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Lawmakers Aim To End ‘Boyfriend Loophole,’ Keep Guns From Abusers

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) introduced the Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act on Tuesday morning.

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Harry H. Rogers was arrested on several charges, including assault and battery, after driving through a crowd of anti-racism protesters.

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Coronavirus in Africa: 251,408 cases; 6,763 deaths; 114,212 recoveries | Africanews

There are now more than over 190,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Arrested! ‘Karen’ Charged After Video Shows White Woman Spitting On Black Teen Protester

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COMMENTARY: Wear Your Armor | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — How do we put on spiritual armor? We do so by daily absorbing scripture as truth, living in obedience to God, sharing the gospel and trusting Christ. That’s how to put armor on, study the Word, live according to biblical principles and believe that we live in a place infused with

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Bonnie Pointer, Co-Founder Of Pointer Sisters, Dead At 69

In 1969, she convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Grammy-winning Pointer Sisters.

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Algeria starts phased reopening after virus lockdown | Africanews

Algeria is easing lockdown restrictions over the novel coronavirus. The government issued directives that will see the North African country have a progressive reopening in the coming

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Celebrities Irrelevant During Coronavirus? - Black Millennials

During the recent global pandemic, a lot of celebrities have decided to speak up and use their popularity to speak on the subject of the coronavirus. Some of them have provided good messages to give people hope, while others have completely missed the mark, and appear to be completely out of touch

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Lesotho's former first lady back in custody over murder of rival | Africanews

The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with the murder of her husband’s first wife, returned to prison on Wednesday after the court annulled her judicial review, an AFP journalist

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June 25: Opposition celebrates unofficial Chakwera victory

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NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blacks in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic. Although African Americans only compose 6 percent of the population in the state of California, Blacks comprise 10.6 percent of the COVID-19 deaths. This has been attributed to the fact that a number of

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'Food Apartheid In This Country Didn’t Just Happen. It Happened By Design.'

Renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson, who has pivoted to help his community, speaks about the current state of the food industry and the status of African Americans.

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Jeff Bezos Roasts All Lives Matter Advocate: Youre The Kind Of Customer Im Happy To Lose

Jeff Bezos Roasts All Lives Matter Advocate: You're The Kind Of Customer I'm Happy To Lose

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Social Media Hoax Falsely Claimed Porn Site Planned Only Ebony Videos To Show Solidarity With Black Community

The list of unexpected allies stepping up for Black lives just grew a little bigger this weekend after one of the top online porn sites reportedly had a unique way of announcing that it was down for the cause.

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Malawi's opposition chief now president: Lazarus Chakwera [Profile] | Africanews

Lazarus Chakwera is the latest addition to the list of African opposition figures that have unseated incumbent presidents. He was on June 27 declared winner of Malawi’s presidential election

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Botswana coronavirus: final 'day of prayer' amid health protocol campaign | Africanews

Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict

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Outrage over reported death of Cameroonian journalist Wazizi | Africanews

Journalists in Cameroon have taken to the streets of Buea in the South west region to protest and demand an account of their missing colleague, Samuel Wazizi, after local media reported he had died in military

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Michael Jordan Explains Why He Decided To Commit 2,000,000 Virgils To The Black Community

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‘You won’t say Black Lives Matter’: CBS host grills Mike Pence after he says ‘unborn’ lives matter - African American News Today - EIN News

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Bicycle to the 'economic rescue' of man in Kenya [Morning Call] | Africanews

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UNITE Pinellas on tracking COVID-19 in the black community

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London, Bristol bustle with 'Black Lives Matter' protests | Africanews

The United Kingdom has become a protest center in recent days. The protests are an offshoot of the anti-racism demonstrations that kicked off in the United States following the death of George Floyd in

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Cameroon accused of treating coronavirus lightly | Africanews

Measures to combat the novel coronavirus in Cameroon are triggering an avalanche of criticism in one of the countries most affected by the pandemic in sub-Saharan

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Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory About Buffalo Protester - Black News Channel

By JILL COLVIN and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press/ BNC Contributer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ignited fresh controversy over his hard-line law and order push Tuesday by peddling yet another unfounded conspiracy theory, this time trying to raise suspicions about a 75-year-old

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Cameroonian journalist dies in detention | Africanews

Cameroonian journalist Samuel Wazizi, who was arrested in August 2019 for criticising Yaoundé‘s handling of Cameroon’s anglophone crisis, has died in detention, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said, calling on the authorities to shed full light on the circumstances of his

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NBA 2K20 Joins Protest Support With Free In-Game #BlackLivesMatter & I Cant Breathe Shirts

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