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Petitioners Hop On Private Jet To Secure Signatures To Get Kanye West On Montana’s Ballot
Sources close to the situation told the celebrity gossip site that West's team of petitioners he hired, hilariously named "Let the Voters Decide," hopped on a PJ to rush to Montana to get his petitions signed in time to he can be on the ballot. 
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Kandi & Todd Opening New Restaurant, ‘Blaze’ Steak & Seafood Named After Their Baby Girl
Kandi and Todd of #RHOA fame already have THREE Old Lady Gang restaurant locations and now they're opening a new restaurant named after their daughter Blaze.
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2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Encourages Racist Conspiracy Theory on Kamala Harris’s Eligibility to Be Vice President
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Fortnite's maker is suing Apple after being removed from its App Store - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Apple said it had removed Fortnite from the platform as Epic Games was violating the tech giant's guidelines by announcing a way for players to buy in-game currency without using Apple's proprietary payment
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Sherrette Spicer: ‘Lady Freedom’ Seeks Justice
By Je’Don Holloway Talley For the Birmingham Times When most in high school wanted to become doctors and lawyers, Sherrette Spicer knew she wanted to chart a different path. Spicer wanted to become an activist. “I marched, lobbied, organized, and worked to formulate policies because activism is
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L.A. City Planning Department Names Faisal Roble First Chief Equity Officer - Los Angeles Sentinel
City Planning, the largest planning department in the United States, has named its first Chief Equity Officer Faisal Roble to lead in a newly-created position to spearhead racial justice efforts within the Department. This role will also help address implicit bias in City Planning policies and
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How The Eviction Crisis Could Compound Voter Suppression Come November
Voting is already hard. Housing insecurity and the coronavirus pandemic are only going to make it worse.
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Making the world a better place: Ann Brunswick, at 94, is off to a good start - African American News Today - EIN News
Today we take for granted that a woman can have a family and a career, but when Ann Brunswick was born in 1926, it wasn’t like that. Again and again, in her long life, she’s defied expectations, as a brilliant researcher and scientist, raising two very accomplished daughters, and retiring to
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J’cans could be impacted if Trump has his way
Verley Fraizer will be travelling to Jamaica this weekend for an extended stay. But if United States (US) President Donald Trump has his way, should Fraizer become infected with the coronavirus, the Jamaica-born US citizen could be barred from re-...
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Protest and looting sparked again following police shooting of Englewood man | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Patrick Forrest Following the shooting of a 20-year-old Englewood man by police, protests and looting once again hit Chicago streets Sunday night. In response Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced travel restrictions to the Loop area, with all bridges being raised and CTA service into the area ending
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Seven Metro Atlanta counties partner with 'Be The Match' to highlight need for bone marrow donors | The Atlanta Voice
DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has partnered with the National Marrow Donor Program’s Be The Match — a national marrow donor program — and several neighboring county officials to host a virtual 'We Are The Cure' town hall meeting. On Thursday, Aug. 13, residents from
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This Black Business’ Sales Rose More Than 900% Since The Pandemic, Here’s Why The Owner Still Isn’t Taking A Salary
Terrinique Pennerman grew her brand awareness for her Black natural hair business Kurlee Belle by building a strong retail following, when the pandemic came she was forced to return to the digital roots of the business.
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Texas Faculty Association calls for strict safety standards as universities reopen | East Texas Review
“Texas remains a COVID hot spot with a recent positivity rate among those tested for the virus of more than 20 percent.” Pat Heintzelman, president of TFA and an instructor at Lamar University in Beaumont. “Some universities in Texas are not asking students to quarantine before they come to
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President Trump spent years pushing lies about the birthplace of President Obama. Now Kamala Harris is the target. - L.A. Focus Newspaper
On Thursday, he started floating a new birther lie about Sen. Kamala Harris, who, if elected, would be the first Black and Asian American vice president. Trump's incendiary nonsense about Harris was part of a Thursday self-described "news conference" he largely used to campaign against
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Kandi Burruss And Todd Tucker Open Atlanta Steak House Named After Their Daughter Blaze
Real Housewives Of Atlanta couple Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker have expanded their empire once again. This time, their 8-month-old daughter Blaze is the inspiration! Tucker revealed on Instagram that
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Texas testing drops as schools reopen, prepare for football - Black News Channel
By Paul J. Weber Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Anyone can get a coronavirus test at the CentroMed clinic in San Antonio, but on a recent day, the drive-thru was empty. Finally two masked people in a maroon SUV pulled straight on through with no wait. With hundreds of deaths reported each
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COVID-19 Vaccines: African Americans Must Step Forward Early When It Comes | The Oklahoma Eagle
www.blackdoctor.org As African Americans, we’ve all heard the stories for most of our lives. And sadly, they’re all true. Our innate mistrust of the medical establishment is hardly ill-founded. There’s the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiments of course, in which some 600 black men from Alabama
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Black Alabama man against the removal of Confederate monuments - TheGrio
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Alabama Gov. Ivey's chief of staff in quarantine - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey's chief of staff is quarantining at home after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. Ivey spokeswoman Gina Maiola says Ivey's Chief of Staff Jo Bonner doesn't have symptoms but is in quarantine at home. Bonner's wife
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LA County owes $8M to man killed like George Floyd - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles County must pay a full $8 million damage award to the family of a Black man whose death had similarities to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the California Supreme Court ruled
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Allegheny County reports 114 COVID cases, 5 deaths; state officials warn of contact-tracing scams | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County health officials reported 114 COVID-19 infections Thursday, including one among a resident as young as 5 months old. Since mid-March, the county health department has … Continued
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In summary Californians now demand a just recovery because income inequality, the housing crisis and a lack of investment in education were made worse by the pandemic. By Jennifer Martinez and Jennifer Martinez is the chief strategy officer at PICO
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Obama condemns Trump attempt to 'kneecap' USPS to discourage voting – as it happened
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Michigan plans dedicated road lanes for autonomous vehicles - Black News Channel
By David Eggert and Tom Krisher Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan and some private partners are taking steps toward building or assigning dedicated lanes for automated vehicles on a 40-mile stretch of highway between Detroit and Ann Arbor. Organizers say the project would
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