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Petula Clark shocked that 'Downtown' played before bombing - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Petula Clark expressed shock and disbelief that her 1964 hit 'Downtown' was aired just minutes before a bomb detonated in Nashville on Christmas morning. 'I was told that the music in the background of that strange announcement — was me
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Nashville bombing spotlights vulnerable voice, data networks - Black News Channel
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications. The blast seriously damaged a key
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Shutdown, impeachment, virus: Chaotic Congress winds down - Black News Channel
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is ending a chaotic session, a two-year political firestorm that started with the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, was riven by impeachment and a pandemic, and now closes with a rare rebuff by Republicans
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Japan declares emergency for Tokyo area as cases spike - Black News Channel
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and three nearby areas on Thursday as coronavirus cases continue to surge, hitting a daily record of 2,447 in the capital. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga issued the declaration at the government task force
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Trump supporters storm US Capitol, lawmakers evacuated - Black News Channel
By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday and forced lawmakers into hiding, in a stunning attempt to overturn America's presidential election, undercut the
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These Officials Are Calling For Trump To Be Removed From Office Immediately
Noting how President Trump's behavior contributed to the attack on the U.S. Capitol, several Democratic members of congress are asking that he be removed from office effective immediately. Speaker Nancy
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Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant - Black News Channel
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer New research suggests that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine can protect against a mutation found in two highly contagious variants of the coronavirus that erupted in Britain and South Africa. Those variants are causing global concern. They both share a common mutation
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Religious leaders worldwide, across faiths who died in 2020 - Black News Channel
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Catholic priest who for decades had been one of the Vatican's top experts on the Latin language died on Christmas Day at a nursing home in Milwaukee. A United Methodist Church bishop in the West African nation of Sierra Leone died in a traffic
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Senate race thrusts 'Black America's church' into spotlight - Black News Channel
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans' fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon. It took a high-stakes Senate
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It's lockdown No. 3 for England, at least six weeks at home - Black News Channel
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — England is entering a third national lockdown that will last at least six weeks, as authorities struggle to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals around the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a tough new
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(BPRW) Oprah Winfrey to Host Virtual Town Hall to Encourage Georgia Voters on the Eve of Runoff Elections | Press releases
(BPRW) Oprah Winfrey to Host Virtual Town Hall to Encourage Georgia Voters on the Eve of Runoff Elections Atlanta's own Helen Butler, Stacey Abrams, Crystal Fox, and Congresswoman Nikema Williams…
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Brazil scrambles to approve virus vaccine as pressure mounts - Black News Channel
By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil, a nation proud of its role as a regional leader in science, technology and medicine, finds itself falling behind its neighbors in the global race for immunization against a pandemic that has already killed nearly
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In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic - Black News Channel
By FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — From his newsstand at the bottom of two hilly streets in Rome, Armando Alviti has been dispensing newspapers, magazines and good cheer to locals from before dawn till after dusk nearly every day for more than a half-century. 'Ciao, Armando,' his
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U.S. tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for 1st time - Black News Channel
By EUGENE GARCIA, LISA MARIE PANE and THALIA BEATY Associated Press ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. has topped 4,000 daily deaths from the coronavirus for the first time, breaking a record set just one day earlier, with the surge being driven in several Sun Belt states that experienced spikes over
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For nurses, California's virus outbreak has a personal toll - Black News Channel
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — For Caroline Brandenburger, the coronavirus outbreak that has overwhelmed California hospitals comes with a very personal toll. 'Just today we had two deaths on this unit. And that's pretty much the norm,' said Brandenburger, who works on
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Limited Supply of COVID-19 Vaccine is Now Available to Select Groups in the Public Across Louisiana | BlackPressUSA
NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE — As more vaccines become available from the CDC, more individuals and groups will be offered a vaccination, according to information provided by the state of Louisiana Health Department.
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday 5 January
In the latest news in South Africa on Tuesday 5 January 2021, there's instant justice at the home of alleged drug kingpin 'Teddy Mafia'.
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(BPRW) January is Get Organized Month | Press releases
(BPRW) January is Get Organized Month (Black PR Wire) Did you know that there is a whole month dedicated to getting organized? January is recognized as Get Organized Month.  …
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The Latest: Education head DeVos quits, cites Trump rhetoric - Black News Channel
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the fallout of the storming of the Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump loyalists (all times local): 9:05 p.m. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. In a resignation letter
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Marcus Rashford praises government's decision to continue providing free school meals during coronavirus lockdown - Voice Online
MARCUS RASHFORD has praised the announcement by the government that pupils will continue to receive... The post Marcus Rashford praises government's decision to continue providing free school meals during coronavirus lockdown appeared first on Voice Online.
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Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. But the department's playbook this year includes an
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump's made-up claims of fake Georgia votes - Black News Channel
By HOPE YEN, JEFF AMY and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press President Donald Trump put forth a dizzying array of fuzzy accounting and outright false claims in an extraordinary phone call to Georgia's secretary of state seeking a reversal of his election defeat, fabricating a slew of votes that he
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Asian stocks rise after Wall Street hits new high - Black News Channel
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Monday on 2021's first trading day, boosted by optimism about the rollout of coronavirus vaccines after Wall Street ended the year on a new high. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul and Sydney advanced. Tokyo
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LA, Congress take divergent paths after COVID test warning - Black News Channel
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation's second-largest city said it will keep using a coronavirus test that federal regulators warned may produce false results while Congress, which has used the same test, is seeking an alternative. The different
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California bypasses tough nurse care rules amid COVID surge - Black News Channel
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nerissa Black was already having a hard time tending to four COVID-19 patients who need constant heart monitoring. But because of staffing shortages affecting hospitals throughout California, her workload recently increased to six people
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'Only in America': Warnock's rise from poverty to US senator - Black News Channel
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Rev. Raphael Warnock's roots showed little promise of a future that led to the U.S. Senate. He grew up in Savannah in the Kayton Homes public housing project, the second youngest of 12 children. His mother as a teenager had worked as
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Decision day in Georgia with Senate majority at stake - Black News Channel
By STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe Biden's capacity to enact what may be the most progressive governing
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China fines 3 online vendors for misreported prices, sales - Black News Channel
By Associated Press Undefined BEIJING (AP) — China's market regulator on Thursday fined JD.com Inc., a unit of Alibaba Group and a third e-commerce outlet on charges of misreporting prices and other offenses amid a campaign to tighten official control over the booming industry. The ruling Communist
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 8 January
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EU rejects criticism for slow vaccine rollout across bloc - Black News Channel
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission defended its coronavirus vaccination strategy Monday amid growing criticism in member states about the slow rollout of COVID-19 shots across the region of 450 million inhabitants. Vaccinations programs in the 27
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