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Kelvin King, the owner of an Atlanta construction company, is the first Republican that has formally filed paperwork to run against incumbent Senator Reverend Raphael G. Warnock for United States Senate. The news was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. King is one of former
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BY TATENDA SQUARE THE main opposition MDC Alliance has blasted government for its decision to price passport fees in United States dollars at a time when workers in the country earn measly amounts in local currency. MDC Alliance secretary for home affairs, Rittah Ndlovu, in a statement
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Indian Hotel Chain Oyo Gets Reprieve Against Insolvency Proceedings – The Wilmington Journal
PUNE, India — SoftBank-backed Oyo Rooms, which claims to be the world’s second-largest hotel chain, has managed to save its subsidiary Oyo Hotels and Homes Pvt Ltd from insolvency proceedings, for now. Rakesh Yadav, the owner of [...]
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Man wrongfully imprisoned for 44 years gets $750k settlement but says it's not enough - Face2Face Africa
A Black North Carolina man who was accused of raping a White woman and ended up spending 44 years in prison in a case of wrongful incarceration has registered his displeasure with a $750,000 compensation from the state that covers only 15 years of his time behind bars. According to USA
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National Guard deployed in Minneapolis after fatal police shooting of Daunte Wright - The New York Beacon
The National Guard was deployed in Minneapolis ashundreds of people looted and riotedinto the early hours Monday after a black man was shot dead while trying to flee arrest just 10 miles from where George Floyd died. Police officers in riot gear fire tear gas
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Partial Ban On No-Knock Warrants Signed Into Kentucky Law After Bipartisan Compromise
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Belly ft. Benny The Butcher “Money On The Table,” Kevin Gates “Cartel Swag” & More | Daily Visuals 4.12.21
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Trump turns down meeting with Gaetz amid investigation: report
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has reportedly been denied a meeting with former President Donald Trump amid a sex trafficking probe... View Article The post Trump turns down meeting with Gaetz amid investigation: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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‘Why Am I Being Treated Like This?’: Virginia Police Draw Guns, Pepper Spray Black Lieutenant During Traffic Stop
Lt. Caron Nazario recently filed a lawsuit, claiming his constitutional rights were violated during a Dec. 20 traffic stop in Windsor, Virginia.
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Maryland General Assembly 2021: GOP stealthily push for mandatory minimums, advocates argue | BlackPressUSA
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Masks disrupt connections for hearing-loss patients | Afro
By Diane Bernard, Maryland News Connection ANNAPOLIS, Md. - About 48 million Americans have hearing loss, and many are struggling in the pandemic because of mask-wearing. Dr. Carrie Nieman, assistant professor for the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Heath at Johns Hopkins University in
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Michelle Obama is Inspiration For Teen NAACP Image Award Nominee's Film - BNC
By Nadine Matthews Special to the AFRO Fourteen year-old Los Angeles native Kalia Love Jones says she has always been a fan of former First Lady Michelle Obama. In an interview via email with the AFRO she stated, “[Michelle Obama] had been the first lady for the majority of my lifetime, so seeing
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Texas Republicans: Proposed voting restrictions are color blind - DefenderNetwork.com
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Mayor Lightfoot and Walgreens Join Forces with the Chicago Faith Community for COVID-19 Vaccinations. | Chicago Defender
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot joined Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Rosalind Brewer at the JLM Abundant Life Center on the city’s Near West Side to kick off the City of Chicago’s COVID-19 Vaccine Faith Initiative. Over the next three weeks, more than 10,000 Chicagoans from more than 70 different houses of
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Virginia Police Officer Fired After Pepper-Spraying & Pointing Gun At Black Army Officer
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President on Reparations: "…There Should Be a Discussion About Redress" | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As federal lawmakers ponder H.R. 40, legislation led by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) that forms a commission to study reparations, some U.S. municipalities have moved to address systemic racism and forms of redress to African Americans.
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