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The coronavirus' staggering toll in the US
Here, in dollars, percentages and — most tragically — lives, is the devastating toll the pandemic has taken on the
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Most US states fall short of recommended testing levels | Dallas Weekly
As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press
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ICYMI, Tracee Ellis Ross Just Released A New Song, ‘Love Myself’
In support of her new role in her latest movie, The High Note, Ross recorded her first track ever titled “Love
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The Bernie Mac Show
The Bernie Mac Show (often shortened to Bernie Mac in syndication) is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001, to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sisters three kids: Jordan, Vanessa, and
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Trump lashes out at scientists whose findings contradict him
WASHINGTON, DC, United States (AP) — “A Trump enemy statement,” he said of one
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Historic SpaceX Launch Postponed Because Of Stormy Weather
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit was called off with 16 minutes to go in the countdown Wednesday because of thunderclouds and the danger of
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Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne is an American actor, writer, director and producer. He was born on July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia to Hattie Bell and Laurence John Fishburne, Jr. His parents divorced when he was very young and he moved to Brooklyn, New York with his mother while visiting his father once
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Trump says he's taking malaria drug to protect against virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the new coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side
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Hip-Hop Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Granted Early Release From Prison
Former Detroit Mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, has been granted early release and will be freed 21 years early next month to home confinement, according to the Detroit Free
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U.S. on cusp of marking at least 100K deaths from virus
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States was on the cusp of marking at least 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus, a once-unthinkable toll that now appears to be just the beginning of untold misery in the months ahead as Las Vegas casinos and Walt Disney World make plans to reopen, crowds of unmasked
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OP-ED: Joe Biden Attacks Freethinking Black Americans while President Trump Empowers Them
In 2016, President Trump looked at the conditions and statistics of many predominantly Black cities in America and saw that despite being led by Liberal lawmakers, our communities were faced with high crime, high unemployment, and poor public
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Trump Doubles Down On Fact-Free Fraud Theory About Mail-In Voting
President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on Twitter alleging that mail-in ballots allow for widespread election fraud, despite widespread evidence to the
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Actor/Comedian Garrett Morris born
Actor/Comedian Garrett Morris, formerly of Saturday Night Live, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Biden Pulls Back On 'Cavalier' Remarks About Black Voters
Former Vice President Joe Biden is backtracking on remarks he made on a popular black radio program on Friday that were criticized as questioning the cultural authenticity of black supporters of President
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Ice Cube Cancels ‘Good Morning America’ Appearance After George Floyd Murder
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Don Lemon Warns Trump Will Try To Hoodwink Public Over His 'Abysmal Failure’
CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night tore into President Donald Trump’s “campaign of distraction and disinformation” amid the coronavirus
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US Covid-19 deaths pass 100,000
With the European Union unveiling a massive recovery plan to step up its emergence from the crisis, the US figure was a sobering reminder of the devastation being wreaked around the globe by a virus that only emerged late last
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Is There More COVID Cash Coming to Help Californians?
It has $14 billion in spending cuts, including a 10% salary reduction for state workers, that would be triggered only if the federal government does not provide funding to California to cover some of its coronavirus losses before the fiscal year begins July
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Trump mulls opening historically black college in Detroit, Twitter reacts
Now comes word that during a meeting with Black Michigan leaders on Thursday, Trump is mulling bringing a new historically Black college to Detroit after prompting from a state elected
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Biden reinforces plan for Black America after ‘Breakfast Club’ backlash
Earlier this month, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, released his plan for Black America called, Lift Every
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Obama criticizes virus response in online graduation speech | The Atlanta Voice
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized some officials overseeing the coronavirus response, telling college graduates in an online commencement address that the pandemic shows many officials “aren’t even pretending to be in
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Violent protests rock Minneapolis for 2nd straight night
A man poses for a photo in the parking lot of an AutoZone store in flames, while protesters hold a rally for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May
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South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators; cases pass 11,000
Key statistics as at May 12, data from National Institute For Communicable Diseases, NICD
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Trump Threatens 'Funding' To States Expanding Mail-In Voting During The Pandemic
Trump, who previously said he was “allowed to” vote by mail in Florida’s March 17 primary, has railed against Democratic-led states offering that same opportunity to their
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LED COALITION CELEBRATES EARLY RELEASE FOR FORMER DETROIT MAYOR KWAME KILPATRICK •
Kwame Kilpatrick, former Detroit Mayor, has been granted home confinement after spending 7 years of a 28-year sentence in
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Patton, Lynne (1973- )
In June 2017, Lynne Patton, Vice President of the Eric Trump Foundation and a senior assistant to Eric Trump, was appointed by President Donald Trump to head the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Region II office which manages the department’s activities in New York and New
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Trump escalates war on Twitter, social media protections with exec order
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in
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Compton Pastor Vows to Reopen Church When Holy Spirit Directs Him
Compton Pastor Ron C. Hill says he’ll be guided by the Holy Spirit on when to reopen his church, not by California’s governor, who ordered churches to close in March as part of the state’s stay-at-home COVID-19
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An Alabama Mayoral Candidate Wants To Resume Public Hangings And Other News You Missed This Week - Blavity
Most people were still reeling in the days after the release of the Ahmaud Arbery shooting that happened back in
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US Autoworkers Return, While Possible Vaccine Shows Promise
WARREN, Mich. (AP) — More than 130,000 autoworkers returned to factories across the U.S. for the first time in nearly two months Monday in one of the biggest steps yet to restart American industry, while an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus yielded encouraging results in a small and
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