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Homicides 2021

A chronological log of the homicides recorded in 2020 in the U.S. Virgin Islands, as reported by the VIPD. Cases are broken down by island.

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Teachers seek to boost engagement with remote learning

On a recent school day, Boston Latin Academy art teacher Taina Vargas was working in her kitchen, leading a class while helping her first-grader, Solwazi, with his own class

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First Lady accident a hoax: Police

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police yesterday dismissed reports on social media that First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was involved in an accident, injuring a seven-year-old

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7-Year-Old Boy With Sickle Cell Recovers From COVID-19: “Keep the Faith” | The Oklahoma Eagle

But one 7-year-old boy who has sickle cell and was stricken with COVID-19, has

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Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential

Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research

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Clinical Research: On the Frontlines of Diversity and Inclusion

The importance of clinical research is widely recognized and while many decide to participate in clinical trials, there is a lack of representation of individuals from underserved

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Salif Keita , (born Aug. 25, 1949, Djoliba, Mali), Malian singer-songwriter known for blending elements of a wide range of local African—especially Mande—music traditions with jazz, rhythm and blues, and other international popular-music styles to pioneer the Afropop dance-music

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Tallahassee Police Shooting Victim Identified On Social Media As Black Trans Man

UPDATED: 5:08 a.m. ET, May 29

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RIP Demetrius Townsel Jr: GoFundMe Started For 12-Year-Old Fatally Shot In Indiana

According to NWI.com, Demetrius Townsel Jr. of Chicago was fatally shot on Saturday night while in a car in Gary, Indiana, according to police Cmdr. Jack

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Clinical Research: On the Frontlines of Diversity and Inclusion

The importance of clinical research is widely recognized and while many decide to participate in clinical trials, there is a lack of representation of individuals from underserved

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Spelman College Announces 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian

Through hard work, determination and balance, Kendra Grissom and Jasmine McClam have excelled and achieved high honors during their academic

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Ahmaud Arbery; Here we go again.

But the death of Ahmaud Arbery has prompted my mom and a few friends of mine to voice their

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S. Africa records 399 Covid-19 deaths

South Africa recorded a total of 399 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic as of Wednesday, an increase of 27 in the past 24 hours, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize

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Privacy Bill: Kobe Bryant’s Death Inspired Moves Forward | Post News Group

On May 20, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee approved a bill that would make it illegal for first responders to take pictures or record video of a deceased person at the scene of an accident or

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Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential

Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research

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Burkina Faso must probe death of terror detainees - rights group

A Human Rights group, CISC, is calling on authorities in Burkina Faso to explain the death in detention of alleged terrorism

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I Have a Dream - Children's Book About MLK Junior

On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his I Have a Dream speech, a speech that is still remembered and honored today. I Have a Dream by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., published in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the minister and civil rights leaders dramatic speech, is

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George M. Johnson's New Memoir Reminds Us That ‘All Boys Aren't Blue’

I didn’t really know much about book genres or categories; I just knew I had this story about this Black queer kid growing

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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1965 to 1969

This civil rights movement timeline focuses on the struggles final years, when some activists embraced black power, and leaders no longer appealed to the federal government to end segregation, thanks to the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Although the

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Africa: Pandemic Poses Double Challenges for African Pastoralists

Researchers fear the virus will hit the most vulnerable African communities — the pastoralists, particularly those in Kenya, as officials have extended bans on travel in and out of Nairobi until June

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Saluting the #HealthcareHeroes

I take the necessary precautions at work so that when I go home I lower the chances of infecting my family

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Cop Who ‘Murdered’ George Floyd Previously Awarded After Shooting Black Suspect

Floyd’s death resulted in the firing of Chauvin and three other officers involved from the Minneapolis Police

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Most US states fall short of recommended testing levels | Dallas Weekly

As businesses reopened Friday in more of the U.S., an overwhelming majority of states still fall short of the COVID-19 testing levels that public health experts say are necessary to safely ease lockdowns and avoid another deadly wave of outbreaks, according to an Associated Press

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Michael Jordan's Daughter Addresses Her Mom Juanita's Absence In 'The Last Dance'

Michael Jordan’s daughter Jasmine has addressed a question many fans had on their minds after watching ESPN’s “The Last Dance”: Where was Juanita

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Florida State Attorney to Re-Examine Case of Man Who Punched 14-Year Old Black Girl in the Face

The NAACP is publicly calling on the state attorney’s office, Escambia county school district, and local law enforcement to reconsider and have a backbone in this

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Uganda: One Killed, Plantations Destroyed in Land Row

One person has been killed and five houses torched after a fight broke out among family members in Bwikhonje village, Busano Sub County in Mbale District over ownership of the land on

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Madagascar sends troops, doctors to virus-hit eastern town

Madagascar's government has announced it will dispatch troops and doctors to an eastern town after several bodies were found in the streets and where two people died from the novel

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Namibia: Probe Against Self-Confessed Rapist Drags On

Jeremia van Wyk appeared in absentia in the Katutura Magistrate's Court before magistrate Namwenyo Shikalepo

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Governor Bryan Out of Territory May 7-16

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EPA Attempts to Clarify Air-Quality Monitoring Confusion

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Liberty Mobile Customers Blacked Out on STX When Third Party Cuts Fiber Optic Cable

Senators Praise Dowe While Raising Concerns About Port Authority

Cluster-Related Incident Pushes COVID Positivity Rate Over 3 Percent

Housing Authority’s Offices on St. Thomas Resume Regular Operations

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John L. Steward Dies at 91

Virgin Islands Public Finance Authority Closes St. Thomas Office May 10-14.

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AFT Local 1825 to Vote Virtually on May 12

VIPD Administrative Services to Close for Civilian Day, May 12

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CAHS to Host Virtual Pre-Orientation for Incoming 9th Graders on May 13

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