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Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal are attacked on social media for defending police officers who killed Breonna Taylor | The Crusader Newspaper Group

And blaming her boyfriend who opened fire first By Chris Pleasance, Daily Mail Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal have been criticized on social media after being accused of defending the Louisville police officers who killed Breonna Taylor and blaming the black EMT's boyfriend for opening fire

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Lizzo Wants To Normalize Her Full Figure with “Body Normative” Movement | The Urban Daily

Lizzo spoke to "Vogue Magazine" about what it means to embrace full-figured body types, and the first step is to do away with the commercialized "body positive" movement. "I think it’s lazy for me to just say I’m body positive at this point...I would like to be body-normative."

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Source: The Urban Daily

Yara Shahidi To Be Portray Tinkerbell in Live-Action Peter Pan Film

"grown-ish" star Yara Shahidi will star as Tinkerbell in an upcoming Peter Pan film. Get the details inside.

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Source: MadameNoire

Poll Hero Project Recruits Young Americans to Help Get Out The Vote

The election to decide who will be the next president of the United States is in six weeks and this election may be the most important one in our lifetime. The election has already been hindered by the pandemic, questions of the U.S. Postal Service’s ability to deliver mail on time for mail-in

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Suspect fatally wounded after shootout with police in Ladysmith

On Thursday police officers in Ladysmith were alerted to a robbery at a business premises. Two suspects were shot and injured.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Black Man to Sue Arizona City for $2.5 Million After an Officer Who Should Have Been Looking for White Suspect Held Him at Gunpoint

On Wednesday, a Black man held at gunpoint by an Arizona officer last month filed a $2.5 million claim against the city of Tempe. The claim is a precursor

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

Commonwealth countries call on international community to reform financial system

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) -Representatives of several Commonwealth countries have called on the international community to reform the financial system and the ways it offers support to small states in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Safety measures prompt need for hybrid learning model – Dallas Post Tribune

BY THE HUB After meeting with principals and focus groups, preparing safety protocols, and reviewing campus space available for social distancing, Dallas ISD is proposing a hybrid learning model for all high schools and at least one elementary school when students return for on-campus learning

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Source: Dallas Post Tribune – Serving the Black community without fear or favor since 1947.

Govt orders mandatory COVID-19 tests at driving schools

THE Transport ministry has ordered all staff at driving schools to undergo mandatory COVID-19 tests before they resume operations.The driving schools are among the many businesses that had closed down when the government imposed a national lockdown on March 30. BY WINSTONE ANTONIO In a document by

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Black British barrister is mistaken for defendant thrice in a day. Courts head apologizes - Face2Face Africa

A Black British barrister, who was mistaken for a defendant on three different occasions in a day while in court, took to social media to express how “exhausting” those encounters have been for her and the need for attention to be brought to the matter, particularly when several colleagues of her

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Eight cops in court for allegedly robbing a Free State supermarket

All are members of the same unit and allegedly failed to return everything confiscated during a search-and-seizure during lockdown.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

NYPD should stop making traffic stops, attorney general says

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general on Friday recommended the New York Police Department get out of the... View Article The post NYPD should stop making traffic stops, attorney general says appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

Los carteles mexicanos están usando drones para eliminar rivales en la guerra por los territorios el el tráfico de drogas

Las organizaciones criminales mexicanas están utilizando sofisticados dispositivos técnicos para tomar el control de territorios regidos por 37 cárteles de la droga que operan en ...

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Source: South Florida Times

Scores arrested in protest against Belarus' president - Black News Channel

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of women calling for the authoritarian president to step down protested in Belarus' capital on Saturday, continuing the large demonstrations that have rocked the country since early August. Police blocked off the center of Minsk and

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Thousands of Israelis protest in Jerusalem, despite lockdown - Black News Channel

By MAYA ALLERUZZO Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered outside the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night to demand his resignation, pressing ahead with weeks of protests against the embattled Israeli leader despite a strict new

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Azealia Banks Sued By Former Manager For Extortion | The Urban Daily

According to TMZ, Jeff Kwatinetz is suing the New York-bred MC, claiming she's encouraging her fans to help her with a “coordinated campaign of extortion," which he claims includes online harassment and threats. The ex-manager claims in the suit that Banks has been harassing him for a while, but

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Source: The Urban Daily

India’s Remote, Easternmost Corner Gets Mobile Connectivity – The Wilmington Journal

When Samir Thapa traveled to Jagun in Assam earlier this month, a six-day trek and a short bus ride from his home in the Vijay Nagar circle, he headed straight to a mobile phone store [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Coronavirus has a higher toll compared with other modern viruses

PARIS, France (AFP) - The novel coronavirus pandemic, soon to pass the milestone of one million deaths, has a higher toll compared with other modern viruses although its ravages to date are far less than the Spanish flu a century ago.As the pandemic continues, the death toll from an AFP tally is

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

CHTA says online roundtables seek to build stronger Caribbean tourism

FLORIDA, United States (CMC)-The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has kicked off a series of online round-table discussions saying it is part of its wider efforts to help accelerate the rebuilding of the Caribbean tourism sector and to ensure the region emerges from coronavirus

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

LDF Issues Statement in Response to President Trump’s Executive Order | Afro

LDF Issues Statement in Response to President Trump’s Executive Order Today, President Trump issued an “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” that takes aim at federal agencies, grant programs, and contractors – forbidding them from engaging in programs and trainings that promote

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Community Huddle Celebrates Fifth Year Anniversary, and Continues Community Pledge

By Dylan Deprey Five years ago, if someone asked Min. Byron Marshall Jr. where he would be today, wearing a mask while hosting community events and mentoring the youth on video chat would probably not have been in the top five answers…maybe even his top 20. During his time as a field organizer for

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Trump selects Amy Coney Barrett for SCOTUS seat - TheGrio

On Saturday, President Donald Trump formally announced conservative appellate judge, Amy Coney Barrett, as his Supreme Court nominee to fill... View Article The post Trump selects Amy Coney Barrett for SCOTUS seat appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

Slow Start In Desert Dooms | Afro

By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com When DeAndre Hopkins was sent from the Houston Texans to the Arizona Cardinals it must have flown under the radar how it would affect week two for Washington. Hopkins, who is on the short list of candidates for best receiver in the NFL terrorized

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

I’m committed to democracy: ED

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday told the world that his government had implemented political and legislative reforms and was entrenching constitutionalism, democracy and rule of law, including protection of property rights. BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE Mnangagwa was addressing the 75th United

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Samuel L. Jackson to reprise Nick Fury role in Disney+ series : TheGrio

Samuel L. Jackson will reprise the role of Nick Fury in a new Marvel series for Disney Plus. Jackson has... View Article The post Samuel L. Jackson to reprise Nick Fury role in Disney+ series appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

Kobe Bryant's youngest daughter embraces photo of father in viral video

Nearly eight months to the day since Kobe Bryant's passing, his widow, Vanessa Bryant, posted a video on Instagram of... View Article The post Kobe Bryant's youngest daughter embraces photo of father in viral video appeared first on TheGrio.

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Source: theGrio

JSIF donates computers to RGD

THE Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) has handed over 35 desktop computers, four laptops and an all-in-one multimedia printer/copier/scanner to the Registrar General's Department (RGD), for the efficient processing of birth certificates.Valued at $10 million, the donation forms part of

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Meacham writes informative, intimate, inspirational biography of Lewis – Florida Courier

“His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope’’ by Jon Meacham. Random House. 354 pages. $30. BY DR. GLENN ALTSCHULER SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER As a little boy in Troy, Alabama, John Lewis had already developed a hatred of racial inequality. The contrast between a sparkling

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Source: Florida Courier

Empowering Mourning Mothers Through Love | Afro

By Rayonna Burton Jernigan Momma’s Safe Haven, a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. that specifically works to bring mothers together on one common ground through community-based programming, hosted its first annual “Mothers Are Powerful” event on Sept. 20. “Mothers Are Powerful” is an

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Hearing on Public Safety Reform in Birmingham Set for Oct. 1

Birminghamal.gov The Birmingham Public Safety Task Force appointed by Mayor Randall L. Woodfin to review areas where the City of Birmingham can improve public safety will hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 1, 2020 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of Birmingham City

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Source: The Birmingham Times

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