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This Day in History - July 6
Today is the 188th day of 2020. There are 178 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2005: New York Times reporter Judith Miller is jailed for refusing to divulge a confidential source to a grand jury investigating the Bush Administration's leak of an undercover Central Intelligence Agency
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Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha — The Sacramento Observer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is diving head-first into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the objections of local leaders. The city has been riven by protests since the Aug. 23 shooting of Jacob
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Nigeria coronavirus: 13,464 cases; record 663 new cases; Kaduna 'reopens'
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Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit for justice for victims of the worst crimes of humanity, and accountability for the perpetrators of those
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White House takes aim at Fauci as he disagrees with Trump on virus | The Atlanta Voice
As coronavirus cases surge in the United States, the White House is taking aim at the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci. In a statement Saturday, a White House official told CNN that 'several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,278 cases; patient delivers at treatment center
Total confirmed cases = 2278
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'Sorry' is too little and too late, Roger Goodell | The Atlanta Voice
As Roger Goodell, the league’s longtime commissioner, explained in a video released Friday, “we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully
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Austin, Roy L. (1939- )
Ambassador Roy Leslie Austin spent most of his life as a university scholar before becoming a U.S. diplomat at the age of 61. When Austin was nominated by President George W. Bush to be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago he was a sociology professor at Pennsylvania State University.  After
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Newswire: George Floyd, whose death energized a movement, laid to rest
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Michelle Obama Talks Feeling "Invisible" Around White People On Podcast
Michelle Obama went on her self-titled podcast to talk about her own moments dealing with racist microaggressions as FLOTUS on her latest episode.
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How Trump changed the face US presents to world - African American News Today - EIN News
… Q. Brown Jr., an African-American, as the newly appointed … said Chris Richardson, an African-American diplomat under Obama and Trump … rid of the top African-American officials at the State … white men.” Richardson, the African-American diplomat, said he loved …
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Ethiopia: Upper House Speaker Resigns Over Postponement of Elections
Ethiopia's upper house speaker has resigned in apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the coronavirus, a sign of growing tension between her party and the
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Trump issues executive order banning TikTok and WeChat : TheGrio

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday banning transactions between U.S. companies and Chinese company ByteDance, the parent... View

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US President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19
A senior White House official, who has travelled with the president tested positive for the coronavirus
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Editorial Commentary: Trump Cheers on Governors, Ignores WH Guidelines | Afro
While individual states’ decisions to move more quickly than recommended under the White House guidelines are regularly discussed during coronavirus task force meetings, those decisions are not seen as defiant toward the Trump administration, the official
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MUHAMMAD: Trump Has Perfected ‘How to Be White’
The secret to Donald J. Trump's unwavering "popularity," despite his flaws which would cripple a conventional politician, is that he has perfected and mainstreamed "how to be white."
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Karl Rove Calls Obama’s HBCU Address ‘Political Drive-By Shooting’ Of Trump
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President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, the president tweeted... View Article The post President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19 appeared first on TheGrio.
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50 Cent Comes Out In Support Of Donald Trump: 'I Don’t Care He Doesn’t Like Black People' - Blavity
50 Cent announced his support for President Donald Trump in an Instagram post on Monday.
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Group of powerful Black business leaders endorse Biden, Harris - DefenderNetwork.com
As the contentious race for the White House enters its most critical phase, a political action group composed of high-powered black executives and business leaders endorsed today former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris for president and vice
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Black Lives Matter Activist Cori Bush Prevails in Missouri Primary
Cori Bush, who was at one time homeless, defeated longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, according to CBS News. Bush, who helped lead protests in…
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Source: The Black Chronicle
Eight surprises in House Democrats' $3T coronavirus relief bill
House Democrats on Tuesday released their latest proposal for coronavirus relief — a massive package designed largely to press reluctant GOP leaders in the Senate and White House to get moving on another infusion of emergency
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Why is Florida important to 2020 election? Historically, presidents don’t win without the Sunshine State
The election is 50 days out and both candidates-- President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden-- are spending time in Florida.
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House Heroes Act provides $390 million to Georgia families for groceries
Even before the crisis, nearly 15 percent of children in Georgia lived in food insecure households
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The Trump Administration Wants To Cap Unemployment Benefits
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration wants to cap enhanced unemployment benefits in the next coronavirus package
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Staples, George McDade (1947-- )
George McDade Staples was appointed by President Bill Clinton to be ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, where he served from 1998 to 2001.  He was later appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as ambassador to Cameroon, and Equatorial Guinea.  He served in that post between 2001 and
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The city of Dallas also remains under a Local State of Disaster for the COVID-19
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The Importance of Voting
In 2020, all eligible Americans can vote for the next president of the U.S. Many may decide to vote on Nov. 3, and those who do not plan on it should reconsider. It is important to let your voice be heard, and voting does just that because it lets people choose who they want to...
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US's surgical strike on HiSilicon threatens to cripple Huawei
While Huawei can buy off-the-shelf or commodity mobile chips from a third party like Samsung Electronics or MediaTek, it couldn’t possibly get enough and may have to make costly compromises on performance in basic products, they
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John Lewis Mourned as ‘Founding Father’ of Better America
ATLANTA (AP) — Hailed as a “founding father” of a fairer, better United States, John Lewis was eulogized Thursday by three former presidents and others who urged Americans to continue the work of the civil rights icon in fighting injustice during a moment of racial reckoning. The longtime member of
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