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A panel of judges has selected eight citizens who will join eight legislators on a bipartisan commission that will redraw Virginia's legislative boundaries for the next decade.
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Egyptian Journalist Aamer Abdelmonem Detained On False News and Terrorism Charges, Denied Medication
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Biden: BLM Wouldn’t Get Same Treatment from Police as Capitol Rioters
President-elect Joe Biden pulled no punches Thursday when he spoke about the Trump supporters that rioted, looted and ransacked the U.S. Capitol a day earlier.
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BSO’s and the small business sector - Stabroek News
The available evidence continues to make a pretty strong case for asserting that the extent to which the major Business Support Organizations (BSO’s) consider themselves to be responsible for overseeing in a meaningful way the steady growth and development of micro and small businesses is strictly
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Loyal soldier Pence torn between Trump, Constitution
WASHINGTON (AP) - He has been President Donald Trump's most loyal soldier, dutifully backing the unpredictable leader and largely avoiding his ire.
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Rev. Raphael Warnock projected to defeat Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Senate race: NBC News
After scandals and allegations of insider trading, Sen. Kelly Loeffler has lost her attempt at winning her appointed seat in the U.S. Senate. According to the Cook Political Report and NBC News called Rev. Raphael Warnock the projected winner, defeating Loeffler after midnight on Wednesday
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Trump finally faces reality — amid talk of early ouster - DefenderNetwork.com
With 13 days left in his term, President Donald Trump finally bent to reality Thursday amid growing talk of trying to force him out early, acknowledging he’ll peacefully leave after Congress affirmed his defeat. Trump led off a video from the White House by condemning the violence carried out in
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Eastern Cape Education HOD Themba Kojana dies
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Father Michael Pfleger, activist Chicago priest, faces claim of abusing minor - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The outspoken activist Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger faces an allegation that he sexually abused a minor over 40 years ago, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago has said, adding that the claims have not been proven true or false and are under investigation.
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Is Zim-China relationship strategic, transformational?
THE relationship between the two countries — Zimbabwe and China — has been strategic as they have engaged in a number of bilateral agreements which have helped strengthen their different economies. Letwin Mapaike Zimbabwe, which once benefited from loans from the International Monetary Fund under
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Warnock becomes Georgia's First Black Senator. | Chicago Defender
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Botswana-China Talks Reinforce Bilateral Relations and Cooperation | Africanews
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Lawsuit Alleges Abuse of Special-Needs DCPS Students
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Editor's Message: ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Managing Editor - DefenderNetwork.com
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US Capitol police officer is dead after injured during pro-Trump riots
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The D.C. Riots - Another Example Of America’s Historical Racial Bias.
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Constitutional reform: the media - Stabroek News
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Meet The Students Behind BlackGen Capital, The First Minority-Owned Investment Fund at Cornell University
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