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Citi has brought on a former Wells Fargo executive as the new leader of its Global Operations and Fraud Prevention team
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US consumer spending up 8.2%, partly erasing record plunge - Black News Channel
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The American consumer increased spending by a record 8.2% in May, partly erasing record plunges the previous two months, against the backdrop of an economy thats likely shrinking by its steepest pace on record this quarter. Last months
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NBA, Players Sign Off on Final Terms for Restarted Season - Black News Channel
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer/ BNC Contributor The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association have finalized terms of the deal that will allow the league to restart the season at the Disney World campus near Orlando, Florida next month. The league and the union made the announcement
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New York Foster Care - Black News Channel
By: Ashley Liotus/ BNC journalist New York (BNC) Black and Latino youth are disproportionately represented in the Foster Care system across the U.S. and in New York. So, when the Coronavirus outbreak began and was hitting communities of color the hardest, the medical director and staff at The
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NASCAR meets with minister pushing for racial equality - Black News Channel
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer As the Rev. Greg Drumwright watched members of his ministry crowd the fence at Talladega Superspeedway to cheer for Black driver Bubba Wallace, the minister realized his first NASCAR race was the start of his immersion into stock car racing. Less than three weeks
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Star-Studded Lineup Planned for First Black Press Virtual Convention | Dallas Weekly
“The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on African Americans and other people of color throughout the United States. Yet, coupled with that viral pandemic is the continuing epidemic of racism in America that is unabated with the fatal realities of racially motivated police
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Florida Felons Seeking Voting Rights Back Face Court Setback - Black News Channel
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press/ BNC Contributor TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling that gave impoverished Florida felons the right to vote. The order issued Wednesday disappointed voting rights activists and could have national implications in
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More than a Dozen Dead After Record-breaking Rainfall in Japan - Black News Channel
By: Brittany Lockley/ BNC Journalist A widespread flash flooding event has left 18 people dead and 14 people missing in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima in southwestern Japan, according to local authorities. Heavy downpours deluged prefectures Friday into Saturday. On
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Biden's Iowa hires signal tightening in state Trump won big - Black News Channel
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden's presidential campaign has lined up a senior team in Iowa, a sign Democrats see the state where Republican Donald Trump beat them handily in 2016 as within reach. Although Iowa's six Electoral College votes hardly make the state
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(BPRW) Wells Fargo Names Kristy Fercho to Lead Home Lending | Press releases
(BPRW) Wells Fargo Names Kristy Fercho to Lead Home Lending Michael DeVito to retire after more than 23 years with the company (Black PR Wire) DES MOINES, Iowa-(BUSINESS WIRE)- Wells
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Wells Fargo Launches $400M Small-Business Recovery Effort
Following an April 2020 industry-leading commitment to donate all gross processing fees from the Paycheck Protection Program, Wells Fargo unveiled Thursday the details of an approximately $400 million effort to help small businesses impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic keep their doors
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Morehouse college cancels Fall athletics schedule - Black News Channel
By: James P. Hill /BNC Journalist The covid 19 pandemic continues to alter our daily lives especially in schools. The Morehouse College Athletics department it the latest HBCU to announce the Maroon Tigers will continue it’s commitment to keeping student-athletes out of harms way. According to
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Clemson Has 14 More Football Players Test Positive - Black News Channel
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson said 14 more football players tested positive for the coronavirus this week, bringing the team total to 37 members who have had the disease since the school reopened facilities for workouts earlier this month. Clemson said Friday it has conducted 430 tests of its
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Sunbelt states rush to line up hospital beds, not barstools - Black News Channel
By TAMARA LUSH and LORNE COOK Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida and other states across the Sunbelt are thinning out the deck chairs, turning over the bar stools and rushing to line up more hospital beds as they head into the height of the summer season amid a startling surge in
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Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didnt hide his past - Black News Channel
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rayshard Brooks didnt hide his history. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendys parking lot — before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and
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Movement for Black Lives Plans Virtual National Convention - Black News Channel
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press/ BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — Spurred by broad public support for the Black Lives Matter movement, thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold a virtual convention in August to produce a new political agenda that seeks to build on the success of
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Citing racial bias, San Francisco will end mug shots release - Black News Channel
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police will stop releasing the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose a threat to the public, as part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, the citys police chief announced Wednesday. San
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BNC Chairman/CEO J.C. Watts: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk - Black News Channel
By J.C. Watts, chairman/acting CEO of BNC Washington, D.C., city attorney George Valentine was Black, brilliant, and fit. But after contracting COVID-19, he became so weak, he had trouble moving and even speaking. When it got to the point where he could barely breathe, George called an ambulance
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Star-studded lineup planned for first Black Press virtual convention - DefenderNetwork.com
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancelation and rescheduling of many events. For the first time in the 80-year history of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the 193 years of the Black Press of America, the pandemic has resulted in the first virtual conference. “This
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Protesters: Remove Statues of Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln - Black News Channel
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincolns feet — optics that jar and offend many in a nation confronting racial injustice through
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NFL to Play Black Anthem Before National Anthem - Black News Channel
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer/ BNC Contributor Lift Evry Voice and Sing will be performed live or played before The Star-Spangled Banner prior to each NFL game during Week 1 and the league is considering putting names of victims of police brutality on helmet decals or jersey
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5 Questions with Wayne Seaton, Global Jamaica Diaspora Council – USA Northeast Region
Mr. Seaton has had a distinguished career in investment banking and at Wells Fargo Securities was Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Public Infrastructure, a group he created as the first of its kind in the industry to assist clients execute ESG and sustainable transactions in
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Contracts COVID-19 - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive, Bottoms, a potential Democratic vice presidential candidate, tweeted. COVID-19 has
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Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe
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Harlem Book Fair Goes Virtual - Black News Channel
Every year, the nations largest and longest running African American book fair takes place in Harlem. But during the pandemic, its going virtual this year. The Harlem Book Fair will take place on July 18 and 19. It will welcome book lovers as well as new and old authors alike. You will be able to
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Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIV - Black News Channel
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed at purging hidden, dormant virus from his body, doctors reported Tuesday. The case
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Seattle mayor orders occupied area cleared, police arrive - Black News Channel
By MARTHA BELLISLE and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police converged on the citys occupied protest zone early Wednesday after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order for protesters to vacate the area. People have occupied several blocks around a park and the Seattle
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Senate Extends Small Business COVID-19 Relief Program - Black News Channel
By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats drove a temporary extension of a popular subsidy program for small businesses through the GOP-controlled Senate late Tuesday, an unexpected development that came as spikes in coronavirus cases in many states are causing
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Greenleaf: OWN Network Hit is the Number One Cable Telecast for Women 25-54 - Black News Channel
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor The fifth and final season premiere of OWN’s hit megachurch drama “Greenleaf” (6/23/20) delivered 1.9 million viewers and ranked as Tuesday night’s #1 cable telecast in OWN’s key demographic of women 25-54, which is up
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US police registry would fail without changes in states - Black News Channel
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyds death would fail to account for thousands of problem officers. Lawmakers nationwide are
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