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The average age of those who died in the 2018 Camp Fire was 72. The average age of those who died in the fires that burned across Sonoma and Napa a year before: 73. As wildfires grow more devastating in California, some of the most vulnerable are older people who live independently and who live
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7-Year-Old Boy with Sickle Cell Recovers from COVID-19: "Keep the Faith"
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J'cans still eager to study in China, says embassy
A number of Jamaican students who have applied for scholarship to study in China ahead of the discovery of the novel coronavirus in Wuhan are still eager to do so, according to the Chinese embassy in
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Dating Harriet Jacobs: Why Birthdates Matter to Historians
In the article that follows British Columbian historian and documentary editor, Mary Maillard, explores the controversy surrounding the precise birthdate of slave narrative author, Harriet Jacobs, and reminds us why precision
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Protests Shift to Memorializing Floyd Amid Push for Change
ATLANTA (AP) — The tenor of the protests set off by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has taken a turn from the explosive anger that has fueled the setting of fires, breaking of windows and other violence to a quiet, yet more forceful, grassroots call for more to be done to address
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Dad Builds a Stage In His Driveway to Celebrate Daughter's Graduation
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Central African Republic - Seleka, Anti-Balaka Fighters Clash
The forces of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) are yet to secure peace and order in Kaga-Bandoro in the centre of the country where tension remains high following clashes between fighters of the rival anti-Balaka and
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Cameroon: After Months of Uncertainty, Anglophone Cameroon Journalist Wazizi Reported Killed in Custody
Some 300 days after popular Pidgin journalist Samuel Wazizi was arrested and held incommunicado by police in the south-western city of Buea, his alleged torture and death were announced in the Cameroonian media on
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Uganda: Masaka, Arua Hospitals Discharge 5 COVID-19 Patients
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After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated
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