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Federal Court Halts Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness for Now | Post News Group
Conservatives have attacked the debt forgiveness plan as expensive overreach of executive authority since the plan was announced. In this case, the six states argued that the debt forgiveness plan could incentivize student loan borrowers with loans serviced by the states, which aren’t eligible for
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Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social
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Former President Donald Trump arrives at his Mar-a-Lago home Sunday night
Video above: Legal experts break down judge’s latest order in granting special master on Mar-a-Lago caseDozens of supporters gathered along Southern Boulevard near former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate as his motorcade passed through Sunday night.”I’ll be able to see for myself the
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Knights outlast Rebels to Win the Labor Day Flag Football Tournament
It was a long and grueling weekend for the four teams playing in the Labor Day Flag Football Tournament presented by Excalibur on Ivanna Eudora Kean High School field on St. Thomas.
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Claudine Gay assumes historic role as Harvard University’s first Black president | New Pittsburgh Courier
Claudine GayCredit:Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Harvard University now has its first Black president, Claudine Gay, who already has made her mark in the institution’s history. Gay also stands as only the second woman to helm the university since its founding in 1640 in
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US public schools get a D+ for poor conditions, and experts say problems are getting worse. Here's what kids are facing
US public schools get a D+ for poor conditions, and experts say problems are getting worse. Here's what kids are facing news - The Black Chronicle animals and society, Baltimore, Business, business and industry sectors, business executives, California, california news, california news
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Egypt to hold presidential elections in December | Africanews
The exercise was initially scheduled for the spring of 2024, the maximum period stipulated by the Constitution. Observers say economic considerations were behind the decision to hold the vote sooner. Egypt is caught between inflation and currency which have increased public anger
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Here’s How Joe Biden can Have Black America’s Back: Select an Education Secretary who will challenge the status quo.
By Dr. Margaret Fortune “American educators, this is a great day for you. You will have one of your own...
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Ex-Sierra Leonean president questioned over graft probe | Africanews
The former head of state of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma was questioned Monday by a commission investigating alleged corruption and embezzlement committed during his presidency, two officials have said on condition of
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COMMENTARY: The Presidential Race Might be Too Close to Call, but the ‘Projected Winner is Racism’ - Voice and Viewpoint
Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Perhaps a single sobering Twitter post best summed up the state of America on the morning following an Election Night that’s far too close to call — and frustratingly so. “This was a referendum on the potential for a fundamental shift in
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Fuller Theological Seminary Names New President...... | News & Reporting
Fuller Theological Seminary, the largest Protestant interdenominational seminary in the country, named Black church theologian and missions leader David Emmanuel Goatley its next president. Goatley, who leaves a post at Duke Divinity School to begin in January, says he wants to counter the
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Madagascar:opposition denounces “an institutional coup d’état” | Africanews
The Malagasy opposition has denounced "an institutional coup d'état" orchestrated by President Rajoelina, after a series of court decisions which, according to it, favor the head of state candidate for re-election in less than two months.
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Rays, Lady Hawks, and Lady Barras Volleyball Teams Start Their Title Defense
St. Thomas/St. John Interscholastic Athletic Association (IAA) tips off its 2022-2023 athletic calendar Wednesday with four varsity matches at Antilles School's Mark C. Marin Center.
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Ethiopia's Tigrayans receive medical aid in Sudan | Africanews
As tens of thousands flee violence in Ethiopia's Tigray region, a clinic in a Sudanese refugee camp is seeing increasing numbers of
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Visits Her Mother’s Alma Mater in Alabama
By Cody D. Short | cshort@al.com U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson traveled to Alabama last week to visit several historical markers, including Tuskegee University, one of the nation’s few universities marked as a national historic site. Jackson visited the historically Black
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Hurricanes and Barracudas Claim Titles at Antilles School JV / Middle School Volleyball Tournament
Antilles School welcomed ten teams to their 2022 Junior Varsity / Middle School Volleyball Tournament this past weekend in the Mark C. Marin Center on St. Thomas. The event featured four junior varsity female teams and six middle school female teams.
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‘No corruption’: Khusela Diko and husband respond to tender allegations
Khusela Diko and husband King Madzikane II Diko said the decision to get into business with the health department was an error of judgement.
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Sacale and One Hit Wonders Win 340365 Athletics' 4th Labor Day Volleyball Tournament
The sounds of sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing, and fans cheering filled the Digna Wheatley Gymnasium on Ivanna Eudora Kean High School at the 4th Labor Day Volleyball Tournament organized by 340365 Athletics and T.A.W. Sports Enterprise.
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Angolan President João Lourenço is inaugurated for a second term | Africanews
The president promised to be a "president for all Angolans" during the ceremony that took place in the capital, Luanda, under a heavy security presence
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COVID-19 Drive-bys Take the Stage | Afro
Talk about turning a negative into a positive… Not only have folks decided, in spite of COVID-19-ordered social distancing and other restrictions on gatherings, that the show must go on; they’ve also co-opted the term “drive-by” to describe what has quickly become one of the most popular forms of
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Remarks By President Biden at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Reception
Private ResidenceLos Angeles, California (October 13, 2022) 8:02 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Nancy, thank you. Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (Applause.) Please. Please. Thank you very, very much. I’m going home. (Laughter.) Well, Nancy, thank you so much. I don’t want this to turn into
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Dr. Perry Ward, Lawson State President, Announces Retirement After 33 years
lawsonstate.edu Dr. Perry W. Ward, president of Lawson State Community College has announced his retirement, effective August 31. Ward’s retirement closes a chapter of leadership that began in 1987. “Lawson State has been a part of my life, as well as that of my wife Ann and family, for the last 33
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Trooper Vandalism: Still Waiting to Hear from the President | The Orlando Advocate
On June 1, President Trump castigated the nations governors for not being tougher on the protestors who were throwing rocks at police. You’ve got to arrest people, you have to track people, you have to put them in jail for 10 years and you’ll never see this stuff again,” Trump said. It
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Burundi pays last respect to Nkurunziza ahead of June 26 burial | Africanews
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Leaders within the Democratic Party in the last Congress demonstrated their political will for a reparations commission. 217 confirmed yes votes in the House and half of the Senate Committee chairs, along with the Senate Leader, and many of their colleagues, signed on to the Senate
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Dallas judge blocks impeachment hearing for Texas based LULAC president García
WASHINGTON – A Dallas judge blocked a hearing in which the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) board was set to vote on a proposed impeachment for its President Domingo García. On Friday, Dallas County District Judge Maricela Moore issued the temporary restraining order, blocking the
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Exams rescheduled ahead of EFF protest at Brackenfell High School
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