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Jamaica: Mother, baby die hours apart - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Star) It has been a few days since Paulette Hinds tragically lost her daughter, 33-year-old Rose Marie Gayle, and her granddaughter. The article Jamaica: Mother, baby die hours apart appeared first on Stabroek News.
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COVID-19 control measures: Why patience is required
guest column:Johannes Marisa COVID-19 continues to take lives all over the world with many countries struggling to contain the spread of the virus. The beginning of January 2021 was a misery with increased morbidity and mortality. Our country experienced a sudden surge of difficult and complicated
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GWEN DERU CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY…THIS AND EVERY MONTH!! TODAY… **COMEDIAN RONNIE BULLARD at the StarDome Comedy Club. **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Get all the latest news. **WATCH LOTS OF MOVIES …after dinner and with the family and friends. Check out the Sundance Film Festival. FRIDAY… **LOVE
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Reward for missing Trinidad girl climbs to TT$500,000 - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) It has been seven days since court clerk, Andrea Bharatt, was last seen and the nation has united in a desperate search for her. The article Reward for missing Trinidad girl climbs to TT$500,000 appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Biden's pledge for global LGBTQ rights puts other nations on notice
President Joe Biden continues to fulfill his promise for equity. His latest memo supports global LGBTQ rights.The president also pledges... View Article The post President Biden's pledge for global LGBTQ rights puts other nations on notice appeared first on TheGrio.
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Blacks Traveling Farther Than Whites for Vaccinations: Study - The Washington Informer
African Americans are far likelier than whites to travel more than a mile from home to get a coronavirus vaccination, a new analysis found. The post Blacks Traveling Farther Than Whites for Vaccinations: Study appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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WDFA executive blames COVID-19 for zero movement in transfer window - Stabroek News
With the presence of COVID-19 resulting in the continued lockdown of the football season, West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) secretary Adrian Giddings confirmed that the association observed zero movement during the recently concluded January transfer
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Pandemic highlights many of the social, environmental problems our country faces
This is the final part of the series by our reporters on how they covered the news at the onset of the novel coronavirus last year.
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Woman shot five times in her US home
OREGON, United States (AP) - Police say a woman was shot five times while in bed at her north-east Portland home early Tuesday.A woman called Portland police around 3:15 am and said that she woke to gunfire coming into her bedroom, was shot and could not move.The woman's two dogs were inside the
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Trinidad safety technician shot dead - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of safety technician Matthew Scipio believe that the gunman who took his life mistook him for someone else. The article Trinidad safety technician shot dead appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Virus leads to first Mozambique curfew since civil war | News24
About two million Mozambicans in the epicentre of the country's coronavirus breakout will from Friday adhere to a curfew for the first time since the civil war ended in 1992, President Filipe Nyusi announced on Thursday.
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Sports Headlines Hot Off the Press - The Washington Informer
The NFL 101 Awards' NFC Coach of the Year honor is not unique for Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera, who will be handed the plaque for the third time on March 6. But few of his predecessors can say they achieved that title while battling
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Cameroon: Doping - André Onana Slammed 12-Month Ban
[Cameroon Tribune] The 24-year-old goalkeeper tested positive for the banned substance Furosemide, a diuretic, on October 30, according to Ajax.
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Black players protest after man who killed Tamir Rice revealed as teammate - TheGrio
Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was welcomed to... View Article The post Black players protest after man who killed Tamir Rice revealed as teammate appeared first on TheGrio.
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Civil servants unhappy with JUTC's plan to cut free rides
THE Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA) says it is disappointed with the decision taken by the Government to discontinue the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) ridership arrangement, which has benefited thousands of first responders since the start of the COVID-19 crisis last year.
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She Wins: Jennifer King Makes History as First NFL Black Female Assistant Coach | New Pittsburgh Courier
Washington D.C.’s Washington’s Football Team did the thing recently by naming Jennifer King their assistant running backs coach for the 2021-2022 football season, according to an article from Essence Magazine. This hire resonated all the more because it made King the first Black female assistant in
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Cop freed of murder in retrial
Police Corporal Vince Edwards was on Wednesday found not guilty of the 2009 killing of Tyrone Powell in a judge-alone murder retrial in the Home Circuit Court. The policeman was arrested and charged with murder following an incident in Cooreville...
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ZRP hunts for toddler abuser
BY WINSTONE ANTONIO POLICE have launched a manhunt for a woman who is seen in a video bashing her infant daughter following a marital dispute. In a tweet last night, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said they were appealing for information which would lead to the
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Stanford Study Shows Relationship Between Rise In Hate Crimes And Increase In HBCU Enrollment - Blavity
A new study at Stanford University has found a correlation between the increase in state-level hate crimes and enrollment of Black students at historically Black colleges and universities.
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White Ohio Police Officer Charged in Death of Unarmed Black Man
A white Ohio police officer has been charged with murder following the December shooting death of a 47-year-old Black man
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High school teen slammed to the ground by Florida cop now suffering memory loss, mother says - Face2Face Africa
The mother of a teenage Florida high school student who was captured being slammed onto a concrete ground by a school resource officer on January 26, has said her daughter is still reeling from the effects of the impact as she suffers headaches and memory loss. In the video of the incident which
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NFL’s 2021 Opportunity to Diversify Team Ownership - Houston Forward Times
As we approach the 55thNFL Super Bowl Sunday in Tampa, Florida amidst the continued national… The post NFL’s 2021 Opportunity to Diversify Team Ownership appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
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Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers - Black Voice News
Kevin Cool | California Healthline Four weeks after San Diego pediatric nurse Jennifer Minhas fell ill with covid-19 last March, her cough and fever had resolved, but new symptoms had emerged: chest pain, an elevated heart rate and crushing fatigue. Her primary care physician told
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Attorney Dan Crane, Raised the Middle of 10 Children, on Life Lessons and the Law
By Sydney Melson The Birmingham Times Growing up the middle child of 10 brothers and sisters gave Birmingham attorney Dan Crane a unique perspective. “I got to see how older children interacted; I knew what to expect in middle school and high school; and I always had someone to help me deal with
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Post-COVID-19 Recovery Can Be a Long and Winding Road
Chavez Adams, an otherwise healthy, 29-year-old lawyer, overcame a mild bout of COVID-19. Or so he thought. The post Post-COVID-19 Recovery Can Be a Long and Winding Road appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Keep eye on kids, cancer survivor warns parents
Rojette Williams was just 11 years old when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Had it not been for early screening, it might have gone undiagnosed for longer. Now a medical doctor, the 37-year-old cancer survivor is happy to be...
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Health workers in virus-hit Myanmar start anti-coup protests - Black News Channel
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Medical workers across Myanmar began a civil disobedience protest against Monday's coup, wearing red ribbons and declaring they won't work for the new military government. The army takeover that ousted the civilian government of Aung San
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City of Chicago Partners with Zocdoc to Streamline Chicagoans’ Access to COVID-19 Vaccines | Chicago Defender
The City of Chicago and Zocdoc, the leader in online healthcare scheduling, today announced a partnership where Zocdoc will serve as the City’s main platform for eligible Chicago residents to find and book COVID-19 vaccinations. Zocdoc will aggregate real-time appointment availability from select
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Court hears 'Beachy Stout' paid detective to plot murder of first wife
The Supreme Court this morning heard allegations that popular Portland businessman Everton 'Beachy Stout' McDonald paid a police detective to plan the killing of his first wife in 2009.
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'In a queue to die': SA's nurses work in fear and exhaustion | News24
Africa's worst-infected country may be over the peak of a deadly second wave of coronavirus, but a surge in patient numbers in recent weeks has left nurses drained.
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