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Healthy eating for the holidays
By Sandra Millon Underwood FAAN, Professor, UW Milwaukee School of Nursing With the coronavirus top-of-mind for many of us, the holidays will look a little different for some of us this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending smaller gatherings and less travel as
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Anomalies found in data put census deadline in jeopardy - Black News Channel
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The director of the Census Bureau said Thursday that irregularities have been found during the numbers-crunching phase of the 2020 census, a development that jeopardizes the statistical agency's ability to meet a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for
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Trump-Loving Pastor Who Said He Wouldn’t Catch COVID Tests Positive: ”I’ve Learned Something”
There's a Trump-loving Pastor out in Virginia who is currently recovering from the coronavirus after publicly saying it wasn't possible to catch it because his faith in God inoculated him from the illness. Yeah, when life comes at you fast.
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Bonne is Voice2Rep winner
RISING gospel musician Sarah Bonne  shrugged off stiff competition from nine other contestants to pocket US$1 500 prize money plus a video recording deal at the Shoko Festival as the ultimate winner of the inaugural Voice to Represent (Voice2Rep) competition held on Wednesday in Harare. BY KENNEDY
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Cape Town school slams fake 'extremely offensive, unacceptable' racist TikTok account using its name | News24
Table View High School in Cape Town has strongly condemned and distanced itself from a TikTok account, which was made using the school's name.
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Atlanta Press Club Confirms Sen. Loeffler & Rev. Warnock for Georgia Runoff Election Debates | The Savannah Tribune
The Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series is pleased to report that both Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Rev. Raphael Warnock have confirmed their participation in a debate airing live on Georgia Public Broadcasting on Sunday, Dec. 6 from 7 - 8 p.m. The Atlanta Press Club (APC) will host runoff
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63 new COVID-19 cases, no additional fatality
Jamaica on Thursday recorded 63 new COVID-19 cases, with ages ranging from seven to 87 years, pushing the total to 10,151 with 4,343 being active. Of the new cases, 30 are males and 33 are females. No new death was recorded, with the tally...
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Word on The Street
Compiled by Sydney Melson We asked Birmingham-area residents, What impact, if any, will COVID-19 have on your Thanksgiving? HEAVENLEE PAGAN: “COVID probably won’t have much of an impact on Thanksgiving. My family gatherings are generally pretty small, like me and my mom and my grandmother. We eat
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House Democrats back Pelosi for speaker in next Congress | The Atlanta Voice
House Democrats nominated Nancy Pelosi to serve as Speaker in the next session of Congress in leadership elections on Wednesday. A full House floor vote for the speakership will take place in January, and Pelosi is poised to remain in the top leadership post for House Democrats. Pelosi did not
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Black Don’t Crack, Unless Racism Is Involved: Study Finds Racial Discrimination Quickens Aging
Research confirms that stress from racism, particularly experienced early in life, can affect the mental and physical health disparities seen among Black Americans.
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Our Chicago: Voices of the Community with ABC 7 Chicago's Cheryl Burton, Explores Significance of the Election of Kamala Harris | Chicago Defender
ABC 7 Chicago, Chicago’s Number One station for news, will explore the significance of the historic election of Kamala Harris, the first female, Black and Asian woman to hold the office of Vice President-Elect of the United States.   The hour-long, virtual town hall, newly relaunched as OUR
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An agenda for racial and economic justice – Daytona Times
The 77 and a half million votes for President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris are the most ever cast for a presidential ticket, breaking the previous record set in 2008 for President Obama. In this election, as in 2008, Black voter turnout made the difference. They were not voting for
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'I’d Do It For Anybody': Oklahoma Police Officer Hospitalized After Running Through Flames to Rescue His Own Children In House Fire
An Oklahoma officer who sustained burns across his body in the process of rescuing his two children from a house fire last week was hospitalized but is
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Kenya: Nairobi Governor Sonko Falls Out of Favour With Kenyatta
[Nation] Once a darling of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko now seems to have been relegated to the periphery by the Head of State.
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Sen. Grassley, 87, says he tested positive for coronavirus - Black News Channel
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the longest-serving Republican senator and third in the line of presidential succession, said he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Grassley, 87, had announced earlier Tuesday that he was quarantining after
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Chicago Penguins Go to the Theater – The Wilmington Journal
CHICAGO- The 4D Theater in Chicago's Shedd Aquarium recently opened its doors to a trio of unusual visitors. Adult Magellanic penguins Dolores and Sparrow and youngster Sir Elio were allowed to waddle around its theater [...]
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Maryland Businessman Paid Fencing Coach $1.5 Million In Bribes to Secure Admission For His Sons To Harvard
By Victor Omondi Harvard University’s former fencing coach received more than $1.5 million in bribes from a Maryland businessman, including payments for a car and a house in the suburbs to get his sons admitted to the Ivy League school, according to federal prosecutors. On Monday, the two, Jie
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Why a new generation of Black farmers is getting into the business
There were only 45,500 Black farmers — roughly 1.3% of all US farmers — in the United States in 2017. That figure was much higher a century ago. But a new generation of young Black farmers is still getting into the business.
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday 19 November
Here are the biggest headlines for Thursday 19 November in South Africa, as we mark the middle of the week.
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Michigan Deputy Gets The Boot After Sharing Racist Photo Depicting Kamala Harris Watermelon Jack-O’-Lantern
Sherry Prose, a 25-year veteran of the Oakland County Sheriff's Office posted a racist photo on Facebook, which showed a trio of pumpkins and a watermelon labeled "Trump, Biden, Pence and Kamala. Happy Halloween."
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EXPLAINER: What's with the confusion over masks? - Black News Channel
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press A lot of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus comes down to a seemingly simple concept: Wearing a mask. But the issue has proven a thorny one. Health authorities have changed their guidance on who should wear masks and when to wear them. This has led to
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Killing of Black Teenager, Quawan “Bobby” Charles, was ‘Emmett Till-like Lynching’ - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Applications now open for MOE tablet/laptop voucher programme
The portal established by the Government for Jamaicans to apply for financial assistance to buy electronic devices for distance learning is now up and running. The Ministry of Education says the technical issues that delayed Tuesday’s launch...
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ATP Tour Finals: Nadal beats Tsitsipas to reach last four - Highlights [video]
Rafael Nadal, whose haul of 86 singles titles includes just one on indoor hard courts, is chasing the biggest prize missing from his resume at the eight-man elite event.
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Watch: Cape Town cops suspended after tipping man from wheelchair
Mayor Dan Plato has declared the conduct of two Cape Town police officers - who were filmed roughing-up a wheelchair user - as 'unacceptable'.
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Violence Erupts in Nation’s Capital During MAGA Rally
Thousands of white nationalists gathered with far-right militia groups on Freedom Plaza in D.C. on Saturday to vocalize their support of lame-duck President Donald Trump and help bolster his false claims that Democrats stole the 2020 election.
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Birmingham Promise gives City Schools grad promising future at UAB
By Alicia Rohan UAB News Students from all seven Birmingham City high schools make up the first Birmingham Promise class of freshmen at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The scholarship program provided 68 students with the opportunity to pursue their bachelor’s degree with a full-tuition
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Trump fires agency head who vouched for 2020 vote security
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump fired the nation’s top election security official, a widely respected member of his administration who had dared to refute the president’s unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud...
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Ben Jealous Says Politicians And Activists Need To Mobilize To Defend The Black Male Vote - Blavity
Ben Jealous, President of People For the American Way, joined Blavity on Election Day to discussion the Black vote.
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Nandlall sues Sharma, Bond over Facebook posts - Stabroek News
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has filed a more than $100M lawsuit against senior PNCR member James Bond and former APNU+AFC minister Jaipaul Sharma over what he said are libelous statements they made against him in relation to allegations over state land
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