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About 600 Trump supporters were caravanning on New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1, along the famed Rose Parade route on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. The iconic parade was canceled this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, though a television special aired. The Rose Bowl football game was moved
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305 New Year's Eve arrests in North West | News24
Altogether 305 residents of the North West Province spent the early hours of 2021 behind bars – the majority of them for contraventions of Lockdown regulations.
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Africa: New Year's Babies - Over 370,000 Children Will Be Born Worldwide On New Year's Day - Unicef
[Unicef] New York -- With the calendar flipping to 2021, UNICEF dedicates its 75th year to reimagining a better world for children.
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Ex-presidential aide’s sons in land rage
BY VANESSA GONYE FORMER Deputy Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Justin Mupamhanga’s sons have been taken to court for destroying at least eight hectares of a maize crop belonging to their neighbour, Soul Gomwe in a farm boundary dispute in Mashonaland Central
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Now is the time for unity – Yvette Clarke - Caribbean American congresswoman takes 8th Oath of Office at historic 117th US Congress
WASHINGTON (CMC): Caribbean American Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has taken her 8th Oath of Office at the start of the historic 117th United States Congress. “We ushered in the 117th Congress – the most diverse Congress in our nation’s history...
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It's a first: Soweto trauma ward left with 'zero patients' on 1 January [pics]
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Africa: When the World Unites to End Violence Against Women
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Our Voices: Black Voters Should See Themselves in Congressional Staff
By Dr. LaShonda Brenson As the new Congress prepares to take office and members of the U.S. House and Senate make key staff hires, it’s time for careful scrutiny of …
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South Africa: SA's Top Miscreants and Moegoes of 2020
[Daily Maverick] Could it really be that the year everyone wants to forget is also the year our roll of dishonour is longer than usual? Ben Trovato rounds up our fellow countrymen violating every law, commandment or tenet of basic human decency
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Webb Talks F.C. Career, Name Change in Final Interview - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The News-Press had one final interview with outgoing F.C. School Board member Lawrence Webb, where he talked about his time on the City Council as well as his role in the recent decision to change the names of two City schools.
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Atlanta City Council President Felicia A. Moore Releases Statement on Addressing Crime | Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta City Council President Felicia A. Moore Releases Statement on Addressing Crime Atlanta City Council President Felicia A. Moore released the following statement about addressing crime in the city of Atlanta: “The year 2020 is coming to an end; however, efforts to address its outcomes are far
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Pope Francis calls for peace in New Year message | Africanews
The painful events that marked humanity's journey last year, especially the pandemic, taught us how much it is necessary to take an interest in others' problems and to share their concerns," he said.
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Zimbabwe: President Orders Harare Audit
[The Herald] President Mnangagwa has ordered a forensic audit on Harare City Council to get to the bottom of deep-rooted corruption that has seen two mayors, many councillors and senior officials being arrested.
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REMEMBERING ‘COACH CY’ – Daytona Times
B-CU sports legend Jack ‘Cy’ McClairen is lauded as a great athlete, coach and father figure. BY ANDREAS BUTLER DAYTONA TIMES Jack “Cy” McClairen touched many lives, especially those he coached at Bethune-Cookman University. The sports legend, known in local circles as “Coach Cy,’’ died on Monday
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Manchester United could join Liverpool atop log with win against Villa
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Eligible Texans can't get answers about the COVID-19 vaccine. It's not clear who — if anyone — has them. | Dallas Weekly
On Dec. 22, Gov. Greg Abbott sat in a conference room at the Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin and rolled up his sleeve for the cameras. A nurse pricked a dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine into his left arm and state officials and hospital staff in the room applauded. Abbott then threw up
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Breakout star Lexi Underwood on her latest film and the power of Gen Z - TheGrio
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Good Black News Wishes You and Yours a Happy (and Healing) New Year
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South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine 'Not Only Weapon to End Pandemic'
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Kenya: Media Critical in Holding Kenya Together Through Responsible Reporting
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Rwanda: Kagame Hails Launch of Trading Under AfCFTA
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Mamelodi Sundowns to begin CAF campaign at home against Al Hilal
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Minneapolis police release bodycam footage of fatal shooting of Black man - TheGrio
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