6-year-old dies after police pursuit crash that killed his mother and injured twin brother

Amanda Edwards launches Houston's Be The Solution: Community Empowerment Organization - DefenderNetwork.com

Former Houston City Councilmember Amada Edwards recently announced the launch of the Be the Solution: Community Empowerment Organization. In a press release, Edwards said, 'In light of the challenges we have faced as a community during the pandemic, I am beyond excited to announce

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Surprise tax forms reveal extent of unemployment fraud in US - Black News Channel

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Unemployment agencies across the country were bombarded with so many claims during the pandemic that many struggled to distinguish the correct from the criminal. Now, simple tax forms — barely enough to fill a half-sheet of paper — are

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HHW Gaming: Saweetie Teams Up With Xbox For Inaugural Saweetie Bowl Virtual Gaming Competition

On Thursday (Feb.4), Xbox formally announced its official partnership with multi-platinum artist, entrepreneur, and leader of the Icy Girl movement, Saweetie, with the unveiling of her virtual gaming completion, the Saweetie Bowl. Snoop Dogg and NFL wide receiver helped kicked off the event.

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Source: The Urban Daily

Union petitions Chinese-owned mine over poor working conditions

BY SILAS NKALA THE National Union of Mines Quarrying, Iron and Steel Workers of Zimbabwe (NUMQISWZ) has petitioned the Chinese-owned Fools Investment Mine at Hope Fountain on the outskirts of Bulawayo over poor working conditions. The mine has been in the eye of a storm after its director, Zhang

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

US missionary jailed for sex crimes in Kenya orphanage

A US man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison for abusing underage girls in an orphanage in Kenya. Christian missionary Gregory Dow set up the orphanage with his wife in 2008. 'Gregory Dow was the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing,' said the FBI's Michael Driscoll. Last year, Dow

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Kolkata’s Chinese Community All Set To Welcome The Year Of The Ox – The Wilmington Journal

KOLKATA, India – A few years ago, Thomas Chen introduced his son to a very important ritual in his community during Chinese New Year festivities. “It was a moment of great pride for me to [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Award-winning filmmaker, genealogist reveals intimate truth and personal histories of Upper 9th Ward Desire Community | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This story of trials and tribulations teaches us, as only a few stories can, about the essential wisdom of pushing through when times get tough, learning to fight against all odds. (It tells) how many people in Desire preserved with grit and courage," said Leonard Smith

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Bordeaux blast: Ten injured, two missing following gas explosion [videos]

At least 10 people were injured and two missing after a large explosion in the French city of Bordeaux on Saturday, 6 February 2021.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

City Power changes load shedding schedule and blocks without warning

Residents were plunged into darkness on Friday, hours ahead of planned load shedding downtime. City Power changed the schedule and blocks.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

An antidote to pandemic blues, with some assembly required - Black News Channel

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — He hunches at the dining room table, putting the finishing touches on his miniature World War II tank. Deep in concentration, he keeps his hand steady as he works to make the scaled-down plastic model look as realistic as possible. And as he does

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“I Was So Scared Of Seeing Him In My Nightmares”: Chrissy Teigen Expresses Remorse Over Not Looking At Son’s Face As She Grieves Approaching Due Date

Chrissy Teigen openly mourned the loss of her son, Jack, on Instagram as her intended due date draws near. The supermodel, who lost Jack halfway through her pregnancy last year, shared a picture captured during husband John Legend's 'Wild' …

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Source: MadameNoire

Tyrone Cooper Arrested After Breaking Ex-Girlfriend's Jaw, He's Also One of The Harlem Liquor Store Attackers

Tyrone Cooper is a habitual abuser. His ex-girlfriend not only witnessed the Harlem liquor store assault, but she was also a victim of his brutal behavior.

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Cori Bush says Greene didn't 'regret' lies spread about her - TheGrio

Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene(R-Ga.)apologized for past controversial statements but she did not offer an apology to Rep.Cori Bush(D-Mo.). Greene was stripped... View Article The post Cori Bush says Greene didn't 'regret' lies spread about her appeared first on TheGrio.

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Trump sought part-ownership in Parler app while in office: report

Before Donald Trump exited the White House last month, the Trump Organization and Parler social media company negotiated a deal... View Article The post Trump sought part-ownership in Parler app while in office: report appeared first on TheGrio.

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Black History Month billboards salute African Americans and their seminal achievements | L.A. Focus News

She stares down from a digital billboard looming over the freeway, a youthful woman wearing a white nurse’s cap from the 1880s. Who is she? Huge white letters on the black background answer that, telling curious zooming motorists or slower moving pedestrians on a nearby overpass that her name was

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Bodies of two children found in abandoned Atteridgeville home

The bodies of two children burned beyond recognition have been found in an abandoned house in Atteridgeville, Tshwane.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Stacey Abrams, Black Lives Matter are nominated for Nobel Peace Prize | Afro

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Stacey Abrams political activist, voter registration & voting rights advocate has set a national standard for democracy. Her political activism has resulted in a nomination for a Nobel Prize. She deserves it & would become an even bigger voting rights, VR & democracy

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Army brutality divides Zanu PF

BY MOSES MATENGA ZANU PF is deeply divided over claims that soldiers were beating up people in Gokwe-Nembudziya with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, saying the claim was a ploy to tarnish the country’s image. Gokwe-Nembudziya senator Maybe Mbowa, who is the ruling

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Voting Machine Company Smartmatic Files $2.7B Suit Against Fox News

Smartmatic has announced that it has initiated a lawsuit against Fox Corp., owner of Fox News Network L.L.C., seeking in excess of $2.7 billion

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Kamala Harris and Black business leaders collaborate on economic plan - TheGrio

On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen participated in a virtual roundtable with Black business leaders... View Article The post Kamala Harris and Black business leaders collaborate on economic plan appeared first on TheGrio.

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India Mulls New Law To Ban Bitcoins – The Wilmington Journal

The Indian government is planning to bring a law to curb the use of bitcoins. It is also looking to introduce an ‘official digital currency’, to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). [...]

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Back to Normal? What’s Normal? - Los Angeles Sentinel

I don’t think that more than 400,000 people dead is normal. The inability to formally mourn our departed loved ones isn’t normal. Crazy white people storming the Capitol surely isn’t normal. And conspiracy theorist Marjorie Taylor Green is so far away from normal that she is on the insanity

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Do The Work: The Life of Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson

Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson is a superwoman of science. The first African-American woman to earn a doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she’s also the president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the oldest technological research university in the United States. Born to

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Source: Black America Web

Black Investors Take Note: Reddit Rebellion Rescues GameStop Stock | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The band of amateur day traders that interact with each other on the Reddit page WallStreetBets, encouraged whoever was listening to buy shares of the flailing GameStop, AMC, Macy’s and Koss stocks. Big investors, often in the form of hedge funds, frequently bet against struggling

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

COVID-19 recap: 3 184 new cases in SA, global death toll nears 2.3 million

South Africa currently has a cumulative COVID-19 caseload of 1 473 700 along with 46 180 deaths and 1 340 497 recoveries.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Super Bowl ads aim to comfort and connect - Black News Channel

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl ads each year offer a snapshot of the American psyche. And this year, it's a doozy. After a year of pandemic fear and isolation, a tumultuous election capped by a riot at the Capitol, and periodic uncertainty as to whether there would

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Struggle For Black Head Coaching Opportunities Continues In NFL – The Wilmington Journal

Lost somewhere behind the battle between the two quarterbacks, there will be another that may do more to define the outcome of Super Bowl LIV: Tampa Bay defensive coordinator Todd Bowles is charged with the [...]

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Coronavirus state tracker: Hospitalizations in California fall below 14,000 as of Feb. 4 | L.A. Focus News

The downtrend of hospitalizations and new cases continues. According to Thursday’s end-of-day totals from California public health websites, there were 466 fewer hospitalizations from the previous day, lowering the total number of hospitalizations to 13,672, a 40.2% decrease from the Jan. 6 high of

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

VP Kamala Harris Makes First Tie-Breaking Vote On Resolution To Pass COVID-19 Rescue Package

Vice President Kamala Harris made her first tie-breaking vote on Friday in a move to accelerate a $1.9 trillion rescue package intended to offer much needed relief to Americans during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Source: Black America Web

Why Are “Musou” Games Still Popular.

Back when Tecmo Koei Games was still two separate companies, Koei games came up with a polarizing game named Dynasty Warriors.

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