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Kamala Harris visits Atlanta to Talk Climate  - The Atlanta Voice
A day after standing behind the president as he gave the annual State of the Union address, United States Vice President Kamala Harris was front and center in Atlanta to moderate a conversation on the Biden Administration’s historic investments towards the ongoing climate crisis a
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Civil Rights Leaders Demand Action In Response To President Biden’s State Of The Union
During the State Of The Union, President Biden said America needs to "finish the job on police reform.” The post Civil Rights Leaders Demand Action In Response To President Biden’s State Of The Union appeared first on NewsOne.
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Plant Vogtle: Debunking myths surrounding nuclear energy - The True Citizen
Editor’s note: News Editor Shellie Smitley embarked on a tour of Plant Vogtle January 26 alongside Southern Nuclear Communication Specialist Joel Leopard and Georgia Power Spokesperson Adrienne Tickle. This is part one of a 2-part series exploring Plant Vogtle and the myths surrounding nuclear
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Proposed Bill Aimed To Make Free Lunch Permanent For Maryland Students
This past Tuesday, the American Heart Association met with Maryland lawmakers to support a newly proposed bill that would make free lunch permanent for students statewide. During the pandemic, all public schools offered free breakfast and lunch. However, federal funding for those meals has ended
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Top cop Christopher ducks JSC meeting to deal with ‘urgent national security’ matter - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
MEMBERS of a joint select committee on crime on Wednesday expressed their disappointment that newly appointed Police Commissioner Erla Christopher was not at its meeting, after confirming she would be attending during the period when she acted in the top cop post. Before the committee heard fr
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Spark’d Studio opens for Northside youth 
Spark’d Studio also offers students the chance to explore professional fields such as podcasting, design, writing, documentary production, journalism, and more.
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Memphis cop took, shared pics of bloodied Tyre Nichols - DefenderNetwork.com
Documents released Tuesday provided a scathing account of what authorities called the “blatantly unprofessional” conduct of five officers involved in the fatal police beating of Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop last month — including new revelations about how one officer took
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Poll Suggests Democrats Say 'No' to Joe in 2024 Election
On February 6, a pair of polls were released that suggest President Biden's support is dwindling ahead of his potential 2024 bid for re-election. 'New York Post' reports that an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll shows that just 37% of Democrats say they
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State urges judge – Keep Vincent Nelson file sealed - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE STATE is strenuously resisting any application to have the civil claim filed by King’s Counsel Vincent Nelson unsealed. Nelson’s claim came up for hearing on Tuesday. He wants $96 million in compensation for an alleged breach of an indemnity agreement to protect him from prosecution. The
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Lawyers For Defendants Claim Drake Played A Key Role In XXXTentacion’s Murder, Twitter Has Thoughts
Drake is somewhere just minding his business, and now his name is being brought up in a murder trial. The post Lawyers For Defendants Claim Drake Played A Key Role In XXXTentacion's Murder, Twitter Has Thoughts appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
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BLACK MAYORS APPLAUD BIDEN’S STATE OF UNION, MORE WORK NEEDED - Garland Journal
(Washington, DC) – The African American Mayors Association (AAMA) released the following statement last night after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address: The African American Mayors Association continues to applaud the historic progress and profound gains of the Biden Administration. We
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After four years, family of 12-year-old boy shot by Illinois police to get $12 million
Amir Worship was 12 years old when a Richton Park police officer shot him in the knee during a 2019 raid at his home. In the wake of the incident, the officer accused of shooting Amir - Caleb Blood - claimed the gun he was armed with was faulty and accidentally discharged, Chicago Sun-Times
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Jamaica – Major Crimes Down 31% Says Police
Since the beginning of the year, all serious crimes have decreased by 31%, and murders have decreased by 34% compared to the same period in 2022, according to the police. Major General Antony Anderson, the commissioner of police, gave the numbers during a digital news conference on Tuesday, noting
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How Candid Hopes Diversity Data will Help Aid Racial Equity - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
By GLENN GAMBOA, AP Business Writer Candid, the major philanthropy research group, is leading a coalition of funders and grantees that want to standardize the collection of demographic information to […]
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NASA remembers lost Columbia, Challenger, Apollo 1 astronauts - DefenderNetwork.com
Over the past weeks NASA employees, guests and family of the Columbia, Challenger and Apollo 1 crews have been honoring their loved ones at the Johnson Space Center's Astronaut Memorial Grove as part of the agency’s Day of Remembrance. During the commemoration, NASA featured
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Shell boss happy with Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela talks - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Vice president and country chair of Shell TT Eugene Okpere said he was happy that conversations were being held between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. But he did not comment on the status of the Dragon gas deal which is expected to be finalised owing to US approval of licence to explore th
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Houston Reads Day sheds light on literacy crisis - DefenderNetwork.com
Literacy Now will host its third annual Houston Reads Day on Thursday, March 2, 2023, with approximately 500 volunteers coming together to support and read to more than 15,000 Pre-K–3rd grade students across 35 Houston and Aldine ISD campuses. This single-day event is for
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Jill Biden And Kamala Harris' Husband Doug Emhoff Kissing On The Lips Goes Viral And Folks On Twitter Can't Contain Themselves - Blavity
First Lady Jill Biden and her male counterpart Doug Emhoff greeted each other with a kiss on the lip before Tuesday night’s State of the Union . The greeting has quickly gone viral, and Twitter is blowing up with hilarious responses.
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Black History Month: Health & Medicine Profiles - Los Angeles Sentinel
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, Dr. Leonidas Harris Berry and Dr. Elaine Batchlor are three Black Americans who blazed trails in the fields of health and medicine. The post Black History Month: Health & Medicine Profiles appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Plaskett, Bryan Meet on V.I. Issues as He Visits D.C.
Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett had “robust discussions” with Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. Tuesday on issues facing the U.S. Virgin Islands while he is in Washington, D.C., this week for the National Governors Association winter meeting, her office announced.
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Lawmakers Sport "1870 Pins" During SOTU Address, Marking 153 Years Since First Unarmed Black Killing
Large black pins that said "1870" represented the year Henry Truman, an unarmed Black man, was killed by police.
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Sankofa Park Opens at Destination Crenshaw in Fall 2023  - Los Angeles Sentinel
Destination Crenshaw President and COO Jason W. Foster recently announced that Sankofa Park, the first major component of this $100 million public-private initiative, will open with a public celebration in early fall
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Morvant man shot, stable in hospital - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
A Morvant man was hospitalised after he was shot multiple times by masked gunmen on Tuesday night. Police said the man was at Jacobin Street, Morvant with his brother, near the basketball court, just after 9 pm when a black Kia Sportage approached him. The vehicle stopped in front of him, occu
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The Murder Of Tyre Nichols: A Timeline Of Events
Seven other officers could also face discipline for their negligence during Nichols' fatal arrest. The post The Murder Of Tyre Nichols: A Timeline Of Events appeared first on NewsOne.
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Protest at Philadelphia Catholic school over racist video
Protests were held on Wednesday in front of St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls in Holmesburg after a racist video was widely shared on social media. The video involves students from two schools in Philadelphia - St. Hubert Catholic High School and Franklin Towne Charter High School. In the
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Dibe boy,10, father critical after shooting - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
RELATIVES of ten-year-old Terik Patterson are describing the early-morning gun attack which left him in a critical state as distasteful and wicked. Terik, a standard-four student of Ascension AC School, was in the bathroom –at the entrance to their ground-floor apartment in Lutchman Drive, Dib
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Tickets for Beyoncé’s 1st Concert of World Tour Sell Out - The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint
By Asociated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Tickets for the first concert of Beyoncé’s upcoming 'Renaissance” world tour sold out Tuesday, and concert management group Live Nation said a second concert in Stockholm […]
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Signal Hill students learn about gender-based violence - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Thirty students from Signal Hill Secondary School benefited on Tuesday from Women of Substance's Pass It On youth leadership workshop. The initiative is funded by the British High Commission.

These workshops, according to Woman of Substance founder and president Onika Mars, are ge

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Judiciary silent on Naipaul-Coolman file - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Judiciary says it will not comment or respond to media queries on the malicious prosecution case of the nine men acquitted of the charge of murdering businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman. This was the response to questions from Newsday directed to newly-appointed High Court judge Karen Rei
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