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Georgia Gov Sues to End Cities' Defiance on Mask Rules - Black News Channel

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in a suit filed in state court late Thursday in Atlanta, argue that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has overstepped her authority and must obey Kemp's executive orders under state law. 'Governor Kemp must be allowed, as the chief executive of this state, to manage the public health emergency without Mayor Bottoms […]

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Dallas agrees to temporary ban on less-lethal police weapons
DALLAS (AP) — Dallas officials have agreed to a 90-day ban on the use of tear gas and other less-lethal police crowd-control weapons against
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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.
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Atlanta Officers Arrests Seen as Flashpoint in Police Morale Across the Nation?
The swift firing and arrests of two Atlanta police officers —now facing 15 charges between them ranging from aggravated assault to felony murder—following the tragic death of Rayshard Brooks, has sparked growing tension in police forces in Atlanta and throughout the
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Source: La Focus Newspaper
Groves High School Senior Wins ClearWater Solutions Scholarship
The scholarship winners are considered leaders in their schools, not only with exceptional academic accomplishments, but being involved in school activities and community service efforts as
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Source: The Savannah Tribune
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: How to stop killing people like George Floyd
That was the beating of black motorist Rodney King by a swarm of Los Angeles police
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Detroit Means Business with Paycheck Protection Flexibility
After a few weeks in, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been adjusted to offer small businesses more flexibility in accessing financial
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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
Apple Plays It Safe, Closes 11 Stores Following Spike In COVID-19 Cases
Apple isn’t taking any chances following a spike in cases across the
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Source: The Urban Daily
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Klobuchar tells Biden to pick woman of color as VP, withdraws consideration
Sen. Amy Klobuchar announced on Thursday evening that she has withdrawn her name from consideration as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden‘s potential running mate, and has urged him to instead choose a woman of
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Calls Trump's Tulsa Rally 'An Embarrassment'
On Saturday (June 20), Donald Trump held a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, his first one since
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
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Newswire : Congressional Black Caucus introduces legislation to make the police more accountable
The Congressional Black Caucus on Monday introduced “The Justice in Policing Act of 2020,” legislation designed to make the nation’s police more accountable to the nation’s citizens, especially its black citizens, in the wake of the brutal in police custody death of George
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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper
(BPRW) NEVA ALLIANCE Launches ONLINE BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR ENTERPRENEURS | Press releases
(BPRW) NEVA ALLIANCE Launches ONLINE BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR ENTERPRENEURS
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Source: The Black Chronicle
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Congo-Kinshasa: Exclusive - Congo Aid Scam Triggers Sector-Wide Alarm
TNH has interviewed 13 current and former Mercy Corps staff members - including alleged ringleaders - several other senior UN and aid officials, six complicit business owners, journalists, civil society leaders, and displaced people in reporting trips to Minova and
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Source: allAfrica.com
Show Me The Money
They provided for the confiscation of 400,000 acres along the Atlantic coast of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida north of the St. John’s River and the dividing of it into parcels of not more than 40 acres on which were to be settled approximately 18,000 freed slave families and other Blacks
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Source: The Florida Star
@SenatorTimScott Finally Says Something After #Trump “white power” Tweet
Read entire at #NNPA / In yet another social media moment invoking race in America, President Donald Trump retweeted a video of a supporter heard yelling, “White
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Source: Crew of 42
Lawyers with Bar Association offering pro bono help to most local protesters
The Magic City Bar Association (MCBA) has established an ongoing Protest Protection Plan (PPP) to help provide free legal representation to many Birmingham protesters arrested during
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Source: The Birmingham Times
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If We Don’t Solve Racial Injustice, We’ll Never Solve The Climate Crisis
During Hurricane Katrina, Jacqueline Patterson, the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, was watching the news, seeing Black people on roofs waving anything they could find to beg the helicopters above to save their
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
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Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church
ATLANTA — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral filled with historical echoes and a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
Uganda: How Government Will Finance Shs45 Trillion Budget
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Coronavirus Update: Impact of Lack of Data on the Pandemic and Minority Communities May Be Felt For A Generation
The damage of the coronavirus on African Americans and other minorities may never be fully known due to an ongoing delay in gathering data on race and ethnicity by the Trump
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Source: Black America Web
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US virus cases continue to rise at near-record rate
NEW YORK, United States (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per day in the US stood near an all-time high yesterday, hovering close to the peak reached in late April during some of the darkest and deadliest days of the
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Georgia's hate crimes bill passes Legislature, heads to Gov. Kemp's desk | The Atlanta Voice
Tuesday afternoon, the Georgia State Legislature was able to pass House Bill 426, colloquially known as “The Hate Crimes Bill” through both
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Tanzania: JPM Fulfills His Parliament Inauguration Pledges
PRESIDENT John Magufuli has walked the talk by fulfilling about 20 promises he made while inaugurating the 11th Parliament in 2015, the 'Daily News' can
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Source: allAfrica.com
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Signs Hate Crime Bill Into Law
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has officially signed a new hate crime bill into
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward
The House Judiciary Committee has introduced the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, the first-ever bold, comprehensive approach to hold police accountable, end racial profiling, change the law enforcement culture, empower communities, and build trust between law enforcement and minority
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Source: The New Journal and Guide
Meet The Woman Behind The First Black-Owned Solar Energy Company
After extensive work in government, entrepreneur and advocate Kristal Hansley launched WeSolar Energy with the goal to provide underserved and underfunded communities access to solar
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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information
A 'Higher Than Usual' Number Of Atlanta Cops Called Out On The Day Cops Involved In Rayshard Brooks' Death Were Charged - Blavity
The strike comes on the heels of the resignations of the entire 57-member Buffalo Police Department Emergency Response Team following the suspensions of two officers who were seen shoving a 75-year-old protester on video, the New York Post
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Source: Blavity News
Will charges be brought in Rayshard Brooks homicide? [VIDEO]
Maybe the grilling was due diligence, maybe the cops were giving Rayshard Brooks an opportunity to get it together, but in the end, one officer’s decision to shoot the 27-year-old husband and father twice in the back as he fled on foot is another law enforcement
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Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
California Mayor Resigns Over Email About Police Killings – Voice and Viewpoint
TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) _ The mayor of a Southern California city resigned following an email in which he stated he didn’t “believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police
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Source: Voice and Viewpoint – Voice and Viewpoint Newspaper
Students, Silent No More, Urge Change At Birmingham Unity Rally
On Sunday, the rising fifth-grader at Sunset Valley Elementary in Keller, TX, had a microphone lowered for her height as she spoke at the Be the Change Unity Rally in Kelly Ingram Park in
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Source: The Birmingham Times
Clemson Has 14 More Football Players Test Positive
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
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Mayor's Milk Initiative to begin fourth round | Dallas Weekly
The Mayor’s Milk Initiative will resume Thursday with a fourth round of sites scheduled for
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Source: Dallas Weekly

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