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In an ongoing effort to help slow the spread of the virus, CVS Health June 25 expanded its COVID-19 testing program by announcing 13 additional test sites at select CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations across South
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By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus
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As a doctor, Ankrehah “Kre” Trimble Johnson was particularly saddened when 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington, a student at Huffman High School, was killed in
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You said you are a listening President, so listen …
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Kentucky’s Attorney General Under Fire After Photos of His Engagement Party Appear Online
David Cameron (pictured left) is the state of Kentucky’s first black Attorney General but thus far, he has not shown himself to be an ally of black
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Bryson Tiller Celebrates Getting His High School Diploma at Age 27
It’s often been said: You’re never too old to finish your education, which Bryson Tiller just showed, even to himself after saying once he’d never go back to
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Billionaire Robert Smith Calls On Corporations To Adopt His 2% ‘Reparative’ Plan For Black People
According to Forbes, Robert F. Smith believes that big banks and major companies should spend the next 10 years investing directly in technology, education, telecom, banking and healthcare infrastructures that support Black
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Miller Faces Lifetime Ban
After failing yet another drug test for performance enhancing substances, Big Baby Miller’s fight scheduled for July 9th against Jerry Forrest has officially been
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White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the
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Evelyn Lozada Talks Men In Her DMs, Some Younger Than Her 27-Year-Old Daughter: 'I Don't Take It Serious'
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16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man
“An estimated 23% of girls in Kenya are married before their 18th birthdays, the main reasons being gender inequality, poverty and traditional beliefs,” said Joshua Ole Kaputa, a children’s rights crusader and peace
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Dawn Dickson, the founder and CEO of smart vending retail company PopCom, is a serial entrepreneur well-known for raising capital through crowdfunding means. In 2019, she made history using the same fundraising route usually overlooked by Black entrepreneurs. Dickson became the first Black founder
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Former JDF soldiers offer solution to parking woes
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No budgetary support for Zim yet: EU
EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen, speaking in an interview with the Alpha Media Holdings-owned Heart and Soul TV yesterday said Zimbabwe was still failing to break from her past of corruption, human rights abuses and fiscal
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#TakeBackEssence: Richelieu Dennis Steps Down As CEO Of Essence Communications
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Court nullifies Chief Mvuthu’s nomination
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva has nullified the nomination of Saunders Mlotshwa as substantive Chief Mvuthu of Hwange district, saying it is unlawful, null and
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100 retail operators nabbed for not accepting Zim dollar, bond notes
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‘Will You Adopt Me?’: Young Man Makes Tearful Request to Stepfather In Viral Video
On Father’s Day, in a now-viral video, a 17-year-old from Suffolk, Virginia, named Keon Wiggins-Saunders held back tears as he shakily read his letter to Donzell Powell, the man who stepped up as Keon’s father since he was 1 and married his mother, Keona, when he was
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Joy Reid is the First Black Woman in U.S. TV History to Host a Prime-Time Cable News Show
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