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Photo: Getty Images Researchers are using DNA matching technology to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, and they're looking for those victims' descendants to help, according to the Associated Press. Danny Hellwig, laboratory director with Intermountain Forensics, said Wednesday (July 13) that they've been getting many requests from local residents about providing genetic … Continued
Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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DETROIT— The Bank of America Charitable Foundation celebrated its annual “Detroit Day of Giving” on November 12, an annual day in the Bank’s schedule that focuses on connecting Bank of America’s teammates with its partner organizations that deliver resources and relief that advance pathways to economic mobility and social justice. The Foundation distributed an excess of … Continued
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Analysis - The Sunnah is to raise the grave at least one hand above the ground so it is known that it is a grave. It is forbidden to raise it more than that. This is based on a narrative reported by Muslim and others from Harun that Thamamah ibn Shufayy told him: "Once we were with Fadalah bin 'Ubayd in the Roman land of Brudis. One of our companions died and upon burying him we were ordered by Fudalah ibn 'Ubayd to level his grave.
Agricultural and farming organisation TLU SA, has laid a criminal complaint of terrorism against Julius Malema following his police comments.
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Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said Monday that late-stage trials showed its coronavirus vaccine was up to 90% effective, giving public health... View Article
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Actor Michael B. Jordan said he might start an OnlyFans dedicated to his mustache.
Queen Lillian and The Platform announced recently that they broke ground on Woodward West, a $60 million, new construction mixed-use flagship development in Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood. Slated to open in summer 2022, the five-story development will create 204 apartments and nearly 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail to Woodward Avenue and Stimson Place, just south … Continued
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The HistoryMakers While the founding of African American-owned banks saw its hey-day in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and again from the early 1960s to 1990, only six African American-owned banks were founded between 1991 and 2019. This is what makes the recent founding of the digital Greenwood Bank so exciting, launched by […]
www.newsbreak.com Tulsa City Council held a meeting Tuesday afternoon to go over new guidelines for the city’s ongoing COVID-19 response. Councilors passed all three guidelines which will have to be approved by Mayor G.T. Bynum. The first new guideline would require that restaurants, bars, and “Places of Public Accommodation serving, selling, or permitting on premises consumption of […]
[RFI] Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reiterated his ultimatum to forces in Tigray to surrender or be attacked by a tank battalion that is in position outside of the regional capital Mekele, as international groups have continued to call for a protecting civilians.
Media mogul Tyler Perry used his money and influence for a good cause Sunday, Nov. 22, by helping thousands of people in need through a Thanksgiving food
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The president’s campaign sought to disqualify all votes cast in person before Election Day in two Democratic strongholds.
President-elect Joe Biden is reportedly expected to announce Antony Blinken as his nominee to lead the U.S. State Department in... View Article
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By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Many Republican lawmakers in states where coronavirus cases and hospitalizations have surged are not only rejecting statewide mask mandates. They're also resisting rules requiring them in their own capitols. Efforts to require lawmakers and staff to wear masks have received a cool reception even in statehouses that have seen outbreaks of the virus or where Republican governors have issued statewide mandates. It's echoing a partisan divide nationwide over a simple step that health experts say is proven to help keep others safe. 'We're supposed to be modeling for our constituents […]
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press As they seek to overturn — or at least cast doubts on — the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election, President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have zeroed in on a routine and common process: post-election audits. Until now, the Trump campaign's flurry of legal challenges hasn't unearthed any evidence of widespread voter fraud, and election experts as well as state and federal officials have said there was none. Still, Trump and Republicans are calling for audits in states where the president lost, even as they dismiss the results of audits that were […]
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By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden on Monday tapped Obama administration veterans for top national security positions, signaling a stark shift from the Trump administration's 'America First' policies that disparaged international alliances, career diplomats and other veteran government officials. The six picks, including former Secretary of State John Kerry, mark a return to a more traditional approach to America's relations with the rest of the world and reflect Biden's campaign promises to have his Cabinet reflect the diversity of America. In choosing foreign policy veterans, Biden appears to be seeking to upend President Donald Trump's […]
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By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press When Chip Matthews heard the mail truck arriving on his sixth birthday, he rushed out — not knowing that he'd come back with a treasure. Outside the house, which was decorated with birthday balloons, mail carrier Tawanna Purter held a pile of boxes. One of them was marked with Chip's name and a greeting for his special day, Nov. 5. 'So, when he came running out the door, I said: 'You must be Chip!' And he was like, yes. I said, 'Today's your birthday?' And he started smiling,' Purter said. 'So, I said, 'Let […]
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