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Demetria “Demi” Bannister, a teacher at Windsor Elementary School in Columbia, S.C., died on Monday due to complications caused by... View Article The post South Carolina elementary school teacher, 28, dies from COVID-19 appeared first on TheGrio.
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Living in lockdown is set to boost smartphone penetration
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Protesters Fell Confederate Monument In D.C., Provoking Trump's Fury
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Most Black Americans say they want police to continue their current presence in local areas, even as protests against racism and police brutality sweep the nation, and calls to reform and even defund police departments persist. Close to two-thirds, 61 percent, of Black Americans said they want

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Guyana records 21 new COVID-19 cases
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Trump began sprinkling the term “Obamagate” into his public statements last week after his attorney general decided to drop charges against Trump’s first national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who had already twice pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI regarding his phone
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Traffic in Region Five still being blocked by protesters  - Stabroek News
Traffic is presently at a standstill in Region Five as protesters have remained on the main access road starting fires and blocking the road with tree branches and pieces of wood in their call for District Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo, to be released from police
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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis
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