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While individual states’ decisions to move more quickly than recommended under the White House guidelines are regularly discussed during coronavirus task force meetings, those decisions are not seen as defiant toward the Trump administration, the official
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Essential Workers, Others at High-Risk Push Back on State’s Age-Based Vaccine Rollout — The Sacramento Observer
(CBM) - COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been a complex puzzle for California’s state and local governments so far, with efforts to vaccinate as many people as possible coming up against a limited statewide supply, technology issues with appointments and protests from anti-vaxxers. On
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Kenya: 7 Mourners From Kibera Positive for COVID-19 in Siaya
Nairobi — Seven of the new coronavirus cases that were reported in Kenya on Thursday are on mourners who had traveled from Kibera slum in Nairobi, the Health Ministry
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President-elect Biden Announces $1.9T Relief Package in American Rescue Plan, Whitmer Supports | COVID-19 National | The Michigan Chronicle
President-elect Joe Biden recently announced his plan to help bring America back to a better place with a $1.9 trillion relief package in a Thursday address he gave, which streamed on Facebook. “We have no time to waste when it comes to getting this virus under control and building our economy back
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Egypt Reports 1,110 New Coronavirus Cases, 59 Fatalities
[Egypt Online] The Health Ministry said Thursday 06/05/2021 that 1,110 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 234,015.
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Guest Editorial: Don’t defund police, demand real reform
Local governments have hired new police chiefs, fired officers for misconduct, added body cameras and taken other actions that have proved to not be enough to stop police
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Team boss Lefevere fears coronavirus outbreak in peloton - Stabroek News
(Reuters) The return of professional cycle racing next month might be too soon and could lead to outbreaks of novel coronavirus, according to Deceuninck-Quick-Step boss Patrick Lefevere. The article Team boss Lefevere fears coronavirus outbreak in peloton appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Confirmed New Covid-19 Cases Hit a New High in US
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By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against
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Court says police misconduct records cannot be destroyed | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled last week that the city of Chicago may not destroy records of police misconduct that are more than five years old, despite a contract with the city’s police union that requires city officials to do
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Sunbelt States Rush To Line Up Hospital Beds, Not Barstools
By TAMARA LUSH and JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press
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State cracks down on bars, restaurants - Black Voice News
Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, July 7. Newsom ramps up enforcement Cleverson Davis, a waiter at Palermo Italian Restaurant in San Jose, tends to customers on June 5. Photo by Dai Sugano, Bay Area News Group Amid intense criticism for reopening California’s economy too quickly, Gov. Gavin
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms orders masks to be worn in public : TheGrio
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued a mandate requiring masks to be worn in public after Gov. Brian Kemp says cities' are not required them. The post Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms orders masks to be worn in public appeared first on TheGrio.
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COVID-19: Isolation period may be reduced to eight days [video]
Professor Salim Abdool Karim explains why the COVID-19 ministerial advisory committee is considering a change in isolation protocol.
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Testing where the people are –
Harper and Santiago know each other, but Santiago doesn’t represent Daytona Beach’s Black community in the Florida
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California Eases Rules For Reopening Dine-In Restaurants, Stores
Gov. Gavin Newsom has eased the rules for when counties can reopen restaurants and stores, clearing the way for 53 of 58 California counties to qualify under the new coronavirus
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Rudy Giuliani's daughter endorses Biden, slams dad and Trump in op-ed
Caroline Giuliani, the daughter of Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has endorsed Joe Biden for president.  In a... View Article The post Rudy Giuliani's daughter endorses Biden, slams dad and Trump in op-ed appeared first on TheGrio.
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Covid-19: South Sudan cases jump to 806
They were results from samples collected from people who wanted to travel to states, others were alerts from various zones in Juba and others were collected from suspects,’’ Dr Loi Thuoi, Health ministry spokesman told journalists in Juba on
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Desperate Indian girl bikes 745 miles home with disabled dad
NEW DELHI, India (AP) — From her village in eastern India, 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari reflected on her desperate 1,200-kilometre (745-mile) bicycle journey home with her disabled father that has drawn international
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US businesses weigh reopening and closing, as cases rise
But now that states like Texas and Arizona are seeing alarming surges in reported cases of COVID-19, businesses large and small must decide whether to keep their doors
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Charlottesville Can Remove Confederate Statues - Los Angeles Sentinel
The state Supreme Court overturned a Circuit Court decision in favor of a group of residents who sued to block the city from taking down the Lee statue and a nearby monument to fellow Gen. Thomas J. ``Stonewall'' Jackson. Charlottesville's city council voted to remove
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Rwanda Records Lowest Number of New Infections in 3 Weeks
Rwanda on Wednesday, June 17 has recorded three new coronavirus cases in as many
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California’s recovery efforts should include clean transportation
While state leaders grapple with immediate intervention and budgeting measures, innovators at the forefront of clean transportation technologies stand by to continue the important fight for our economy and the
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Defiance Grows as Georgia Governor Blocks Local Mask Rules - Black News Channel
By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Mayors in Atlanta and other Georgia cities deepened their defiance of Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday, saying they want their requirements for people to wear masks in public to remain in place, even after the Republican
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Florida site of GOP convention orders wearing of masks : TheGrio
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, where mask-averse President Donald Trump plans to accept the Republican nomination in August, ordered the wearing of face coverings Monday, joining the list of state and local governments reversing course to try to beat back a resurgence of the coronavirus. Less
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Guest Editorial: Don’t defund police, demand real reform | New Pittsburgh Courier
There has been a growing call from activists for defunding the police since George Floyd died May 25 after a White officer pressed his knee into the handcuffed Black man’s neck, ignoring his “I can’t breathe” cries and holding it there even after Floyd stopped moving. His death sparked protests
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