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Westchester Rotary Club to present scholarships June 24
WESTCHESTER — The Rotary Club of Westchester will present a variety of scholarship awards to some of the area’s best and brightest high school students during a special “drive-through” ceremony and parade beginning at 12:30 p.m. June 24 at the Westchester Family YMCA Annex at 8020 Alverstone
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Staying spiritual in stressful times | New York Carib News
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'Thicka Than Peanut Buttah': Ashanti Busts Out in Green Two-Piece Fit, Fans Swoon Over Her Physique
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The Commitment of Eight Minutes and Forty-Six Seconds; Honoring George Floyd at His Home Coming.
Political leaders and spiritual guidance affirmed Big Floyd’s homecoming; close friends and families gathered to find comfort in one another as George Floyd lay to
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'Not Feeling the Hair': Fans Spill Mixed Opinions About Tamar Braxton's New Style
Tamar, the host of the VH1 reality show “To Catch a Beautician,” sat down with her co-host celebrity hairstylist Johnny White and retired hairstylist Mecca to discuss ways beauticians can help their clients’ hair
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Malawi: New Elections, New Alliances, New Uncertainties
As polls suggest the opposition alliance will win on 23 June, President Mutharika has been trying to forcibly remove the country's chief
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Africa Development Bank Blacklists Chinese Company Building Kenyan Power Project – Voice and Viewpoint
“An investigation conducted by the Bank’s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that Sinotec Company Limited misrepresented its experience, the value and dates of its reference contracts and its relationship with other bidders while participating in three Bank-financed tenders under
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V. Bozeman: Written Atmospheric Movements
For performer V. Bozeman, the course was set before she was even old enough to understand there was
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LETTERS: Goodwill needed to tackle dirty coal plants
Africa and Kenya for that matter don’t have to follow the path developed nations took over 130 years ago to power their economies through coal
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Black Men Need To #SayHerName A Lot Louder And Fight For Black Women, Too - Blavity
Black women have been on the frontlines for centuries, risking their lives, to advocate for
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Dealing with the deadly concoction of disease and disaster
So, as the Commonwealth rallies around the governments and people of India and Bangladesh, we are once again forced to face the persisting reality of climate change and natural
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II Explains How To Shed The Weight Of Systemic Racism This Juneteenth
That’s why last Tuesday, amid protests to protect Black lives from a racist criminal justice system and the global coronavirus pandemic, people in Georgia waited in hours and hours of lines just to be faced with broken voting
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Poor People’s Campaign to move forward virtually after 57 years
Labor unions, religious organizations, faith and civic rights leaders, The Women’s March and numerous celebrities will gather virtually Saturday (June 20) for “The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral
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'You Are Beautiful': Toya Johnson Fans Can't Get Over How 'Flawless' She Looks In This Photo
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African lives matter too – energy policy decisions should consider their needs
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'It Just Went Down In the Elevator': Da Brat Chimes In on K. Michelle’s Accusation of Tamar Braxton Sleeping with Jermaine Dupri’s Father
Rapper Da Brat is spilling all the tea about Tamar Braxton‘s alleged affair with music producer Michael
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#Woke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Rethinking Police Departments Sweeps Nation | The Oklahoma Eagle
City government and congress did little to combat violent police actions because they would appear to be weak on crime and would certainly lose their next
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'This Gives Me Chills': Toya Johnson and Her Fiancé Serve Couple Goals with Heartwarming Video
Toya Johnson and her fiancé Robert “Red” Rushing swooned fans this week with their sensual couple
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Africa: UNHCR - Help Us Protect the Environment to Protect Refugees
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, joins the U.N. Environmental Programme in observing World Environment Day
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Longtime University of Washington head basketball coach Lorenzo Romar was born November 13, 1958, and grew up in Compton, California, where he went on to play at Cerritos Community College after high school. After playing two years for Cerritos, he transferred and played for the University of
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Education is a Big Part of the Solution
We are right to worry that the events of the last week will too easily pigeonhole the sweeping tragedy of racism in America into merely a matter of police conduct, as critically important an issue that
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For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the
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1st Annual Juneteenth Holiday Citywide Caravan Set to Kick Off Black Culture Week
On this day, known as Juneteenth, we reflect on the past and pay homage to the sacrifices our ancestors made for
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Musicians Playing Through the Lockdown, to One Listener at a Time
But here on a hill above Stuttgart, a virtuoso musician was playing a piece — and only Claudia Brusdeylins, a 55-year-old publicist for a renewable energy research group, could hear it. “I just felt recognized,” Ms. Brusdeylins said later.
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Tunisia: Foreign Minister Meets South Korea's Ambassador in Tunis
Erray commended the privileged level of cooperation relations uniting the two countries, expressing his gratitude for the support given by South Korea to Tunisia to face the current economic and development
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Sudan: Museveni's Powerful Sudan Fixer Dies After Contracting Coronavirus
Ms Gadaheldam has been an almost permanent fixture on the sides of President Museveni in regional meetings to deal with relations with Sudan under former President Omar-al-Bashir and current military leader Gen Abdel Fatah
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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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Floyd Murder Unleashes Black Parents’ Worst Fears
Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her
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Earth Today | Gov’ts urged to prioritise environmental considerations amid COVID-19 storm
THE GOVERNMENTS and people of the Caribbean are reminded to keep environmental considerations as key to sustainable economies and overall development front of mind, even as they negotiate the challenges of the COVID-19
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Investors in the energy sector enjoy various incentives including a zero rate of import duty and value-added tax (VAT) exemption on renewable energy equipment; exemption from tax on interest paid on loans from foreign sources; exemption from payment of stamp duty in respect of certain
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