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Amid surge in violence against women in Mexico, man sets girlfriend on fire | Afro

Amid a wave of violence against women in Mexico, a 26-year-old man has been accused of dousing his teenage girlfriend in solvent and setting her on fire. The suspect is facing a charge of attempted murder in the incident that took place on July 1 in Chimalhuacan, in the central Mexican State of

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‘Avoid being bitten’: Virus-carrying Asian tiger mosquitoes likely reach UK - The Mississippi Link

The Asian tiger mosquito, which has made headlines around the world because it carries dangerous viruses, are likely already in the UK, an expert warned. Dr Anna-Bella Failloux poses for a photo. She is a professor of entomology and is head of the 'Arboviruses and Insect Vectors' branch of the

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Say Hello to Peacock! | New Pittsburgh Courier

(NewsUSA) - What is Peacock? Peacock is a new streaming service from NBCUniversal, launching July 15th. The only streamer to offer a free, premium tier of service with limited commercials, Peacock brings together everything people love about TV and streaming to deliver the best live and on-demand

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US Supreme Court ruling could overturn hundreds of criminal convictions in Oklahoma | Afro

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared much of eastern Oklahoma part of the Creek Indian reservation, Oklahoma state and federal officials are debating their next steps. The ruling could create a wave of Native Americans trying to overturn their convictions if they were

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Test your news knowledge with Zenger: A case of the plague | Afro

The post Test your news knowledge with Zenger: A case of the plague appeared first on Zenger News. The post Test your news knowledge with Zenger: A case of the plague appeared first on Afro.

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Nurses Protest Against Racist Nurse Employed At Hospital That Serves Black and Brown Patients

By Staff On June 21st Allison “Nurse Karen” Cook ignited a Facebook Fire that Sutter Healthcare continues to try and put out. Thisex-Head Nurse at ICUthought she could continue to make decisions over our black and brown patients at their most critical time and we said,No More! When Sutter

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‘This is love’: Russian influencer celebrates with an AK-47 - The Mississippi Link

Celebrating with an AK-47 produced more than just the noise of a jet engine for Russian model and Instagram personality Anastasia Ivleeva. Ivleeva celebrated her one-year anniversary with rapper husband Allj by firing a Kalashnikov assault rifle into the air, sparking outrage among her nearly 20

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Op-Ed: From the Heart of a 37 year old Black Male from Detroit, Michigan | The Michigan Chronicle

By Lorron James, CEO of James Group International Excerpt from a 37 year old, black male from Detroit, Michigan: My parents live in a nice house in a suburb that would statistically be identified as predominantly white. Though born on the northwest side of Detroit, I (we) moved into this house when

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Civil Rights Icon, Rep. John Lewis Dies at 80 | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Representative John Lewis (D- Georgia) spent most of his life- beginning in adolescence- fighting for equality and justice for African Americans; and while the last months of his life were spent battling a beast that may have, at times, seemed greater

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Separate celebration: Formerly conjoined twins turn 2 after surgeries The Mississippi Link

Two-year-old twins Prefina and Ervina recently celebrated their birthday in a unusual way as individuals. The previously conjoined twins, connected at the head, were successfully separated after several surgeries by skilled surgeons and nurses at an Italian hospital. Ermine celebrates twin Ervina

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Baby sharks: 8 pups born at Spanish oceanarium | Afro

A Spanish oceanarium has a few new residents, after a shark gave birth to eight pups. The five female and three male sandbar shark pups were eating and responding well in their first days at the oceanarium, according to a statement Friday from Valencia's L'Oceanografic. Eight sharks being fed

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OP-ED: We must protect North Texans’ health care during this pandemic - North Dallas Gazette

By Colin Allred U.S. Representative (TX-32) As a North Texan, born and raised by a single mother who was a Dallas public school teacher, I know how hard things can be for working families and how this crisis has made things worse for many. During this crisis, many North Texans are worried about

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Fight breaks out over food shortage as refugees go hungry - The Mississippi Link

Kampala, UgandaWith food gone and six children to feed, 40-year-old Zawadi Kizungu had no choice but to walk miles to find food, and stepped into a food shortage troubling all of Central Uganda. She braved the early morning chill and walked 16 kilometers, nearly 10 miles, from her home in

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Azerbaijan, Armenia take border fight online | Afro

Videos of fighting at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (district) have been posted on YouTube by defense ministries of both countries. The fierce fighting in the district in west Azerbaijan, which is mostly inhabited by

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LEDCO BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES EXECUTION OF CONTRACT FOR 3127 ESTES PARKWAY PROPERTY | East Texas Review

“A huge amount of traffic passes through this area every day, so it is great to see interest in the redevelopment of this property in particular and Longview’s I-20 corridor in general.” Mayor Andy Mack The Longview Economic Development Corporation (LEDCO) Board of Directors approves execution of

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Joy Reid Set To Become First Black Woman To Anchor Cable News During Prime-Time Slot

Reid is a valued member of the MSNBC community and is now set to take the 7 p.m. slot.

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Ban on Israeli imports could stand between Ireland and a new government | Afro

Negotiations over the formation of a new government in Ireland have hit a snag four months after general elections, with the likely coalition government proposing a ban on all goods and services coming from Israeli settlements. While the coronavirus pandemic hindered progress on negotiations, the

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Revisiting Emmett Till: 65 Years Later: No Justice and Still No Peace | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com A 14-year-old from Chicago was lynched on August 28, 1955, in Mississippi for allegedly flirting with Carolyn Bryant, a White woman. While Emmett Till’s brutalized body and unrecognizable features became the face of the Civil Rights Movement, 65 years

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AFRO Exclusive: Clarke Peters Talks Da 5 Bloods and Journey | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com With almost five decades in the entertainment industry, actor Clarke Peters has achieved a “legendary” status, yet per his frank conversation with the AFRO and moving performance as Otis in Spike Lee’s new film, Da 5 Bloods, the multifaceted artist

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ACLU Statement on President Trump’s Dismissal of the Disproportionate Police Killings of Black People - Milwaukee Community Journal

WASHINGTON — When asked in an interview today why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country,” President Donald Trump responded: “So are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people,” Trump told CBS News senior

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VIDEO: Press secretary talks ‘white power’ tweet | Afro

President Donald Trump didnt hear a supporter use the words white power in a video he retweeted, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Monday. He did not hear that particular phrase when he tweeted out the video, she said in response to a reporters question. The video, which the

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Field Negro: The virus is still here, and Bounty Gate heats up | Atlanta Daily World

If you thought that we were winning the war against COVID-45 think again. The virus isn’t quite finished with us just yet. There are spikes in new infection rates everywhere, and Houston is looking like New York did a couple of months ago. Remember when the president said that the virus would go

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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General | Afro

By Natalie Jackson, Special to the Houston Forward Times via BPUSA Momentous events can occur in an instant, but more often they emerge after a long build-up. The explosion of protests all over the world was such a moment following the George Floyd killing. And Ben Crump who has been called the

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This exhausting 2020 continues!

We’re getting closer to all of the professional sports leagues starting up again, and for the first time without fans—MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and the NFL. Source

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From staying at home to cycling to Tibet | Afro

While the coronavirus stifled many opportunities, a single dad in China came up with a unique solution: He took his 4-year-old daughter on an inspiring 2,500-mile cycling journey to Tibet over two months. Dou Haobei, 26, decided to make the most of the recent downturn in business during the

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Movie review: ‘The King of Staten Island’ | Afro

If you havent found Pete Davidson funny after six years on Saturday Night Live, two hours watching his semi-biographical film The King of Staten Island likely wont change your mind. Prolonged adolescence, arrested development,and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have become cultural

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Evers Fight Against Injustice Lives Through Current Athletes | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com In many respects Medgar Evers’ life has been defined more by his death than his impact on the fight against systemic racism in the United States. If Evers hadn’t been assassinated in 1963 the same year Camelot ended with the assassination of

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UDC quietly offers to remove Confederate monument as protesters clamor for statues to fall | Afro

RICHMOND, VirginiaA large crowd gathered in a heavy downpour to watch history being made: The removal of the monument celebrating Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Church bells rang in the distance as work crews took power tools to the feet of the statue. Once removed, the monument was placed on

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Space rocks found after Japan fireball | Afro

Two large radiation-emitting space rocks, believed to be part of a meteor captured on video flashing across the Tokyo night sky earlier this month, have been found in a garden in Japan. The phenomenon over Tokyo happened around 2:30 a.m. local time on July 2, and the footage was shared on YouTube

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Black Press Matters: Mendelson Recommends Tax That Could Be Detrimental for Media | Afro

By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Like several industries, media companies are working to recover from the economic effects of coronavirus, and one way is through the economic boost of advertising. However, on July 7, the D.C. Council granted preliminary approval of a three percent

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