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This exhausting 2020 continues!
We’re getting closer to all of the professional sports leagues starting up again, and for the first time without fans—MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS and the NFL. Source
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FDP hosts Black Lives Matter march in Tchula on Independence Day - The Mississippi Link
By Edelia Dr. Jay Carthan, Contributing Writer, The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (FDP) in Holmes County hosted its second Black Lives Matter March, July 4, on Independence Day in Tchula, MS. About eighty people attended and participated in the march in downtown Tchula and mostly everyone
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Source: The Mississippi Link
AFRO Exclusive: `We’re Changing the Department From the Inside Out’ | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com “Without a doubt I believe in this city, without a doubt. This is my birthright. This city is my birthright,” said a woman we are calling “Etheldora” to protect her identity. The reason the AFRO is protecting her identity is because she has
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
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3 officers fired over photos depicting choke hold near Elijah McClain memorial - DefenderNetwork.com
The Aurora Police Department has fired two of the three officers who took photographs depicting a choke hold in front of the memorial for Elijah McClain, who died after a confrontation with officers in August 2019. A third officer was fired for his response to the photos that he received in a text
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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source
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Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported
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SPORTS DIGEST: Dodgers are a week away from a game that matters -
Three and half months late, the 2020 Major League Baseball season will start July 23 with the Los Angeles Dodgers hosting the San Francisco Giants in an empty Dodger Stadium, a few hours after the Washington Nationals and New York Yankees get things underway on the East Coast. The Dodgers were one
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San Diego Explosion Injures 34 US Sailors | Afro
At least 34 U.S. sailors suffered injuries after an explosion Sunday morning aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego. The cause of the explosion, which is under investigation, has not been determined. A frame grab from video shot by the San Diego Fire
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Former Cop Who Placed Knee On Black Woman’s Neck Booked For Misconduct (video) | Afro
By N. Ali Early Another incident of police brutality against an African American has surfaced. According to the Miami Herald, Safiya Satchell was sitting in her Mercedes SUV when she was approached by an off duty police officer who was working as security for a strip club in the immediate proximity
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Hissing tips off inspector to 5 cobras in water bottles - The Mississippi Link
Five cobras trapped in water bottles were discovered at a Philippine food market after a market inspector heard them hissing from inside their plastic prisons. The discovery happened at the New Arranque Market in the Philippine capital Manila on July 7 when an inspector from the Market
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Source: The Mississippi Link
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Renewed interest in Massachusetts police civilian review boards
[Source] BOSTON — Its been three years since Jamarhl Crawford made a complaint about what he believed was misconduct by a Boston police officer, but he still has no answers. I was told by elected officials and administration and police officials that I should complain. That the system does work, he
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Source: Blackstonian
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Drone on the farm: As rainfall becomes scarce, farmers irrigate crops via unmanned aerial vehicles | Afro
Nathan Zecks Mazvazva, a 25-year-old farmer in Zimbabwe, stands in his sugarcane field, marveling at a recent savings of 60% on irrigation costs. And sugarcane is just part of Mazvazva's property in Zimbabwe. He owns nearly 500 acres, growing green beans to green peppers. Simply
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Jackson mayor puts in new mask ordinance - The Mississippi Link
By Morgan Bridgeman, Intern, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, mayor of Jackson, MS, has recently put into place a new face mask ordinance for Jackson residents. Lumumba announced his new face mask plan at a press conference Tuesday, June 30, 2020. The ordinance went in to affect last Thursday, July
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Source: The Mississippi Link
Additional Inmates and Employees Test Positive for COVID-19 - Black Voice News
San Bernardino County officials have reported the deaths of two additional inmates at county facilities. Both men had recently tested positive for COVID-19, one at the West Valley Detention Center, and the other is housed at the Central Detention Center. To date, a total of 161 County jail inmates
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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Park Heights Community Leader George Mitchell Dies | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com George Mitchell, an omnipresent figure in the Park Heights community of Northwest Baltimore died July 14, due to complications from a surgery. He was 66. Mitchell, who operated the Langston Hughes Community, Business and Resource Center at 5011
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Separate celebration: Formerly conjoined twins turn 2 after surgeries The Mississippi Link
Two-year-old twins Prefina and Ervina recently celebrated their birthday in a unusual way as individuals. The previously conjoined twins, connected at the head, were successfully separated after several surgeries by skilled surgeons and nurses at an Italian hospital. Ermine celebrates twin Ervina
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Source: The Mississippi Link
‘This is love’: Russian influencer celebrates with an AK-47 | Afro
Celebrating with an AK-47 produced more than just the noise of a jet engine for Russian model and Instagram personality Anastasia Ivleeva. Ivleeva celebrated her one-year anniversary with rapper husband Allj by firing a Kalashnikov assault rifle into the air, sparking outrage among her nearly 20
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
The Plug Welcomes Our Inaugural Data Fellows | The Plug
This week we welcomed The Plug’s first cohort of data journalisms fellows committed to learning and growing their research, data, and reporting skills. Leniece Flowers Brissett and Grace McFadden join our summer reporting cohort and will be contributing to our major editorial projects. Source
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An assist of another kind by Shaq | Afro
During his 19 NBA seasons, Shaquille O'Neal scored 28,596 points and 3,026 assists. But he recently provided an assist of another kind, staying with a stranded motorist who had a blown-out tire on a Florida highway. The incident occurred Tuesday on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, after
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
Traders who suffered under Taliban go digital | Afro
Zahra Kazemi started her business Bamyan Weavers nearly 30 years ago, when Afghanistan was under Taliban control. She left the country after the Taliban destroyed her trade, returning after the U.S.-led invasion in 2001 drove the regime from power. Kazemi, like many traders in the country, needed
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
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AFRO Exclusive: Black Face Photo Sparks Concern | Afro
By Alexis Taylor Special to the AFRO A picture snapped nearly eight years ago in Rotterdam, Netherlands led to a resignation letter from the lead contractor in South Baltimore’s Middle Branch waterfront redevelopment. The Baltimore City Board of Estimates announced May 11 that West 8 Urban Design
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
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Cops salute murdered officer who was shot with his own gun - The Mississippi Link
On a day when 11 people were shot, two fatally, amid months of soaring gun violence in Chicago, a memorial honored a police officer who was shot 10 years ago in the back with his own gun and then, as he lay fallen, shot in the head at close range. Chicago Police holds a memorial []
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Source: The Mississippi Link
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Azerbaijan, Armenia take border fight online | Afro
Videos of fighting at the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (district) have been posted on YouTube by defense ministries of both countries. The fierce fighting in the district in west Azerbaijan, which is mostly inhabited by
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
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ACLU Statement on President Trump’s Dismissal of the Disproportionate Police Killings of Black People - Milwaukee Community Journal
WASHINGTON — When asked in an interview today why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country,” President Donald Trump responded: “So are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people,” Trump told CBS News senior
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Minneapolis Police Officers Say They Are Suffering From PTSD After George Floyd Protests
By Victor Omondi More than 150 Minneapolis police officers have post-traumatic stress disorder or other injuries as a result of protests that broke out following George Floyd’s death. To show how serious it is, the officers are in the process of filing disability claims that would allow them to
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates Advisory Council to Focus on Youth Entrepreneurship - Atlanta Tribune
Mayor’s Advisory Council will help young water vendors identify business and financial goals ATLANTA—Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to convene an Advisory Council comprised of community members and partners to develop strategies to help promote youth entrepreneurship
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Ball Is Life: Nike Celebrates East Coast and West Coast Hoops With Upcoming Air Force Ones
Ball Is Life: Nike Celebrates East Coast and West Coast Hoops With Upcoming Air Force One Release
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Motorbike mission: Activist delivers sunscreen to Ugandans with albinism | Afro
For street vendor Barbra Anyinge, who normally sells shoes in Lira, a town in northern Uganda, the pandemic has made one essential especially scarce: sunscreen. While usually Anyinges difficulty in obtaining the recommended high-protection sunscreen is its up to $20 cost, the pandemic has made it
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
‘Avoid being bitten’: Virus-carrying Asian tiger mosquitoes likely reach UK | Afro
The Asian tiger mosquito, which has made headlines around the world because it carries dangerous viruses, are likely already in the UK, an expert warned. Dr Anna-Bella Failloux poses for a photo. She is a professor of entomology and is head of the 'Arboviruses and Insect Vectors' branch of the
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0
Kayla James Kayla Seals Receive Teen Graffiti’s Book Scholarships
(DALLAS, TX) – Kayla James of Grand Prairie, TX, and Kayla Seals of Rowlett, TX are the recipients of this year’s Teen Graffiti Education Scholarships for their outstanding commitment to education and community service. James and Seals will each receive a $250.00 Book Scholarship. Kayla James is
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H. J. Russell and Co. promotes Claudette Hanks to diversity manager - Atlanta Tribune
H. J. Russell Company Promotes Claudette Hanks to Diversity Manager for Construction and Program Management H. J. Russell Company, one of the largest black-owned real estate development and construction services firms in the United States, announces the promotion of Claudette Hanks from field
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