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Movement for Black Lives
NEW YORK, United States (AP) Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of black activists from across the US will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new political agenda that seeks to build on the success of the protests that followed George
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Virgil Abloh Says Its Glaringly Obvious That I Stand With Black People” When Addressing Recent Criticism
Virgil Abloh Says It's Glaringly Obvious That I Stand With Black People” When Addressing Recent Criticism
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Californians: What you need to know about your new state budget in 2 minutes - Black Voice News
In one fell swoop, the coronavirus pandemic took California’s state finances from “Celebrate Good Times” to no cause for much celebration at all. Here’s our two-minute recap of what you need to know: Keep tabs on the latest California policy and politics news By clicking subscribe, you agree to
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Deaths and destruction as floods ravage southern China | Africanews
Rainstorms and floods battered southern China killing some 78 people since the start of June, according to the Chinese emergency management
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Consultancy firm says CMU still owes it money
OPTIMUM Customer Service Consultancy has rejected a request from the CMU to provide answers in relation to activities under the Career Advancement Programme (CAP) Youth Empowerment Services (YES), which the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has been digging into over the past few months.
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Chef Gregory Gourdet Knows Adversity And He Knows How To Move Forward
He's faced obstacles because of race, sexuality and addiction. Here's how this chef says we can embrace inclusion.
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CDU Report Highlights Needs for Underserved Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic - Los Angeles Sentinel
The report was conducted on site with 27,133 COVID-19 tests, between April 8 and June 14, 2020. The post CDU Report Highlights Needs for Underserved Communities During COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Detroit Says Shoddy Work Led To Arrest Tied to Technology - Black News Channel
By ED WHITE Associated Press / BNC Contributor DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was wrongly arrested after the use of facial recognition technology by Detroit police will have his DNA, fingerprints and mugshot removed from law enforcement files, officials said Friday. Robert Williams was the victim
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A Black man tried to cash his first paycheck. The teller called 911. - L.A. Focus Newspaper
As he walked out of the Huntington Bank branch in Brooklyn empty-handed, an officer waiting outside handcuffed him and put him in the back of a police
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LeBron James Group Touts Sports Venues as Mega-voting sites - Black News Channel
By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James and his voting rights group, formed this spring with other black
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Demonstrators Resist as Crews Arrive at Seattle Protest Zone - Black News Channel
By AP / BNC Contributor SEATTLE (AP) — Crews arrived with heavy equipment arrived early Friday at Seattles occupied protest zone, apparently ready to dismantle barriers set up by demonstrators, but halted work when demonstrators resisted, including by lying on top of some of the makeshift
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JTA president wants a clearer PEP scoring system
Western Bureau: While applauding the Government’s handling of this year’s Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examinations, with 80 per cent of students getting into their schools of choice, Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) President Owen Speid says that...
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Empty grave still baffles Jamaican family - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Star) Six months after their story was first highlighted, the Jackson family is still in a painful pursuit for answers, seeking the remains of their deceased relative Jimmy Jackson. The article Empty grave still baffles Jamaican family appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Cases Spike In Sunbelt, Other States Back Off On Reopening | Afro
By JAKE COYLE and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizonas outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging coronavirus crisis across the South
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Covid-19: Sanef launches relief fund for journalists who have lost jobs, income | News24
The South African National Editors' Forum has announced the launch of a relief fund for journalists who have lost their livelihoods as a result of the Covid-19 national disaster.
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Three D.C. Residents Take Top Prizes in #iMask4DC Competition
With clear, concise, creative messaging, three District residents recently won top honors for video demonstrations of COVID-19 safety protocols.
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Black Entrepreneur Releases First-of-its-Kind Health and Tech Report Identifying New Industry Sector – FemAging Tech
Research reveals that many FemAging Tech innovations are not meeting the needs of 63% of Black women who are concerned about staying active and independent as they age. FemAging Tech: []
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Trump Supports New Round of Direct Coronavirus Payments - Black News Channel
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he supports a fresh round of government payments to individuals to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic but it has to be done properly. Trump also said he wants payments larger
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Cele: Police can use lethal force, buying cigarettes warrants criminal record
Cele said that police can use lethal force if their lives are at risk, and warned that smokers face criminal records for buying cigarettes.
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Billionaire Robert Smith Calls On Corporations To Adopt His 2% ‘Reparative’ Plan For Black People
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16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man | Afro
Fourteen-year-old Maria Malaso was supposed to be married to a 64-year-old mana few weeks after the Kenyan government ordered the suspension of schools in mid-March due to the coronavirus. I woke up one morning and my father told me that we are poor and schools will never reopen, she said. Her
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Tourism faces minimum US$1. 2-trillion hit from virus, says UN
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) The novel coronavirus crisis could cost global tourism and related sectors from US$1.2 to US$3.3 trillion in lost revenue, the United Nations said yesterday.Lockdown restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 have hammered the tourism sector particularly hard, the UN
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It's a good look
SEVERAL residents of the troubled St Andrew South Western community of Greenwich Town yesterday welcomed the decision by Prime Minister Andrew Holness to declare the area a zone of special operation (ZOSO), and their Member of Parliament Angela Brown Burke is sharing their joy.A flare-up of gang
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Clemson Has 14 More Football Players Test Positive - Black News Channel
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for workouts earlier this month. Clemson said Friday it has conducted 430 tests of its
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More than 360 elephants die from mysterious causes in Botswana - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Some carcasses were found clustered around waterholes, while others appeared to have died "falling flat on their faces," according to Niall McCann, director of conservation at United Kingdom charity National Park
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Jamaican social media couple to tie the knot - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Star) Social media darling Tanesha Rose Thellwell will be heading to the altar with her on again-off again lover, Ford Spence, on November 2. The article Jamaican social media couple to tie the knot appeared first on Stabroek News.
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DRC top cleric says Tshisekedi - Kabila must politically divorce | Africanews
The Catholic church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has waded into the political crisis that has gripped the country calling for a divorce between the two coalitions running the affairs of the
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Chaos over MPs recall in Khupe party
The MDC-T yesterday recalled eight more senators belonging to the MDC Alliance, but some members expressed disquiet over the move. BY BLESSED MHLANGA Acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday recalled senators Keresencia Chabuka (Manicaland), Spiwe Ncube (Bulawayo), Phyllis Ndlovu
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Landmark ruling in divorce case
The High Court has ruled that men who do not take care of their children while on separation stand to lose all their property to the estranged wife. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA High Court judge Justice Alphas Chitakunye made the landmark ruling in a matter pitting Timothy Simba, who was married for 17 years
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Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept. - Black News Channel
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press/ BNC Contributor MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously advanced a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement over the
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