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Special report: AFRO highlights news with a focus on African Americans

The AFRO special section highlights the achievements and contributions of African Americans in various fields, including politics, business, arts, and sports.

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Radio station cuts ties with host after she filmed herself yelling at landscapers for speaking Spanish - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Dianna Ploss, who hosted the Dianna Ploss Show on WSMN 1590, livestreamed a video of herself on Facebook as she confronted a group of workers and asked if any were undocumented

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What should be a booming tourist spot this time of year is now a hotbed of Covid-19. These stats show how serious the problem is. - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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Glee actress Naya Rivera is missing at a lake in California - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Rivera, 33, vanished from Lake Piru in Ventura County on Wednesday evening. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office confirmed her identity, and said it's looking for a possible drowning victim at the lake. Search efforts will resume "at first light," it

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DeSantis downplayed coronavirus help from New York after Florida health department praised it - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Speaking to reporters last Thursday, DeSantis pointedly denied that New York was helping his state's Covid-19 response, stating, "They're not helping

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Companies are taking on another $1 trillion in debt - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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Pelosi says Supreme Court declared Trump not above the law - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"The Supreme Court, including the President's appointees, have declared that he is not above the law," the California Democrat

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Sandra J. Evers-Manly Accepts Invitation to Join The 2020 Class of Members to The Motion Pictures Academy - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announced today the invitation extended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to Sandra J. Evers-Manly, to join the 2020 class of new members. As a filmmaker who benefited from Sandra’s support with an Oscar

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

US government slow to act as anti-vaxxers spread lies on social media about coronavirus vaccine - L.A. Focus Newspaper

While anti-vaxxers flood social media with lies about the upcoming coronavirus vaccine -- that it contains monkey brains, that it's a CIA plot to take over the world -- the government's multi-billion-dollar vaccine effort has yet to come up with a public education campaign to counteract that

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No one is immune to coronavirus, expert says, with infections rising in both rural and urban communities - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"It's extraordinarily widespread," Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, told CNN on Sunday.

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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized for coronavirus - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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NFL's Washington Redskins will announce name change today - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Although the team is expected to announce the change of name, the new name will not be announced until a later date due to trademark issues, according to Sports Business Daily. Head coach Ron Rivera told The Washington Post in an interview he was working with team owner Daniel Snyder on a name that

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Southwest Airlines removes autistic boy and his family over face mask - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Southwest Airlines removed a passenger and her 3-year-old son from a Monday flight after the boy, who has autism, refused to wear a face mask and became upset. The post Southwest Airlines removes autistic boy and his family over face mask appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.

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Halle Berry Apologizes to Trans Community After Turning Down Opportunity to Play A Transgender Man - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Halle Berry has apologized to the transgender community after comments made during her consideration of a role where she was to portray a transgender man. In discussing the role, she said “I want to experience that world, I want to understand that world. …It’s really important for me to tell

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Florida governor downplays virus as cases spike - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to downplay the effects of coronavirus on the state, even as cases and hospitalizations rise. The post Florida governor downplays virus as cases spike appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.

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'Glee' actress Naya Rivera 'mustered enough energy' to rescue her son 'but not enough to save herself,' authorities say - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"She mustered enough energy to get her son back onto the boat, but not enough to save herself," Ayub

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Health officials say contract tracers are inundated as the city saw a new high in single day cases - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Dr. Bruce Dart, Executive Director of the Tulsa Health Department, said in a press conference on Wednesday there are high numbers being reported this week, with nearly 500 new cases in two days and trends are showing that those numbers will

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The mask decision that will haunt Trumps reelection bid - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Even most elected Republicans now openly advocate for wearing masks and have been pictured with their noses and mouths covered, in part to set an example for the country. But Trump still refuses to wear a mask in public, and most guests at his two July 4 celebrations -- at Mt. Rushmore and on the

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Kobe Bryant will be memorialized on the cover of NBA 2K21 - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The Mamba Forever Edition will feature Bryant on two special covers. They were hand-painted by an artist using two of Bryant's most famous photos for

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Woman’s body found on lonely road near Debe - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

The police are trying to identify the body of a woman found partially covered in a blanket along a lonely road on the outskirts of San Fernando on Tuesday. The body had multiple chop wounds. Reports are the police got an anonymous call around 4.30 pm on Tuesday. The police went to Hermitag

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Hurricane watch issued for parts of Carolina coast - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Tropical Storm Isaias was located about 55 miles east southeast of Cape Canaveral as of 8 p.m. ET Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Analysis: Take a quick breath, 2020 is only half over - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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She was competing before Simone Biles was born. Now they compete against each other - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Oksana Chusovitina won her first Olympic medal when the world as she knew it was ending. The post She was competing before Simone Biles was born. Now they compete against each other appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.

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DHS to replace military-style uniforms for federal police officers - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Some Customs and Border Protection personnel, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, have worn camouflage tactical uniforms while policing in Portland, according to DHS. Concern grew in recent weeks about the blurring of law enforcement and military personnel.

House Dems ask Supreme Court to speed things up in Trump financial docs cases - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The court ruled Thursday that House committees could seek the documents, but it sent the case to a lower court to further review the

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Ghana/Egypt: Medeama Ready for Al Ahly Test

[Ghanaian Times] Medeama SC has arrived in the capital of Cairo on Wednesday night ahead of their CAF Champions' League group stage encounter against Egyptian and African powerhouse, Al Ahly.

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Analysis: Trump chooses distraction politics over leadership - L.A. Focus Newspaper

President Donald Trump headed into the hot zone of Miami-Dade County, Florida, on Friday intent on creating an alternate reality as the coronavirus ravages the United States. He wore no mask, showed no sense of remorse about the rushed reopening that has plunged the nation's health care system back

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Bridging history with Festival of Lights - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: As the new moon heralds the resplendent glow of Divali, we connect not just in celebration but in reflection of the unity and diversity that embodies our beloved TT. Divali, with its profound universal message, celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignoranc

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13-ton shipment of human hair, likely from Chinese prisoners, seized - L.A. Focus Newspaper

According to the CPB, the shipment originated in Xinjiang, China, signaling potential human rights abuses of forced labor and imprisonment. The products were worth over

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A Black Woman’s Rise in Architecture Shows How Far Is Left to Go

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