had some of the tightest restrictions in the state, plans to reopen more businesses and activities this week.
CalMatters’ Jackie Botts evaluates whether the “first-in-the-nation” programs Newsom introduced at a rapid-fire pace — including expanded unemployment assistance, money for families whose kids were missing out on school lunches, free restaurant meals for seniors, aid for undocumented immigrants, and hotel rooms for homeless Californians — have lived up to the governor’s promises or fallen short.
Newsom will not lead California’s Democratic delegation to the party’s convention in August to choose a presidential and vice-presidential nominee — though governors typically lead their state’s delegates, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Instead, U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna of Fremont and Barbara Lee of Oakland will co-chair the delegation along with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks announced Saturday.
By Dave Collins Associated Press A federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that had been filed by 50 former pro wrestlers, many of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head injuries, including concussions that led to long-term brain damage. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City agreed with a federal judge in Connecticut who tossed the lawsuits two years ago, saying many of the claims were frivolous or filed after the statute of limitations expired. Stamford, Connecticut-based WWE denied the suit's allegations. Among […]
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Dr. Anthony Fauci says he and his family continue to receive death threats over his public statements about combating the... View Article
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By SIMBARASHE SITHOLE RISING Zimdancehall chanter Brianmore “Ding” Chipara has featured Soul Jah Love in a single track titled Kwamuri Baba. The track, which was released last week, is now available on Ding and Soul Jah Love’s social media platforms. Soul Jah Love”s manager Kudzai “Selector Junck” Ruwisi confirmed the development. “We have worked with Ding on a single track after realising his talent and we thought our input could help him rise,” he said. Ding highlighted that he needed Soul Jah Love as he was one of the best in Zimdancehall. “I sought Jah Love’s hand in my song as he is one of the best Zimdancehall artistes, hence as up-and-coming artistes, we should seek guidance from guys like him,” he said. Meanwhile, Soul Jah Love is also working on a 24-track album titled Excuse Me to be unleashed in November.
From the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Streets of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Louisville, Atlanta, Washington, DC and New York City, and the bright lights of the Big Apple, citizens across racial lines are expressing outrage over the police killing of George Floyd, the latest in a country-mile long list of black men and women murdered under the color of law.
City officials in Minneapolis and St. Paul called on the National Guard, and state police lined the streets there in riot gear.
In New York, where the novel coronavirus hit America the hardest and where residents had remained reluctant to gather outdoors, protestors jammed city streets.
New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo joined an extensive list of politicians condemning the action of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, 44, who, along with three other officers, were videotaped using excessive force on Floyd.
National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd’s murder and concern about the rampant killings of African Americans at the hands of police and white supremacist vigilantes acting under color of law.
Starting your own business is always scary, and not just because you have to work hard and pay attention to all sorts of different factors. In most cases, it is not always up to you how your new business will run. The market may prove treacherous, or the competition in Read More
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The Central African Republic, one of the world’s poorest nations, is struggling with the impact of the coronavirus on its economy.
The country now has more than 4,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 52 deaths, according to recent figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
There still seem to be plenty of fish in the Oubangui river which flows beside CAR’s capital Bangui.
Locals in the capital Bangui are complaining about a hike in food prices.
Even local fish, they say, is now expensive because armed groups “prey on the transporters.”
“How can we move forward like this? Our government isn’t even looking out for us. We are all going to die,” one fish vendor asked.
Much of the landlocked nation’s basic supplies come by road from neighboring states.
Lawlessness in the countryside has long been a problem with armed groups frequently attacking and shaking down transporters.
The PK26 customs control post at the northern exit from Bangui is the main customs revenue collection post for goods from neighboring Cameroon.
Customs officials say they have been seeing a sharp drop in arrivals of truck convoys, partly due to COVID-19 testing causing delays at the borders.
In a typical week, the officials say, they see around 150 trucks passing, but now that figure is only 40.
That means less tax revenue for the state.
In March alone, the customs officials say that revenues were down by around 3 million euros.
Customs revenue is one of the main financial windfalls of the Central African State.
The government is calling for the country’s international financial partners to help them to address the fiscal shortfall, or risk the fragile nation already with a large United Nations peacekeeping mission sink further.
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Supermodel and businesswoman Tyra Banks has found a new stage on which to strut her stuff. Starting this fall she’ll be the host and executive producer of ABC’s long-running reality…
Mayor Jason Lary will be safely joined by the entire Stonecrest City staff at a stay-in-your-car, drive-up activity while practicing social distancing and encouraging everyone to #MaskUp as residents continue fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, May 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stonecrest residents are encouraged to visit Stonecrest City Center at 2994 Turner Hill Road (the old Sam’s Club Building), to pick up free masks in the fight against COVID-19.
This is all made possible through the city’s new initiative, Stonecrest Cares.
This program was created to engage every Stonecrest resident in a way that advances and amplifies Mayor Lary’s foundational message of being a city that truly cares.
Late last month, Lary donated 4,000 masks to Emory Hillandale Hospital and hundreds more throughout Stonecrest.
President Donald Trump brought achievements in the economy, energy and global trade while boosting minorities and judicial fairness in his four-year presidency.
This week, Korey Wise of the Exonerated Five hosted a food drive to help residents in need in his neighborhood of Harlem amid COVID-19.
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Portsmouth Police Department Sgt. Kevin McGee was under investigation for authoring a heated letter blasting Virginia Sen. Louise Lucas (D) and others.
Much has been written about political polarization in the U.S. and how a heated political climate has drawn a line in the sand between voters. But heading into the 2020 presidential election, self-censorship also is on the rise – including at the workplace, where some people fear sharing their political views. Nearly a third […]
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