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Anna Trapido believes that more restaurants with outdoor seating space should embrace pet-friendly dining in South Africa.
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Best comfort foods in the San Fernando Valley: The Oaks at Lakeside in Encino | L.A. Focus News
Editor's note: Restaurant critic Merrill Shindler is grateful for the joys of takeout – especially during these times. This week, he's highlighting his favorite local restaurants for comfort food. Previously, he dished about Nat’s Early Bite Coffee Shop in Sherman Oaks, Black Bottom Southern
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Providing relief to cities must be priority to Congress –
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Eviction moratorium extended to end of year - The Bay State Banner
Mayor Martin Walsh and the Boston Housing Authority announced Friday that they will extend the moratorium on “nonessential” evictions for Boston’s public housing residents until the end of 2020. The post Eviction moratorium extended to end of year appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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$3 Trillion HEROES Act promises more COVID-19 relief for consumers and businesses
$3 Trillion HEROES Act promises more COVID-19 relief for consumers and businesses
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Guest Editorial: Don’t defund police, demand real reform | New Pittsburgh Courier
There has been a growing call from activists for defunding the police since George Floyd died May 25 after a White officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed Black man’s neck, ignoring his “I can’t breathe” cries and holding it there even after Floyd stopped moving. His death sparked protests
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Covid-19: Global tensions simmer over race for vaccine
Global tensions simmered over the race for a coronavirus vaccine Thursday, as the United States and China traded jabs, and France slammed pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi for suggesting the US would get any eventual vaccine
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Newswire : Congress moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act measure forward
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By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against
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Haley House, Roxbury Main Streets launch 1st Roxbury Restaurant Week - The Bay State Banner
The inaugural Roxbury Restaurant Week will infuse the community with savory smells and drool-worthy cuisine June 13-19. The post Haley House, Roxbury Main Streets launch 1st Roxbury Restaurant Week appeared first on The Bay State Banner.
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Angola: MPs Discuss Amendment of Base Law On Civil Protection
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Pharrell Teams Up With The Governor of Virginia To Announce Plan To Make Juneteenth a State Holiday
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Uganda: Jinja Officials Fight for Leadership of New City
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Newsom moves to slash school, health spending — but asks feds for a rescue | Black Voice News
In revising California’s budget down to $203 billion Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom charted a plan to fill a huge deficit by tying many cuts to additional federal
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Indonesian leader in ‘Trump-like’ fight with governors
But while it is states’ governors and not President Donald Trump who have the final say in imposing and ending lockdowns and “shelter in place” orders in the U.S., in Indonesia, Widodo makes the call, which has the governors of the 34 provinces in the country up in
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November initiative that would bring billions to California schools and communities is an easy decision | Black Voice News
Even before the crisis, Oakland, like many cities across the state, struggled with limited revenue and tight budgets to address critical needs like affordable housing and homeless
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Uganda: Cover Story - Tough Budget
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Birmingham Restaurant Week launches, continues through Jan. 31
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Statewide eviction moratorium extended through August; Pittsburgh’s revenue takes hit from pandemic | New Pittsburgh Courier
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Is There More COVID Cash Coming to Help Californians?
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NAACP shows African Americans have no faith in coronavirus response
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LA County Board Of Supervisors Votes Unanimously To Close A Men's Jail, 'Restore Dignity' To Community - Blavity
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to create a plan to close the Men’s Central Jail in Downtown Los Angeles.
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Amid Movement To Defund Police, Biden Wants To Give Them More Money
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Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce Partners with First United Bank to Help Re-Open Black-Owned Businesses Damaged in Downtown Dallas Protests (press release)
DALLAS, Texas, June 2, 2020 – – The Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce (DBCC) is proud to announce its partnership with DBCC member, First United Bank, to support Black entrepreneurs dealing with damage to their businesses that occurred during the protest on Friday, May
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Is There More COVID Cash Coming to Help Californians?
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump effectively claimed victory over the economic crisis and COVID-19 on Friday and major progress against racial inequity, heartily embracing an unexpectedly good jobs report in hopes of convincing a discouraged nation he deserves another four years in
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