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Bryan Waives Graduation Fees for 2021 Graduates of Public High Schools
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. announced Tuesday he is waiving graduation fees for students graduating from the territory’s public high schools this year as COVID-19 health protocols have prevented traditional graduation ceremonies.
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DPW’s New Neighborhood Initiative - Milwaukee Community Journal
It is an initiative throughout the city, created to garner neighborhood pride and ownership through coordinated clean up. Clean up crews will target one zone each week from April 12-May 21 and collect up to six (6) cubic yards per dwelling unit of unwanted furniture, mattresses or household items
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Every resident in a zip code in The Loop vaccinated as Englewood struggles at 21 percent | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Every resident in a zip code in The Loop vaccinated as Englewood struggles at 21 percent Crusader Staff Report Zip code 60603. It’s a two-mile strip of real estate that stretches from the Art Institute of Chicago. It’s where rent for a one-bedroom apartment costs $2,400 a month. It comes with
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MLK memorial effort in Boston gets $1M from Bank of America - TheGrio
The organization planning a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in Boston is getting a... View Article The post MLK memorial effort in Boston gets $1M from Bank of America appeared first on TheGrio.
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Illinois House Speaker Welch says state will use federal stimulus money to pay down debt | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Vows to create jobs, too By Chinta Strausberg In an exclusive interview with the Chicago Crusader late Wednesday night, Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said the State of Illinois expects to get $7 billion in federal stimulus money to be used to pay down the debt borrowed from the
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Bryan Vows to Find Source of Emissions Hovering Over STX
In the wake of a flood of reports about a "rotten egg" smell hovering over parts of St. Croix, Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. said Friday that everything possible is being done to “find out what is this strange odor affecting our residents.”
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Public Has Until May 26 to Comment on Cowgirl Bebop Floating Lounge
The public can weigh in on whether a 120-foot floating barge containing a restaurant and a bar should be allowed to operate off two uninhabited cays near St. Thomas and St. John.
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Lottery fully engaged in COVID-19 battle - Barbados Today
The Barbados Lottery has reaffirmed its commitment to help protect Barbadians from the deadly COVID-19 virus with recent donations of PPEs and sanitisation products to fifteen organizations including service, educational and youth-based institutions across the island. The targeted series of
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How This Dallas Mom is Helping Protect Black Mothers and their Babies - Texas Metro News
Cessilye Smith is helping address Black maternal and infant mortality through Abide Women's Health Services. The post How This Dallas Mom is Helping Protect Black Mothers and their Babies appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Tourism minister says safe reopening job number one - Barbados Today
Barbados prepares to welcome visitors under new COVID-19 vaccination protocols from Saturday with tourism authorities saying the safe reopening of the hotel and hospitality sectors is a priority and sobered by a new development in the island’s largest source market. Minister of Tourism Senator
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EPA Attempts to Clarify Air-Quality Monitoring Confusion
As reports of noxious odors and health effects at the west end of St. Croix entered a second week, the V.I. government, Limetree Bay refinery, and the Environmental Protection Agency each began conducting hunts to find out the cause.
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NCF celebrates the life of Professor the Honourable Kamau Brathwaite - Barbados Today
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is hosting a webinar to celebrate the life and legacy of literary icon Professor the Honourable Edward Kamau Brathwaite. The event, Words & Wisdom – Celebrating Kamau’s Birthday, will be held via Zoom tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m. Zoom ID: 821 7281
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CARICOM elects first woman Secretary General - Barbados Today
Belizean Dr Carla Barnett, the first ever woman to have served as deputy secretary-general from 1997 to 2002 , has been elected as the new Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General replacing the Dominican-born diplomat, Irwin LaRocque, who has been in the post since August 2011. Barnett was
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Sixty-six-year-old succumbs to COVID-19 - Barbados Today
Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffery Bostic has confirmed that a sixty-six-year-old woman has succumbed to COVID-19. The minister also confirmed a secondary school student tested positive for COVID-19. Read the full story tonight’s Epaper.     Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up
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Search for Javonne Moise postponed due to poor lighting - Barbados Today
The search for a man  who went missing while swimming at Brighton Beach this afternoon has been postponed. The missing man has been identified as Javonne Andre Jalani Moise, 21, of Dash Valley, St George. Police say that around 4:15 p.m., a group of five young men went to the beach and two of them
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CZMU undertaking work on Richard Haynes Boardwalk - Barbados Today
Members of the public are asked to note that the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) will be carrying out repair work on a section of the Richard Haynes Boardwalk from tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11.  The work involves the replacement of boards in the lower section of the boardwalk opposite KPMG, and
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Missing: Ershell Sargeant - Barbados Today
The Royal Barbados Police Force is seeking the public’s assistance to locate a missing girl. She is Ershell Sargeant, 16, of Collington Drive, Crane, St Philip, a student of the Deighton Griffith Secondary School. Ershell was last seen by her mother Narine Sargeant, 50, of the same address, on
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Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski Kicks Off Her US Senate Campaign Tour in Milwaukee | The Madison Times
By Karen Stokes Wisconsin State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski officially launched her bid for U.S. Senate Monday, meeting with Milwaukee small business owners and community leaders on the issues they are facing due to the pandemic. Godlewski is joining a crowded field of Democrats vying to take on
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Youth Summer Camps Are Scarce This Year, But Some Have Begun Registration *Updated*
Soon children and teenagers typically would dive into the territory’s summer programs offered by various schools, private businesses, and the Department of Sports, Parks and Recreation, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, camps and programs are scarce.   
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New York mom accused of killing newborn twins: 'Babies wouldn't let me sleep' - TheGrio
A young mother has been charged with the death of her infant twins. Danezja Kilpatrick, 23, is being charged after... View Article The post New York mom accused of killing newborn twins: 'Babies wouldn't let me sleep' appeared first on TheGrio.
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Nine new cases, four discharged - Barbados Today
The Best-dos Santos Public Health Laboratory identified nine new positive cases of COVID-19 – three males and six females – on Saturday, May 8, from among the 504 tests conducted. Four people recovered from the virus and were discharged.  There are currently 105 persons in isolation. The total
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Detroit Police Chief James Craig Retires Today, Who is Next in Line? | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
Detroit Police Chief James Craig left his post with the Police Department and retired today, Fox 2 News reported. The information came from a source near the 64-year-old chief, WXYZ confirmed. A news conference is scheduled for today, according to reports. The announcement comes on the heels of
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V.I.'s Cancer Registry Starting to Produce Information that May Help Save Lives
When a shower of oil from the neighboring refinery descended on Maria Otano’s neighborhood, the St. Croix resident pulled no punches about what was on her mind. “Our No. 1 concern is cancer,” Otano said.
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OIG Report Says CPD Search Warrants Disproportionately Targeted Black Residents | The Crusader Newspaper Group
NBC 5 Chicago A new interim report by the city of Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General says that Chicago Police Department search warrants disproportionately targeted people of color. The report, which examined search warrants issued and executed between 2017 and 2020, found that Black men
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Lawsuit says Black woman was grabbed by hair, pulled out of SUV during a traffic stop in North Carolina | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Artemis Moshtaghian, Melissa Alonso and Amanda Jackson, CNN A Black woman was allegedly grabbed by the hair and pulled out of her SUV by North Carolina police during a traffic stop in 2019 after she was driving 10 miles per hour over the speed limit and failed to stop for law
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Recipients of guaranteed income called by Mayor Prince | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Patrick Forrest Gary Mayor Jerome Prince made a number of phone calls to those who were selected to receive the assistance from the Guaranteed Income Validation Effort (GIVE) program. In his original announcement, Prince noted statistics that show nearly 40 percent of Americans cannot afford
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Attorney for Andrew Brown Jr.'s family says video of fatal police shooting shows 'execution' | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Natasha Chen, Gregory Lemos and Eric Levenson, CNN The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by deputies in North Carolina last week were shown Monday a short snippet of police body camera footage that one family attorney described as an execution. Andrew Brown Jr., 42, was fatally shot by
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Happy Cinco de Mayo! | News of St. John
It's a tequila drinking, taco eating, salsa dunking, mariachi dancing kinda Wednesday and the weather on St. John today is looking beautifully cooperative for a mid-day Margarita in the sun and sand. If you're on vacation on St. John right now, you might be thinking about where the best spot is for
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15-year-old Bolingbrook girl dies from COVID-19 two days after testing positive | The Crusader Newspaper Group
BY Shannon Halligan, WGN TV Family is mourning the loss of a 15-year-old Bolingbrook girl who died from COVID-19 just two days after testing positive. Last week, Dykota Morgan was a perfectly healthy 15-year-old freshman at Bolingbrook High School who excelled in school and athletics. But shortly
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Joseph Hatchett, first Black Florida Supreme Court Justice, dies at 88 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Clearwater native’s pioneering legal career took him to Florida’s highest court and the federal judiciary. By Howard Cohen, Tampa Bay Times When a young Joseph W. Hatchett took the Florida Bar exam in 1960, he could not stay in the Miami hotel in which the test was given because of Jim Crow
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