Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation

Two Kansas City officers charged for assaulting black Transgender woman

Kansas City, Mo. – Two police officers in Kansas City, Mo., have been charged with the assault of a black transgender woman while arresting her in May

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Black Press Publisher on Her Respect and Commitment to Kamala Harris: ‘It Had to Be You’

One day before the Associated Press and other media outlets called the 2020 presidential election for Democrat Joe Biden, San Francisco Sun-Reporter Publisher Amelia Ashley-Ward communicated with her longtime homegirl Kamala Harris.

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Source: The Washington Informer

Shooting of Michael Brown

For the protests that followed the shooting of Michael Brown, see Ferguson

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Source: AA Studies Research Guide

Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ dies

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ken Osmond, who on TV’s “Leave It to Beaver,” played two-faced teenage scoundrel Eddie Haskell, a role so memorable it left him typecast and led to a second career as a police officer, died

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Minneapolis: Swift firings for officers in death of black man

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — To the general public, the video of a white police officer in Minneapolis pressing his knee into the neck of a black man prone on the street, crying out for help until he finally stopped moving, was

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Teresa Wynn Roseborough

Secretary for Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement specialty retailer with 2,269

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Fired Minneapolis Cop Derek Chauvin Charged With Murder Over George Floyd Death

Source: Darnella Frazier/Facebook

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Jerry Rice

Jerry Rice, born on October 13, 1962 in Starkville, Mississippi is a former American wide receiver. Rice grew up in Crawford, Mississippi and was the son of a brick mason. He attended Mississippi Valley State University as it was the only university that offered Rice a scholarship. As a high school

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Jay-Z sent private jet to fly Ahmaud Arbery's lawyers for Georgia hearing

Jay-Z stepped up in a major way for the family of Ahmaud Arbery in their journey to justice, sending the family’s legal team to trial in a manner only he

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Source: theGrio

Trump falsely calls election ‘major fraud’ as votes continue to be counted - The New York Beacon

The president appeared before supporters at the White House vowing to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the inconclusive election PresidentDonald Trumpis vowing to ask theSupreme Courtto weigh in on the inconclusive election. The Associated Press has not declared a winner in the

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

41M Americans Jobless Amid Pandemic: Labor Dept.

Roughly 2.1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week despite an increase in businesses reopening nationwide, pushing the total to 41 million since mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic, the Labor Department said

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Source: The Washington Informer

Oprah Winfrey Donates $12 Million for COVID-19 Relief in Five Cities

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Black mecca

A black mecca, in the United States, is a city to which African Americans, particularly professionals,[1] are drawn to live, due to some or all of the following

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Humble Beginnings For Local Firm That Offers Correctional Health Care

Jim McLane, who founded the company in 1989 and is now chairman of the board, was a chief pharmacist at Cooper Green Mercy, then the Jefferson County-owned hospital for the poor on Sixth Avenue

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Black Lives Matter, ACLU Sue Trump for Tear Gassing Protesters –

The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of Black Lives Matter, filed a lawsuit Thursday against President Donald Trump and Attorney General William

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Bucks' Sterling Brown awarded $750K settlement in police brutality case : TheGrio

Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown has reached a $750,000 settlement in his civil rights lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee.... View Article The post Bucks' Sterling Brown awarded $750K settlement in police brutality case appeared first on TheGrio.

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Governor Ron DeSantis: ‘All Professional Sports are Welcome’ in Florida – Free Press of Jacksonville

DeSantis said if commissioners run into trouble elsewhere in the country, even out-of-state teams would be welcome in

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Three more officers charged in Floyd's death

MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AP) — Prosecutors yesterday filed a tougher charge against the police officer at the centre of the George Floyd case and charged three other officers, delivering a victory to protesters galvanised by a death that roused racial tensions and unleashed coast-to-coast

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Loretta Lynch

Loretta Lynch is the second woman to hold the job of Attorney General; Janet Reno held the job from 1993-2001 under President Bill Clinton… Loretta Lynch married Stephen Hargrove in 2007, according to the Associated Press.

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Video: Cops Assault Missouri Man, His 68-Year-Old Mother After Falsely Accusing Them of Stealing TV Despite Employee Confirming It Was Paid For

A Missouri woman filed a lawsuit against several police officers she says beat her and her son after they were falsely accused of stealing

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Charges for 3 Officers Involved in Floyd’s Death

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The three other officers on the scene when a member of the Minneapolis police force pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck are being charged with aiding and abetting a murder, and the murder case against the main officer is being upgraded to second-degree, a newspaper reported

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Designer Kerby Jean-Raymond of Pyer Moss Will Host First Socially Distanced Event at NYFW

Haitian-American fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond isn’t letting COVID-19 stand in the way of the New York Fashion Week experience he’s creating for spectators, and he has already come up with an innovative workaround for his Pyer Moss

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African-American activists escalating efforts to persuade Biden not to pick Klobuchar for VP

African-American activists are escalating their efforts to persuade former Vice President Joe Biden not to name Sen. Amy Klobuchar as his running mate, arguing he needs to choose someone who would excite black

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Walter B. Prince – Prince Lobel Tye LLP

A former assistant United States attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Walter’s litigation practice includes business and commercial lawsuits and representation of corporations and individuals in complex federal and state investigations and cases, as well as related civil and regulatory

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Ramsey Clark

Ramsey Clark , in full William Ramsey Clark (born December 18, 1927, Dallas, Texas), human rights lawyer and former U.S. attorney general under President Lyndon

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Drumming Legend Jimmy Cobb Passes Away At 91

Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis’ 1959 “Kind of Blue” groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several careers, died

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Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls

Burundi is kicking out the World Health Organization’s top official in the country just days before the presidential election and after the WHO raised concerns about crowded political

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Biden pushes closer to victory in race for the White House - TSDMemphis.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to carry the White House, securing victories in the “blue wall” battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Michigan and narrowing President Donald Trump’s path. With just a handful of states still up for

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

John Matisonn | Americans set to turn on Trump as SA turned on Zuma

American civil society has turned on Donald Trump just as South Africans turned on Jacob

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Protest in Spain over government's handling of COVID crisis

Thousands of supporters of Spain’s far-right Vox party gathered today in their cars and on motorbikes in the centre of Madrid and other Spanish cities to protest the Spanish government’s handling of the nation’s COVID-19 crisis, international news agencies

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