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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Keenan Scott II's play 'Thoughts of a Colored Man,' a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men, is heading to the bright lights of Broadway. The play will be given a Shubert theater and will open whenever Broadway restarts. It will be directed by Steve H. Broadnax III. Both playwright and director are Black and will be making their Broadway debuts. 'Thoughts of a Colored Man' is made up of related vignettes and set over the course of a single day in Brooklyn, where seven Black […]
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Nationwide protests have taken place since October 7 despite the disbanding of the controversial Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) police unit.
The demonstrators have been accused of attacking police stations and personnel.
The rallies which are mostly attended by young people have become avenues to vent against corruption and unemployment.
Rights groups say at least 15 people have been killed the demonstrations began in early October.
The University of California will sue the federal government over new visa guidelines that would force international students to leave the United States if they are enrolled in a college or academic program that only offers courses online, university officials said Wednesday. California’s international students had reacted with confusion and dismay after Immigrations and Customs []
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You saved lives.
That's the finding of a study published Monday in the journal \"The Lancet: Infectious Diseases,\" which used mobile phone data to track how people behaved between January 1 and April 20, a time before widespread calls by state and local officials to stay at home.
The study found that individual decisions to stay put in homes, except for necessary outings for food and medical supplies, likely helped slow the spread of coronavirus before state or local stay-at-home orders were implemented by government officials.
Fast spread slowed by individual behavior
Within four months of Covid-19 first being reported in the US, the disease had spread to every state and to more than 90% of all counties.
The study found that social distancing measures and the slowdown of coronavirus were primarily driven by changes in individual behavior and local regulations, noting that state and federal regulations were implemented either too late or not at all.
In all 25 counties evaluated in the study, individuals moved around less six to 29 days before statewide stay-at-home orders were implemented.
In 21 counties, cell phone data found mobility slowed on an individual level even before local stay-at-home orders were in place, according to study author Lauren Gardner, an associate professor in the department of civil and systems engineering at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering.
Is using cell phone data a good way to track behavior?
They are a \"pretty good indicator of travel patterns because phones are often carried around by the person in question,\" Flavio Toxvaerd, a lecturer in economics at the Interdisciplinary Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, said in an email.
\"In any case, the results chime with those found using other data, such as transaction data from credit cards,\" said Toxvaerd, who was not involved in the study.
From late January to mid-April, the study found people reduced their daily movements by varying amounts: In New York City, people reduced their normal activity by 35%; while people in Houston's Harris County reduced their activity by 63% of what was typical.
The study found it took about nine to 12 days, on average, for the effects to begin showing in infection rates, which is somewhat consistent with the 5 to 14 day incubation period of the virus.
Gardner's team said the strong connection between social distancing and decreased transmission rates means that a return to normal mobility around the country creates a significant risk of increased infections -- one that will likely not be apparent for up to three weeks after people begin resuming their normal activity.
\"Indeed, information here is key,\" Toxvaerd said. \"You cannot react to changes in infection risks if you don't know what they are.
\"There are those for which information may not change behavior,\" he added. \"For those people, we may have to provide incentives for desirable social distancing behavior, for example through fin
There is mixed reaction from parents who are trying to decide whether to send their children back to campus when the 2020 fall semester returns. Is it safe? What are the Plan As and Plan Bs for exposure? There are no guarantees. In this phase one of dealing with the coronavirus and COVID-19, is it too soon to send students back to the classroom?
Bars are required to close in Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, San Joaquin and Tulare counties — which have been on the state’s watch list for more than two weeks — and recommended to close in Contra Costa, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Stanislaus and Ventura counties, which have been on the watch list for at least three days.
However, Santa Clara County, which has had some of the tightest restrictions in the state, plans to reopen more businesses and activities this week.
CalMatters’ Jackie Botts evaluates whether the “first-in-the-nation” programs Newsom introduced at a rapid-fire pace — including expanded unemployment assistance, money for families whose kids were missing out on school lunches, free restaurant meals for seniors, aid for undocumented immigrants, and hotel rooms for homeless Californians — have lived up to the governor’s promises or fallen short.
Newsom will not lead California’s Democratic delegation to the party’s convention in August to choose a presidential and vice-presidential nominee — though governors typically lead their state’s delegates, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Instead, U.S. Reps. Ro Khanna of Fremont and Barbara Lee of Oakland will co-chair the delegation along with Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis, California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks announced Saturday.
1. Young Black Voters Led Support for Joe Biden What You Need To Know: Latest research regarding the youth vote nationwide shows a 25% advantage by Joe Biden in last week’s election, 61% for the Democrat to 36% for Donald Trump. But according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, […]
Senior Services’ Home Care department is dedicated to providing quality, professional, and compassionate care to older adults who experience difficulty addressing the activities of daily life – such as bathing, dressing, eating, and preparing meals, and who need assistance to remain in their homes, living independently, with dignity and purpose. Pam Williams has been a part of Senior Services’ Home Care team, delivering that type of special care for the past 20 years.
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On Thursday, President Cyril Ramaphosa identified three key tests that need to be met before the cigarette ban can be lifted in South Africa.
Krystal Tomlinson turned down a number of opportunities to become the People’s National Party’s (PNP) standard-bearer in various constituencies before finally saying yes to her home turf, St Andrew West Rural. The former Miss Jamaica Festival Queen...
The Hyde community currently sits in the Trelawny Northern constituency, which is represented by Victor Wright of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP), but a recent change of the electoral boundaries will see the area forming part of the Trelawny Southern constituency, which is represented by the ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP's) Marissa Dalrymple Philibert.
Dalrymple Philibert showed up with her supporters, along with the JLP councillor for the Sherwood Content Division, Dunstan Harper, while Wright was accompanied by Opposition spokesman for works, Mikhail Phillips, PNP councillor for Martha Brae Division Phillip Service, and other party supporters.
“I, as Member of Parliament [for Trelawny Southern], was awarded the work on the road to be done... Mr Wright, who is the Member of Parliament for [Trelawny Northern] and who I am proud to say he is from South Trelawny, he knows how I operate in South.
However, Dalrymple Philibert, who said she had been invited to visit the project by the contractor, countered that Wright only showed up because he had been informed that the grateful constituents are attributing the road repairs to the JLP.
“That Mr Wright has chosen to come now is because it has filtered to his ears that the people are thankful that a Jamaica Labour Party Government is fixing the roads after 30 years,” Dalrymple Philibert said.
