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Phi Beta Sigma to celebrate 107 years with global celebration from the International Space Station with NASA Astronaut Victor J. Glover, Jr.    | New Pittsburgh Courier
WASHINGTON, DC (January5, 2021)Micheal E. Cristal,International PresidentofPhi Beta SigmaFraternity, Inc.,announces107th AnniversaryVirtual Global Founders’ Day Celebration. The event will take place Saturday January 9, 2021 at 12:00 Noon EST and will be LIVE streamed simultaneously to the Phi Beta
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10 Ways Therapists Are Practicing Self-Care In 2021
If you put self-care on the back burner in 2020, you’re hardly alone. This past year was undeniably stressful, with strange event after strange event happening on the regular (a…
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Union to take public sector wage battle to the Constitutional Court | Fin24
The Public Servants Association, which represents some 240 000 workers, is set to file papers at the Constitutional Court at the end of January.
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Jamie Foxx Opens Up on the Abrupt Death of Sister DeOndra Dixon | Chicago Defender
Extra’s” Rachel Lindsay spoke with Jamie Foxx about his new Disney and Pixar movie “Soul” and the loss of his sister. It has been more than a month since his sister DeOndra Dixon’s death in October at the age of 36, but the pain is still fresh for Jamie. Foxx revealed, “You know what? We
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Congress rejects challenges to Biden wins in Arizona, Pennsylvania - TheGrio
Returning to the halls of Congress hours after insurrectionists directed by President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Building, lawmakers... View Article The post Congress rejects challenges to Biden wins in Arizona, Pennsylvania appeared first on TheGrio.
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AJ’s Favorite Things: Christmas Edition 2020 | City. Life. Style. | The Michigan Chronicle
Tis' the season to be merry — even amid the pandemic the spirit of giving and delivering (even if it’s via UPS) is alive! This holiday season rings in the sentiment now more than ever to give the gift of support by purchasing your Christmas gifts from local, small, black businesses during this
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After excusing violence, Trump acknowledges Biden transition - Black News Channel
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump for the first time acknowledged his defeat in the Nov. 3 election and announced there would be an 'orderly transition' on Jan. 20, Inauguration Day, after Congress concluded the electoral vote count early
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Mayor Eric Johnson will discuss receiving the COVID-19 vaccine | Dallas Weekly
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will receive the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday and will be available to speak to the media afterward regarding the need for people to get vaccinated when they can. Vaccine hesitancy among some populations is a major concern. A Pew Research Center poll in
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COVID-19 immunity and reinfection: Why precautions are still essential
It’s not absolutely clear whether this virus may become dormant and, upon reactivation, cause a recurrence of infection.
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The Other Good News from the 2020 Election - Dallas Examiner
By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way While President Donald Trump continues to hog media attention with his dishonest “stolen election” claims, we should devote some attention to the good news that
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GRITGRINDGRIZZ: Ja or no Ja, shorthanded Grizzlies determined to compete - TSDMemphis.com
Almost every NBA season, there’s a talented team with high expectations that sooner or later will have those expectations upended by injuries. The most recent and glaring example of that are the Golden State Warriors, who were already dealing with Klay Thompson's ACL injury in 2019 when fellow
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‘We Are Now in a New Era:’ MDHHS Leader, Medical Professionals Receive COVID-19 Vaccine  | Local COVID-19 | The Michigan Chronicle
On what she described as a “monumental” day, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive and Henry Ford Hospital emergency medicine physician Joneigh Khaldun, MD, joined other Henry Ford frontline healthcare workers from across the health system in being the first in
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Happy 51st Birthday to ... Kaizer Chiefs!
South African football giants Kaizer Chiefs are celebrating their 51st birthday today, Thursday, 7 January 2021.
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Africa: Be Gone, Trump - Let's Welcome a World in Which Facts Remain Facts
[East African] Happy new year! There have been so many definitive moments in 2020 that it is almost ridiculous. Dar es Salaam had an earthquake -- do you remember? I do. It felt like the foundation of the building was floating for a second but then it settled down and we didn't think much of it
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Issa Rae Secures Her Seat at the Table, As New Chair Member for TV Academy
Insecure creator and star Issa Rae has secured a seat on the TV Academy Executive Committee for the 2021 season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Television Academy, which governs the Emmy Awards, announced the rising media mogul as one of six new chair members of the executive
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This Day in History — December 18
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President-Elect Biden Speaks on Restoring ‘Decency’ After U.S. Capitol Mob Attack   | National News | The Michigan Chronicle
President-elect Joe Biden is asking for the restoration of “simple decency” after the pro-Trump mob started by President Donald Trump forcefully made their way into the U.S. Capitol and stalled Congress from certifying Biden's election victory, according to the Associated Press.   In his official
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There have been other attacks at the US Capitol before this week - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Fifty-six-year-old woman is latest COVID victim - Stabroek News
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that one more person who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has died. The article Fifty-six-year-old woman is latest COVID victim appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Jobs bloodbath for SABC: Over 300 employees to be retrenched
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Opinion: Why Goodwin Liu Should Be California’s Next Attorney General - Black Voice News
Virgil Roberts, Esq. | Special to the Black Voice News Our country’s racial reckoning and the global pandemic have forced many people to grapple with the reality of being Black in America. With Xavier Becerra leaving for Washington, California needs an Attorney General that puts r
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2021: Fight Pandemic Fatigue While Finding Your Purpose | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
The trauma from his childhood was supposed to be the hindrance that stopped him. But for Detroit resident R.J Johns, 29, it was the stepping stone into his destiny - a calling that he brings others along with on their own journey as a life coach at The Purpose Fulfillment, based in Detroit. “The
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LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL...Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Pittsburgh | New Pittsburgh Courier
Frontline healthcare workers first to receive vaccine by Rob Taylor Jr. Courier Staff Writer At 9:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 14, a Black man, dressed in UPS brown, delivered perhaps the most important box in Pittsburgh medical history. The United Parcel Service (UPS) employee, Dallas White, wheeled into
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Vaccination to accelerate in Allegheny County, ahead of detection of new COVID-19 variant | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County’s COVID-19 vaccination program will soon quicken, just as it expects a new, more contagious form of the virus to arrive. The number of people receiving coronavirus vaccinations in the county should start increasing rapidly, said Dr. Debra Bogen, the
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Joe Biden’s Electoral College Victory Certified, Lame-Duck Donald Trump Finally Concedes
Through his deputy chief of staff, Dan Scavino, CNN reports that Donald Trump "pledges there will be an orderly transition," but at the same time still falsely arguing that the election was stolen from him. This follows after the failed Pro-Trump coup and Joe Biden's Electoral College victory was
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After all the chaos, it was in those quiet early morning hours late last June that Jessica McCall-Kailimi, 32 of Oak Park, found her peace in the form of a nurse who soothed her soul.   McCall-Kailimi gave birth two weeks early to her second daughter, Ava, [at Beaumont Royal Oak] and the empathic
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Raphael Warnock’s historic win | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com The Rev. Raphael Warnock, the youngest son of a mother who he said once, “picked somebody else’s cotton,” has become the first Black person elected to the United States Senate from the state of Georgia. “I come before you tonight as a man who knows
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