Air France to cut more than 7,500 jobs - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The airline expects more than 3,500 "natural departures" -- through attrition -- that will help compensate for the job
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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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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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Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have Covid-19 after refusing to wear masks - L.A. Focus Newspaper
About one in six state lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Dr. Thomas Dobbs of the Mississippi Health
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Minister West: Financial compliance bill will help Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
MINISTER of Public Administration Allyson West said on Friday a new bill to expose the real owners of properties in line with European Union (EU) requirements can benefit TT such as by helping the Board of Inland Revenue (BIR) to unearth taxable earnings hidden overseas. She spoke in the Senat
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Bus driver in China deliberately crashed and killed 21 after his house was demolished - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Twenty-one people died and 15 were injured on July 7 when the bus swerved across five lanes, smashed through a guard rail and partially sank, according to police in the city of Anshun, in Guizhou
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Customer leaves restaurant staff $1,000 tip to thank them for working through the pandemic - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The post Customer leaves restaurant staff $1,000 tip to thank them for working through the pandemic appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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Kanye West dancer recounts how he saved her from sexual harassment, says he is a ‘good dude’ - Face2Face Africa
One of Kanye West's former backup dancers has praised the famed artist as a hero in a recent video. The Australian woman recounted her experience after she performed as a ballerina at Australia's Splendour in the Grass in 2011. According to HiphopDX, she said, 'Of all the crazy headlines that
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Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy in the US - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The company, which is based in the United Kingdom, filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in New York on Tuesday, which shelters the US assets of foreign companies undergoing restructuring proceedings in their home

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Analysis: Take a quick breath, 2020 is only half over - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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North West Praises Kanye Over Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian is opening up about how much North West prefers her time with Kanye West because of the simpler life she lives with her dad.
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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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Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Editor's note: This article quotes racist, homophobic and sexist language, much of which has not been censored. The post Tucker Carlson's top writer resigns after secretly posting racist and sexist remarks appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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Incarcerated Students Make History, Earn Northwestern Bachelor’s Degrees | Post News Group
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Through Northwestern University’s Northwestern Prison Education Program, 16 students from the Stateville Correctional Center were conferred degrees in front of nearly 300 attendees, including friends and family, Northwestern faculty and fellow Northwestern Prison Education
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Benjamin Keough, grandson of Elvis Presley, dies at 27 - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Keough died in Calabasas, California, Roger Widynowski told CNN
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Burkina Faso: Journalist Gives Voice to Conflict Survivors Telling Difficult Stories
[VOA] In the past two years, Burkina Faso has experienced two coups, a rise in extremist violence and an increasingly hostile environment for media.
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Broken heart syndrome has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, small study suggests - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo syndrome -- which is often called "broken heart syndrome" -- occurs when the heart muscles weaken, leading to chest pain and shortness of breath. It presents like a heart attack, but is triggered by stressful events, not blockages in the bloodstream. It
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Tanzania: Women, Youth Call for Quality Business Goods
[Daily News] Dodoma -- DODOMA: WOMEN and Youth engaging in businesses in the country have been asked to present quality products so as to win the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) markets.
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Trump loses ground in election as nation grapples with pandemic - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Given the continuing widespread coronavirus pandemic, the persistent economic devastation millions of Americans are experiencing in its wake and President Donald Trump's inability to wrest control of the crisis in the minds of a majority of Americans, it is probably not all that surprising that

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ECOWAS condemns plot to truncate peace in Sierra Leone
The condemnation of the security breach in Sierra Leone is contained in a statement issued by ECOWAS on Sunday in Abuja. The post ECOWAS condemns plot to truncate peace in Sierra Leone appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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MLB cancels All-Star Game - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Major League Baseball made the announcement Friday, writing that -- with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic -- the annual game between the American League and the National League wouldn't be possible this
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Girl who traveled to join ISIS should be allowed to go home, judges rule - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Begum, now 20, had her British citizenship stripped by then-Home Secretary Sajid Javid on February 19, 2019, after she was found in a northern Syrian refugee
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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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Terms of Michael Cohen's return to prison under scrutiny - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The form in question, a two-page document titled "Federal Location Monitoring Program Participant Agreement," had called for Cohen to abstain from communicating with members of the media — a provision that he had balked at given the pending release of his tell-all book, and one which his legal team
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Opinion: These are true patriots. Trump sees them as enemies - L.A. Focus Newspaper
In this moment of national reckoning, and as we celebrate Independence Day this weekend, I can think of nothing more
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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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Fireworks canceled this year? Watch the lunar eclipse Buck Moon instead - L.A. Focus Newspaper
On July 4, just after 11 p.m. ET, the moon will begin its temporary new look. For exactly two hours and 45 minutes, the moon will pass through the feathered outer shadow cast from Earth, creating a partial penumbral lunar
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Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized for coronavirus - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Indigenous Americans had contact with Polynesians 800 years ago, DNA study confirms - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Archeologists have long believed the two regions made early contact, pointing to the early, widespread cultivation of a South American plant in Polynesia, a collection of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the Pacific
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Student forced to take off Black Lives Matter mask at graduation ceremony, family says - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Dean Holmes, a student at York Catholic High School in York, Pennsylvania, put on a Black Lives Matter mask under his face shield at his July 28 graduation ceremony.

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