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FBI Vetting Troops Before Inauguration - Voice and Viewpoint
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COVID-19 beach closures hit small businesses in Plettenberg Bay
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Movement To Award Capitol Police Hero Eugene Goodman The Congressional Gold Medal Gains Steam
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Warnock, Ossoff and Padilla to be sworn in after Biden - TheGrio
Three new Democratic senators are set to be sworn into office after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday. The arrival of... View Article The post Warnock, Ossoff and Padilla to be sworn in after Biden appeared first on TheGrio.
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US soldier arrested in plot to blow up NYC 9/11 Memorial - Black News Channel
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City's 9/11 Memorial and other landmarks and attack U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, authorities said Tuesday. Cole
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State Senator Proposes Reparations of $123K a Year for Black Oregonians
A Black senator from Oregon has proposed that Black Oregonians be paid reparations to redress racial disparities in the state. Sen. Lew Frederick, a Portland […]
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La Virgen del dedito quemado en Nicaragua – The Wilmington Journal
La furia del volcán no pudo con ella. Desde hace casi 250 años, los nicaragüenses celebran cada 16 de marzo a la Virgen de la Asunción de Monimbó. Los devotos hacen una larga caminata desde [...]
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Trump late night pardons include Lil Wayne, Kwame Kilpatrick - DefenderNetwork.com
President Donald Trump issued a late flurry of clemency action benefiting nearly 150 people, including rap stars Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former strategist Steve Bannon The batch of 73 pardons and 70 commutations issued in the final hours of his
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Hero Black Cop Eugene Goodman Curving VP Mike Pence After Saving His Life, Allegedly
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