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State Department of Alabama spotlights Child Nutrition Program in Greene County schools
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Newswire : Dr. Lisa Cook confirmed as first Black woman on Federal Reserve Board
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Newswire : President Biden to Buffalo and America: ‘White Supremacy will not have the last word’
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Newswire : Selma Alabama celebrated Dr. Bernard Lafayette Jr Day, Saturday, May 14, 2022
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Newswire: Alabama State dedicates Jo Ann Robinson Hall, removes Klan member’s name from dorm
Greene County EMS ambulance services to continue
Local Democratic Primary election shows mixed results: Sheriff Joe Benison, Commissioners Garria Spencer (District 1) Allen Turner Jr. (District 4) win; others in runoff on June 21st
State investigating campaign donations to Greene County sheriff
Newswire: ‘It’s easier to get a gun than baby formula.’ athletes, celebs boil over latest mass shooting
Newswire: Supreme Court decision heavily diminishes ineffective counsel defense
Newswire: Ten African languages, “couriers for the transmission of knowledge’ to be added to Google’s translate app
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A letter from Uvalde, Texas about the school shooting
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Newswire : President Biden signs landmark Police Reform Executive Order
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Newswire : Nigerian Chima Williams wins Goldman Environmental Prize for helping communities in the polluted Niger Delta
Newswire: African Americans and other White House staffers call ‘Blaxit’ story fake news
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Newswire: Vice President Kamala Harris talks voting rights, racism with Black press publishers By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
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