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Show more compassion to health care workers, Tufton urges
ALMOST 600 workers in the public health system have already been trained to properly administer COVID-19 vaccines, and in anticipation of the first batch arriving on the island and considering their high-stress work environment Minister of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton has appealed to
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Nielsen ratings Black exec sues corporation charging discrimination | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Cheryl Grace, the face of the company’s Annual Black Consumer Report, says Nielsen’s public message “You Matter” falls short inside the company For the past decade, Nielsen Holdings has produced a series of annual reports, Nielsen’s Diverse Intelligence Series, highlighting a comprehensive
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Three Georgia counties elect the first Black sheriffs in their history - Face2Face Africa
Three counties in Atlanta are going to have the first Black sheriffs in their respective history after the three men, who are all Democrats, were elected to fill the seats during Tuesday’s election. According to Channel 2 Action News, Craig Owens, a police major, defeated long-time Cobb County
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Bewitched: Visit Catemaco, A Mexican Town Famed For Its Sorcerers
Veracruz, once part of the Aztec empire, is considered one of Mexico's most diverse states in terms of tradition and culture. One of its intriguing ...
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Rowley tests negative for covid19 - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Prime Minister does not have covid19, according to a post on his Facebook page on Wednesday. It said, "Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley is now out of isolation having tested negative for covid19 for a second time after he was recently identified as a primary contact of an indi
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Market Says ‘Meh’ To US Oil And Refined Product Levels – Free Press of Jacksonville
A less-than-dramatic report on crude oil and refined petroleum product storage levels in the United States was not enough to overcome pandemic strains elsewhere in the world, analysts told Zenger News on Wednesday. The U.S. [...]
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Trump health official goes on Twitter rant about conspiracy theories, armed revolt - TheGrio
A senior Trump official raised brows after going on a conspiracy thinking Twitter rant accusing government scientists of engaging in... View Article The post Trump health official goes on Twitter rant about conspiracy theories, armed revolt appeared first on TheGrio.
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Video Footage of Homeless Man Being Shot To Death By Deputies In San Clemente
The OCSD has released video footage of the shooting death of Kurt Andra Reinhold by deputies in San Clemente. They stopped him for jaywalking.
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'We’ve seen this movie before' — SNL hits on racial outlook in Chauvin trial
As the Derek Chauvin trial continues, Saturday Night Live took on race and the differing points of view on police,... View Article The post 'We’ve seen this movie before' — SNL hits on Black, white outlook on Derek Chauvin trial appeared first on TheGrio.
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State of the city: Mayor Scott’s first 100 days | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com When Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott took his oath of office in December he was immediately confronted with dual crises: the city’s towering murder rate and a global pandemic that had killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. On March 18, at the 100
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Dr. Tony Allen Appointed as Chair of President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs - Los Angeles Sentinel
President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint Dr. Tony Allen as the Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Self-taught engineer and veteran becomes first-generation college graduate | Afro
By Demetrius Dillard Special to the AFRO Of all the triumph and adversity that veteran Edwin Gonzalez has experienced, one guiding principle that he live by, drives his success in life: hard work pays off.  Gonzalez, 43, is a first-generation college student and is overcome with joy for the
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Charles Drew University Receives Historic $50 Million Allocation - Los Angeles Sentinel
A historic moment occurred in the life of Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science with the institution’s receipt of $50 million to fund its own four-year medical degree
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Google To End Gmail, YouTube Sign-in For Old Android Devices  – The Omaha Star
Android devices running Android 2.3.7 or lower versions will not be supported by Google post-September 27.  The post Google To End Gmail, YouTube Sign-in For Old Android Devices  appeared first on Zenger News.
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BVI Grappling with Hundreds of Active COVID-19 Cases in Sudden Surge
The British Virgin Islands has implemented a nighttime curfew and shuttered businesses such as hairdressers and gyms as it deals with a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases that now number in the hundreds.
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Trump admits he is undermining USPS to make it harder to vote by mail - The New York Beacon
Donald Trumpadmitted on Thursday he opposed additional funding for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in order to make it more difficult to deliver mail-in ballots. Trump’s comments lend evidence for critics who say the president is deliberately trying to hamstring the USPS in
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Baby Is Sole Survivor of Plane Crash Thanks to His Mother – The Wilmington Journal
UBATE, Colombia - A baby is the sole survivor of a plane crash after his mother used her body to shield him. The tragic accident on Oct. 13 claimed the lives of the baby's mother, [...]
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Feds Decline Charges Against Officers in Tamir Rice Case - Black Voice News
Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker | Associated Press The Justice Department says it will not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video of the shooting was of too poor a quality for prosecutors to
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Judge Deals Setback to Key Trump Policy Limiting Asylum - Black News Channel
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press/ BNC Contributor SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has knocked down a cornerstone border policy of the Trump administration that denies asylum to people who travel through other countries to reach the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in those
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Heat on MP
THE dispute between Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) Holdings and Victor Wright, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Trelawny Northern, seems headed to court as both parties hold hard to their positions.The SCJ Holdings is adamant that Wright owes it just over $3.6 million in rent and electricity, but
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Hospitalized for Covid | Atlanta Daily World
Rev. Jesse Jackson in an exclusive telephone conversation from his hospital bed on Sunday, August 22, expressed his ongoing support for vaccinations while explaining why his wife, Jacqueline, had not received the vaccine. “I have had both my shots,” The renowned civil rights leader said in the
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Biden’s Push to Get African-American Communities Vaccinated Not Gaining Traction
Charles Blow chats with Dr. Cameron Webb, senior advisor to the COVID-19 White House Equity Task Force, about the Biden administration’s efforts to get the Black community vaccinated but is falling short. “According to the CDC, less than a quarter of Black Americans had received their first
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Collins receives economic justice award | The Crusader Newspaper Group
State Senator Jacqueline Collins was honored recently with Woodstock Institute’s Scheinfeld Award for her work to protect consumers, promote economic opportunity and advance financial justice. The Institute recognized Collins for her efforts to pass the new historic Illinois Community Reinvestmen
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Breonna Taylor Grand Jurors Say They Were “Betrayed” By Kentucky AG
We doubt anything will come of people calling out this miscarriage of justice but hopefully with a new administration some changes will actually be made. Vote come November, y'all.
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Simone Biles says she should’ve ‘quit way before Tokyo’ but wouldn’t let Larry Nassar steal joy - The New York Beacon
“I should have never made another Olympic team,” says Biles in a new interview Global superstar athleteSimone Bilesgets candid about her decision to withdraw from competing in the Tokyo Olympics to focus on her mental health. In her first major profile since the summer
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VIDEO: Rayshawn Mims Shaves Locs In Support of His Son Who Lost Hair While Fighting Cancer
Rayshawn Mims cut off his glorious locs to match his son after Ahkeem lost his hair during his chemotherapy treatments for cancer.
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MIT student who won 2021 Rhodes Scholarship has J'can heritage
Danielle Grey-Stewart, one of two Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students selected for the 2021 cohort of the Rhodes Scholarship programme, has Jamaican heritage.Grey-Stewart is the daughter of Jamaican Roy Grey-Stewart, who migrated to the United States in 1982, and his wife
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Georgia teen apologizes for Black church murder plot, sentenced to juvenile detention - TheGrio
This week a Georgia teen accused of plotting toattack a predominantly Black churchin 2019, issued an apology in court before... View Article The post Georgia teen apologizes for Black church murder plot, sentenced to juvenile detention appeared first on TheGrio.
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Afghan collapse puts Biden's leadership in spotlight
President Joe Biden made up his mind about Afghanistan months — really years — ago. For more than a decade, The post Afghan collapse puts Biden's leadership in spotlight appeared first on TheGrio.
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Vanessa Bryant Issues Statement On Her Mother’s $5M Lawsuit: “My Husband Never Promised My Mother Anything”
Vanessa Bryant has issued a statement refuting claims made in a $5 million lawsuit filed by her mother Sofia Laine that state Kobe promised to take care of her financially for the rest of her life and charging that her daughter has broken that promise.
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