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Bryan Waives Graduation Fees for 2021 Graduates of Public High Schools
Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. announced Tuesday he is waiving graduation fees for students graduating from the territory’s public high schools this year as COVID-19 health protocols have prevented traditional graduation ceremonies.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
STX 4th Grader Armani Harvey Wins Spot in Doodle for Google Contest
Armani Harvey, a fourth grader at Pearl B. Larsen PreK-8 School, has been named the U.S. Virgin islands winner in the 13th annual Doodle for Google competition. And everyone in the V.I can help him make it to the finals by voting online.
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Source: St. Croix Source | online all the time since 1999
Sixty-six-year-old succumbs to COVID-19 - Barbados Today
Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffery Bostic has confirmed that a sixty-six-year-old woman has succumbed to COVID-19. The minister also confirmed a secondary school student tested positive for COVID-19. Read the full story tonight’s Epaper.     Read our ePaper. Fast. Factual. Free. Sign up
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BSTU concerned about students not observing COVID-19 rules - Barbados Today
While a COVID-19 case is being investigated at the Princess Margaret Secondary School, the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union (BSTU) is concerned about a lack of conformity to safety protocols by some students who are not wearing masks and practising physical distancing. In addition, a statement
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Senators Praise Dowe While Raising Concerns About Port Authority
Senators were unanimous Monday in voicing praise for Carlton Dowe, the executive director of the Virgin Islands Port Authority, while at the same time raising concern about a variety of issues.
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Anchoring destroyed our reefs; did we learn anything? - Barbados Today
By Robin Mahon At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Barbados gave several cruise ships permission to anchor off Barbados. In extending this helping hand, mistakes were made that have cost Barbados dearly. The anchoring has destroyed extensive areas of live coral reef on the South and
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New DPD Space Will Honor Benny Napoleon | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
After Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon's COVID-19-related death rocked the community and beyond last year, the City of Detroit is making sure his name is not forgotten in a special way. Napoleon, who previously served as Detroit Police Chief and overseeing the gang squad, will have a new
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EPA Attempts to Clarify Air-Quality Monitoring Confusion
As reports of noxious odors and health effects at the west end of St. Croix entered a second week, the V.I. government, Limetree Bay refinery, and the Environmental Protection Agency each began conducting hunts to find out the cause.
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Road closure of Holetown from Rubis Service Station to the junction of Highway C and Highway 1 - Barbados Today
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Water Resources has advised that the section in Holetown from Rubis Service Station to the junction of Highway C and Highway 1 will be closed from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., from tomorrow, Wednesday, May 12, to Friday, May 14.  This forms part of the ongoing road
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Governor Signs Bill Welcoming Retired Teachers Back To Classroom | The Oklahoma Eagle
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire More of Oklahoma’s retired teachers can return to the classroom following the signing of Senate Bill 267 Monday. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education Chair and Education Committee Vice Chair, Sen. Dewayne Pemberton, R-Muskogee, is the author of the bill to
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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle
Senators Praise Dowe While Raising Concerns About Port Authority
Senators were unanimous Monday in voicing praise for Carlton Dowe, the executive director of the Virgin Islands Port Authority, while at the same time raising concern about a variety of issues.
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John Lewis Voter Advancement Day of Action Votercade - Texas Metro News
Hands off Our Vote! Defeat Voter Suppression By Texas Metro News Team Developing Story: As hundreds gathered at Dallas City Hall today to kick off the John Lewis Voter Advancement Day of Action Votercade, Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III of Friendship-West Baptist Church decried voter suppression
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IMF to inject $48 million, warns of ‘modest’ recovery - Barbados Today
Barbados is in line to receive $48 million (US$24 million) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in another month or so, the  Washington based financial institution said today. But the injection comes as the IMF warns that risks to the economy remained elevated, economic growth depended
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‘Stop The Madness’: Activists Respond to Gun Violence in Jeffco | BlackPressUSA
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES - “I want to tell the community you need to put the guns down and pick up the Word of God,” she said. “I am so tired of this going on. . . not just in Fairfield but Birmingham and Bessemer and I have gone all around doing vigils and funerals and my heart goes out to a lot of
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Lottery fully engaged in COVID-19 battle - Barbados Today
The Barbados Lottery has reaffirmed its commitment to help protect Barbadians from the deadly COVID-19 virus with recent donations of PPEs and sanitisation products to fifteen organizations including service, educational and youth-based institutions across the island. The targeted series of
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OIG Report Says CPD Search Warrants Disproportionately Targeted Black Residents | The Crusader Newspaper Group
NBC 5 Chicago A new interim report by the city of Chicago’s Office of the Inspector General says that Chicago Police Department search warrants disproportionately targeted people of color. The report, which examined search warrants issued and executed between 2017 and 2020, found that Black men
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
Recipients of guaranteed income called by Mayor Prince | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Patrick Forrest Gary Mayor Jerome Prince made a number of phone calls to those who were selected to receive the assistance from the Guaranteed Income Validation Effort (GIVE) program. In his original announcement, Prince noted statistics that show nearly 40 percent of Americans cannot afford
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
CZMU undertaking work on Richard Haynes Boardwalk - Barbados Today
Members of the public are asked to note that the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU) will be carrying out repair work on a section of the Richard Haynes Boardwalk from tomorrow, Tuesday, May 11.  The work involves the replacement of boards in the lower section of the boardwalk opposite KPMG, and
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Source: Barbados Today - News You Can Trust.
Darren Green Jr.'s family wants Illinois state trooper charged with murder in Harvey traffic stop | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Jesse Kirsch, ABC7 Chicago The family of a man shot and killed during a traffic stop is calling for murder charges against one of the Illinois State Police troopers involved in the 2020 incident. Nearly seven months after the Harvey traffic stop turned deadly, the family of Darren
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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group
College Possible Celebrates its High School and College Graduates | The Madison Times
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Sometimes, first-generation students feel a certain pressure to do well academically. While Bawi Kil Dawt Nun Par certainly feels that pressure, her educational aspirations are as much for her as they are for her parents. “Going to college and finishing my education has always
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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
High School Basketball Stars TaKiya Howard, Ty Johnson Injured In West Englewood Shooting | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By CBS 2 Chicago Two standout high school basketball players were shot overnight in Chicago. High school basketball stars, both so talented, they already signed to play college ball. But right now, they’re recovering after being shot. DePaul College Prep High School and Loyola commit Ty Johnson and
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Tourism minister says safe reopening job number one - Barbados Today
Barbados prepares to welcome visitors under new COVID-19 vaccination protocols from Saturday with tourism authorities saying the safe reopening of the hotel and hospitality sectors is a priority and sobered by a new development in the island’s largest source market. Minister of Tourism Senator
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Bradshaw: Parents should encourage children to take health protocols seriously - Barbados Today
With public health officials giving the all clear to St George Primary School and Princess Margaret Secondary School after the Ministry of Health investigated COVID-19 exposures, Minister of Education Santia Bradshaw is imploring parents to use these cases as a cautionary tale to their
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Joseph Hatchett, first Black Florida Supreme Court Justice, dies at 88 | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Clearwater native’s pioneering legal career took him to Florida’s highest court and the federal judiciary. By Howard Cohen, Tampa Bay Times When a young Joseph W. Hatchett took the Florida Bar exam in 1960, he could not stay in the Miami hotel in which the test was given because of Jim Crow
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Black Man Shot By Deputy After Phone Mistaken For Gun: Attorney | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Isaiah Brown was on the phone with 911 dispatch for help resolving a domestic dispute when he was shot, according to newly released audio of his call. By Nina Golgowski, HuffPost A Northern Virginia man was on a cordless phone with 911 dispatch last week when he was shot in a street by
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They’re Alive! Drive-Thru Dinosaur Exhibit Arrives at the Wisconsin State Fair Park | The Madison Times
By Hayley Crandall Triceratops, Spinosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex… Oh, my! These prehistoric creatures and others landed earlier this week at the Wisconsin State Fair Park for Dino Safari, a drive-thru dinosaur adventure. Produced by Imagine Exhibitions, Dino Safari displays over 40 dinosaurs that
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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper
Four ex-cops indicted on US civil rights charges in George Floyd death - Barbados Today
SOURCE - AP- A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis cops involved in George Floyd's arrest and death, accusing them of willfully violating the Black man's constitutional rights as he was restrained face-down on the pavement and gasping for air. A three-count indictment
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Executives with Regions Bank and the PGA TOUR Discuss Equity and Community Engagement at the Regions Tradition
By Evelyn Mitchell Doing More Today The Regions Tradition, a PGA TOUR Champions major sponsored by Regions Bank, brings players, fans, and businesses together for five days of golf benefitting Children’s of Alabama and a variety of other local charities. The tournament also brings together two
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YES and Prison Fellowship Barbados team up to keep young offenders out of prison - Barbados Today
A stronger restorative justice system would minimize the numbers of offenders going to jail for petty crimes,  Minister of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment Dwight Sutherland suggested Friday. Speaking at the handing over of equipment to the Prison Fellowship of Barbados at the
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Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law - TheGrio
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law on Monday, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain... View Article The post Oklahoma governor signs 3 anti-abortion bills into law appeared first on TheGrio.
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