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Trump cancels Republican convention activities in Jacksonville | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Republicans have scrapped plans to hold convention activities in Jacksonville, Florida. The move is a striking turnaround for Trump, who moved the convention to Jacksonville after North Carolina's governor raised public health concerns about having
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East Africa, World Leaders Mourn Mkapa
[East African] Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta led regional and world leaders in mourning former Tanzanian president Benjamin William Mkapa, who passed on on Friday morning at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.
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Kenya coronavirus: 16,268 cases; govt spox tests positive | Africanews
Kenya continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with cases steadily rising each day. Government have locked down a handful of counties including the capital Nairobi and imposed a night-time curfew as part of containment
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Rep. Jim Clyburn To Introduce Legislation To Rename Voting Rights Bill After John Lewis
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Trump and Carson’s attack on Fair Housing racially motivated | New Pittsburgh Courier
Trump and Carson’s Latest Attack on Fair Housing Racially Motivated and Unlawful President Donald Trump and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson announced without following a required notice … Continued
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Bulawayo residents resist renaming of streets after ED
BY NQOBANI NDLOVU BULAWAYO residents have objected to the renaming of city streets after President Emmerson Mnangagwa, court papers filed at the High Court have revealed. Local Government minister July Moyo recently issued a Statutory Instrument (SI) 167/20 notice announcing the renaming of streets
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Budget Changes Rules In The Middle Of The Game — The Sacramento Observer
OPINION - Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Los Angeles) and Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) recently struck a deal that would hurt thousands of California’s Black and Latino children. The deal involves SB 98, a trailer bill to the state budget that
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Political upheaval must eventually call for lasting political change
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Gives a Green Light to Predatory Payday Lenders - Voice and Viewpoint
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Stranded boxers return from Cuba - Stabroek News
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Mali opposition dogged with demands despite ECOWAS mediation | Africanews
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Barack Obama Kicks Off the Premiere of 'The Michelle Obama Podcast'
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Trump Takes Shots At Obama Over Ad Showing Sit-down With Biden
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Charlamagne Tha God Blasts Joe Biden for Calling Donald Trump the First Racist President, Biden Adviser Quickly Sets Record Straight
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Black And Mexican Couple Suffer Racist 'White Lives Matter' Street Encounter In Viral Video
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US Senate primary in Tennessee pits Trump's candidate against conservative insurgency - L.A. Focus Newspaper
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Closing schools 'regrettable and unjustifiable', says SA Human Rights Commission | News24
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IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Civil Rights Icon C.T. Vivian Dies at 95 – Dallas Post Tribune
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PPC Zimbabwe Sales and Marketing Manager Nkosana Mapuma (Blue Suit) handing over the 90 tonnes of SURECEM cement to the Cyclone Idai Victims Housing Project.
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Guest column: Wake-up call | Atlanta Daily World
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South Africa crosses 400,000 mark; schools closed amid virus 'storm' | Africanews
South Africa has become a COVID-19 model for the continent in many ways since it confirmed its index case on 5th March, 2020. From the area of testing through to record number of recoveries, South Africa has been praised for pro-activeness in combating the
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Pro-Trump Group Returns Donation From White Nationalist After Media Inquiry : NPR
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LeBron James joins push to turn out ex-felon vote in Florida | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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‘ED ignoring silent genocide at public hospitals’
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Faculty group at UK seeks name change to Rupp Arena - African American News Today - EIN News
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SJSU outlines action steps to address systemic racism, policing among others issues on campus - African American News Today - EIN News
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