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Virtual & Drive - Up Housing Resource Fair will Feature Key Agencies, Workshops - Milwaukee Community Journal
Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs and Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II, have found a creative way to deliver much needed housing resources and information to residents during the pandemic.  They realize that COVID-19 has hit Milwaukee extremely hard, but homeowners are still in need of vital
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
New COVID-19 Resurgence Mitigations Take Effect Friday | Chicago Defender
With a new wave of COVID-19 surging across the state of Illinois, the Midwest, and the nation, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced additional COVID-19 resurgence mitigations will take effect in every region across the state in an attempt to slow the
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Presidential Transition: Trump Fires Official Who Disputed Baseless Claims of Election Fraud
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Princeton University’s Deana Lawson Becomes 1st Photographer to Win $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize
[Photo: Mama Goma, Gemena, DR Congo, 2014. Pigment print. © Deana Lawson, courtesy of Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; and David Kordansky Gallery, Los…
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FEDS Indict Lil’ Wayne on Charges of Gun Possession, Rapper Faces 5-10 Years in Prison
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Michael Reaves for Getty Images U.S. government prosecutors have charged one of America's most popular rap stars with a felony case, which began with a search of the artist's private jet late last year. TMZ reported on Tuesday morning (November 17) that Young Money
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Congo-Kinshasa: 11th Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Declared Over
[WHO] Brazzaville/Kinshasa -- Today marks the end of the 11th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), nearly six months after the first cases were reported in Equateur Province. The outbreak took place in communities scattered across dense rain forests as well as crowded urban
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Naya Rivera’s Ex-Husband Files Wrongful Death Suit
Months after her tragic death, Naya Rivera's ex-husband and father of her son, Ryan Dorsey, has filed a wrongful death suit.
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Indian Conglomerate Reliance Enters Online Furniture Sector | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Tamil Nadu - The retail arm of multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries has acquired a 96 percent stake in online furniture company Urban Ladder in a cash deal of INR 182 crore ($24.4 million) - a move aimed at boosting Reliance's play in India's vibrant e-commerce sector, where it is
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Richmond residents weigh-in on replacement of Lee statue at U.S. Capitol - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Several popular submissions include Booker T. Washington, George Marshall, Pocahontas, Oliver Hill and Barbara Johns.
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WHO Africa hopes for 'at least 20% of population' to be vaccinated
The COVID-19 response team is hoping at least 20% of populations in Africa receive vaccines, "starting with the most vulnerable".
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Africa: New Coalition Plans to Tackle Africa's Growing Burden of Stroke
[The Conversation Africa] Africa is currently experiencing a changing pattern of diseases and deaths. The continent faces a double burden of infectious diseases and rapid escalation of non-communicable diseases such as stroke and heart disease. These conditions are driven by factors like ageing
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How a long-shot candidate tossed out the DA accused of mishandling the Ahmaud Arbery case - L.A. Focus Newspaper
It's hard to run as an independent candidate in Georgia. It's even harder in The post How a long-shot candidate tossed out the DA accused of mishandling the Ahmaud Arbery case appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.
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Biden aide outlines public education goals of incoming administration - The Bay State Banner
The incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden will invest billions of dollars in public education to close achievement gaps, modernize school buildings and support schools with high concentrations of low-income students, campaign policy director Stef Feldman told the Education Writers
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Africa's Development Models Must Change
Analysis - Given the informality of their economies and vulnerability to organised crime, governments shouldn’t lead the continent’s development.
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Tokyo Olympics: Many rules, no partying, no hanging around - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics won't have the luxury of hanging around once they've wrapped up their event. No late-night parties in the Athletes Village. No nights — or early mornings — on the town. Instead of getting to know their global
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Letters Nov. 18: Needing the police; safety at gyms; don't be a jerk - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Just wait until you need the police Re: “When city council no longer respects the police force,” Lawrie ­McFarlane, Nov. 8. With regard to the acronym ACAB, created in the Bastion Square mural,. . .
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Our Chicago: Voices of the Community with ABC 7 Chicago's Cheryl Burton, Explores Significance of the Election of Kamala Harris | Chicago Defender
ABC 7 Chicago, Chicago’s Number One station for news, will explore the significance of the historic election of Kamala Harris, the first female, Black and Asian woman to hold the office of Vice President-Elect of the United States.   The hour-long, virtual town hall, newly relaunched as OUR
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The Problem With Millenials - Black Millennials
Many people have a very limited understanding of the millenials and what they believe, think and do. In most cases, the millenials are defined as the people in their late twenties to early thirties. They are considered 'different' from the previous generations who were considered to be the Baby
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NEWS YOU OUGHT TO KNOW – Dallas Post Tribune
Wife’s racist tweets about Harris spur official to resign MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — A school board president in the San Francisco Bay Area has resigned after his wife’s racist comments about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris raised an outcry. Jon Venverloh announced Sunday that he was stepping
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Coronavirus Update: Black and Brown Children Make of Majority of More Than 1 Million Covid-19 Reported Cases
According to a statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Children’s Hospital Association, more than one million children under 18 have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. During the week ending November 12, over 111,000 cases of children who tested
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California Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals to the Family of a Person with Recently Diagnosed Mesothelioma in California to Call Attorney Erik Karst of Karst von Oiste-Get a Specific Plan for Better Compensation
SACRAMENTO , CALIFORNIA, USA, November 18, 2020 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The California Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "We are appealing to the family of a person with recently diagnosed mesothelioma in California to please call attorney …
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Matric latest: Adults, posing as kids, caught trying to write exams
Two adults were caught trying to write matric exams on behalf of registered candidates. One has been arrested while the other escaped.
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Volunteers still needed to test variety of COVID-19 vaccines - Black News Channel
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Two COVID-19 vaccines might be nearing the finish line, but scientists caution it's critical that enough people volunteer to help finish studying other candidates in the U.S. and around the world. Moderna Inc. and competitor Pfizer Inc. recently announced
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Cameroon: Updates On the Global Fund's Funding Cuts in Cameroon and the Covid-19 Situation
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Chicago plans to bring youngest students back into classrooms starting in January.
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Will Detroit Resurgence Continue Amid COVID-19 Crisis | Business | The Michigan Chronicle
By Donald James  Like many cities across America, Detroit has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that began to wreak havoc on businesses and economic development in March of this year.  Unlike other American cities, however, Detroit, in 2013, filed for a devastating bankruptcy, making it the
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Lil Wayne Facing Federal Weapons Charges, 10-Year Prison Sentence
The 38-year-old Wayne is being charged after a December 2019 incident where a gun and ammo was discovered on his private plane as he traveled from California to Florida.
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Environmental Charter School builds personal connections | New Pittsburgh Courier
The Environmental Charter School is a tuition-free K-9 charter school in Pittsburgh’s East End. ECS combines the academic rigor of the best public schools with a multi-disciplinary, “out-the-door” learning approach rooted in real-world problems that build active, engaged, and empathetic
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TSTA applauds legislators seeking STAAR cancellation | East Texas Review
Texas State Teachers Association President Ovidia Molina released the following statement: The Texas State Teachers Association applauds and supports the efforts of 68 members of the Texas House, both Republicans and Democrats, who have called on the state education commissioner to seek the
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