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Patriots owner Kraft cleared of massage parlor sex charge
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanor charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday... View Article The post Patriots owner Kraft cleared of massage parlor sex charge appeared first on TheGrio.
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Picasso's Expressionist Style Echoed In Ancient Cave Drawings | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
BASQUE COUNTRY, Spain-Unique 27,000-year-old cave engravings found in Spain are being compared to the works of Pablo Picasso, the country's most famous painter. The 'expressionist style' engravings were first discovered in September 2015 in three caves in the Aitzbitarte mountains in the autonomous
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The Long and the Short of Indian Cinema’s Anthology Trail
Karan Johar, a filmmaker whose brand of cinema has been defined by big budgets, larger than life sets, song-dance routines, family, romance and heartbreak, took a plunge into uncharted territory of short storytelling with one of the four segments of the 2013 film, 'Bombay Talkies.' The film was
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 still stands strong in 2020 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Our laws are created to keep us from injustice. I spent many of my formative years in segregation, so I knew first-hand what injustice was. The Civil Rights Act was signed into law on July 2, 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson. That signing occurred a long time ago, but sometimes it seems like
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WhatsApp's New Privacy Policy Prompts Indians to Migrate to Signal, Telegram | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
MUMBAI, India - Radio producerShirshendu Banerjee woke up to a notification on WhatsApp one day in the second week of January, informing him about changes to the messaging app's privacy policy, and that there would be deeper integration between WhatsApp and its parent company, Facebook. Banerjee
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Supporters, Opponents of Prop. 24 Make Last-Minute Pitches to Voters Before Election 
Two years after California lawmakers passed the first consumer data privacy act in the country, voters have a chance to expand the law or leave it as it is. Proposition 24 on the November ballot would update the California Consumer Privacy Act to add new provisions and create an agency to enforce
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‘Amen — and A-woman!’ Representative Opens Congress with Prayer Ending in Gender-Neutral Mashup 
A House representative, offering an opening prayer for the new session of Congress, learned that language bending can cause mockery unending. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), a former Methodist pastor who was the first African-American mayor of St. Louis and now represents the late Harry Truman’s home
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La Salsa Secreta de Rafael Marrero | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Por Migdalis Pérez y Redacción Miami -- La pasión de Rafael Marrero por abrir la puerta aempresas hispanas, mediante contratos millonarios con el gobierno federal, recuerdael relato del pescador que se ahogaba en alta mar y pedía ayuda a Dios. En medio de la tormenta, pasó por su lado un
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JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS HOLD FIRST PICK IN 2021 NFL DRAFT
The Jacksonville Jaguars own the No. 1 pick in the 2021 National Football League Draft, which is scheduled for April 29-May 1 in Cleveland, Ohio. The tentative order of the first round was announced today by the NFL, subject to the results of the playoffs. The draft order is determined by the
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Motorsports in America: Do Black Lives Matter? | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Washington, DC — This past Fourth of July, the motorsports world was exploding with action in Austria with Formula One, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway made history by hosting INDYCAR and NASCAR, on the same race weekend. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, and the civil unrest that
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Mutilated Sharks Found At Illegal Dumpsite In Chile | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile-At least 17 mutilated shark carcasses have been found along with tires, rubble and urban waste at a large illegal dump on a Chilean beach. The clandestine dumpsite was discovered at the port city of Antofagasta, which included the dead shortfin mako sharks (Isurus
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The True Cradle of Chocolate | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Cacao is a native species of the Americas. Latin America is responsible for 16 percent of the cacao beans produced in the world. Ecuador plants almost half of them, according to the International Cocoa Organization. There is a dispute regarding its origin. Mayans, Toltecs, and Aztecs in Mexico and
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Scientists Develop Possible New Gene Therapy for Deafness | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
TEL AVIV, Israel - Delivering healthy genetic material into the inner ear cells of mice with a hereditary mutation for deafness enables the cells to function normally, according to a new study. The study, led by Professor Karen Avraham of Tel Aviv University's Department of Human Molecular Genetics
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Zapote's Festival Kicks Off In Costa Rica | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
ZAPOTE, Costa Rica - The Costa Rican town of Zapote, in the San José Canton, celebrates the end of the year with a folk festival dedicated to Saint Joseph. It spans from December 25-January 5. Issues surrounding COVID-19 may curtail festivities this year. But traditionally, Costa Rican students are
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WNBA Players Call For Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler To Be Booted From League | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
WNBA players are again calling for Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) to be removed as co-owner of the league’s Atlanta Dream franchise after she objected to the WNBA’s mission to support Black Lives Matter this season. Loeffler, a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, wrote to WNBA Commissioner
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Discovery in India of Fish Native to Amazon Sparks Concern for Indigenous Species | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
A suckermouth catfish, native to South America's Amazon River, was found in the Ganga River at Ramnagar, Varanasi district, in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India, by fishermen on Sept. 26. It is the second time that fish species was spotted there in September. Researchers at Banaras Hindu
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Gillum gives personal update from his time in rehab - Black News Channel
After months of silence, Andrew Gillum, spoke about his struggle with alcoholism and gave a personal update on his health via social media. In March, the former Florida governor candidate said he would be entering a rehabilitation facility after having fallen into a depressive
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Regarding: The Rising Tide Of Crime In The Turtle Creek Community | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
A local activist is targeting the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office with harsh criticism for what he says is “lousy police work in one northside community.” Ben Frazier of the Northside Coalition says 'The brass at JSO has failed in its mission to adequately serve and protect homeowners and other
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Henrietta A. Haynes Wolfe 100th Birthday Celebration
100th Year birthday celebration honoring Henrietta A. Haynes Wolf on a Zoom Call with over 50 plus family members and others. The oldest family members on the call were cousin Marion Simpkins 89 who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and Christine Dawson 88 from Atlanta, Georgia with good things to
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British Company Pays $12 Million For Terrorists' Gold Stash | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
MEDELLIN, Colombia - A British firm paid nearly $12 million at auction for gold formerly owned by a Colombian guerrilla group. The unprecedented auction took place Dec. 15 in the city of Medellin, Colombia, and was organized by the Special Assets Corporation (SAE) in coordination with the
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Rapper Lil Marlo shot and killed in Atlanta | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Rudolph Johnson, a rapper who performed under the name Lil Marlo, was shot and killed in Atlanta this weekend. Cause of death has yet to be determined, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office. The rapper, who signed with Quality Control Music in 2017 and was close friends with
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Monkey See, Monkey Who? St. Louis Zoo Reveals Gender Of Endangered Baby Chimp | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
ST. LOUIS-A Missouri zoo is celebrating the arrival of a newborn female chimpanzee. Nineteen-year-old chimpanzee Utamu gave birth to a yet-to-be-named daughter at the Jungle of the Apes in the St. Louis Zoo on Oct. 28. The zoo revealed the baby's gender the next day by sharing a video on social
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Black Woman Astronaut Will Be the First to Visit International Space Station | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Jeanette Epps, a NASA astronaut, will soon make history as the first-ever Black woman to fly to the International Space Station on a mission into orbit. It will also be her first space flight in her career. Epps, who is from Syracuse, New York, earned a bachelor’s degree in Physics in 1992 from
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OP-ED: Waters Urges Lawmakers, D.C. Residents, to Remain Safe as Right-Wing Extremists Protest Election Results
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, issued the following statement in advance of the proud boys, oath keepers, other white supremacists and right-wing extremists’ January 6 descent on Washington, D.C. “Congress must take
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: By Kimberly Daniels State Representative House District 14 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
CLIFFORD WILLIAMS, WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED FOR 43 YEARS, COMPENSATED: Clifford Williams was sent to death row in 1976 for a murder he did not commit. In 2018, State Attorney Melissa Nelson opened a unit dedicated to wrongful prosecution. Williams was released from prison in March 2019 after his
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Smarter News Quiz: Face Masks, Tiaras and Major League Revenge | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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Voter Suppression Tactics and Long Lines Fail to Quell Resolve of Black Voters | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
The lines are long, but Black voters are demonstrating their will to vote. In Texas, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, and Indiana, African Americans’ resiliency and resolve have never been as severely tested. They have gone to great lengths to overcome voter
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