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Predawn fire guts old church housing New York's Liberty Bell - Black News Channel

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A historic church in lower Manhattan that houses New York's Liberty Bell and whose congregation dates to the city's earliest days was gutted by a massive fire early Saturday that sent flames shooting through the roof. The Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village burned before dawn after a fire spread from a five-story vacant building adjacent to the church around 5 a.m. Flames shot from the roof and the church's stately front window glowed from the conflagration inside. 'We are devastated. We are gutted like our building is gutted; […]

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Al Roker To Take Time Off Work To Battle Prostate Cancer | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
NEW YORK  — Weatherman and morning TV co-host Al Roker has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. “It’s a good news-bad news kind of thing,” Roker said Friday on NBC's “Today.” “Good news is we caught it early. Not great
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Source: The Florida Star
In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films - Black News Channel
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the most seismic shift by a Hollywood studio yet during the pandemic, Warner Bros. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate — including a new 'Matrix' movie, 'Godzilla vs. Kong' and the Lin-Manuel Miranda adaptation 'In the
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(BPRW) Does the current “Black Lives Movement” Solve The Problems of Black America - The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) Long Island, New York - The Village of Hempstead takes a monumental step in co-naming street major street in its downtown area 'Black Lives Matter Way' aligning
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Source: The Black Chronicle
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US adds 4.8 million jobs as unemployment falls to 11.1% | The Atlanta Voice
U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month, yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring. The nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
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All Mariah Carey Wants Is You To Enjoy Her Christmas Special
NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas is still a few weeks away, but Mariah Carey is already orchestrating her dinner menu. “I do my father’s linguini with white clam sauce every Christmas Eve,” says the legendary songstress. “Then we do that traditional, more of a Southern-style Christmas dinner.” But is the
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Diaspora demands answers about police shooting of unarmed Jamaican in New Jersey | New York Carib News
Jamaican community leaders in the New York/New Jersey area are demanding answers from the NJ District Attorney General’s Office and the State Police about the circumstances surrounding the killing of Maurice Gordon by a New Jersey state trooper.
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Source: The New York Carib News
JHTA calls for clarification on COVID pretesting regime
Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) President Omar Robinson says there needs to be further clarification on the pretesting regime for visitors from certain American states as part of Jamaica’s COVID-19-prevention measures. Prime...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Beyoncé Wears Grey Sweatsuit Stepping Off The Plane Carrying Rumi In A Tie Dye Tutu
The Carter family took a private jet to their Hamptons home.
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
NYPD Officer in Chokehold Video is Focus of Criminal Probe
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer suspended from duty after he was recorded Sunday putting a man in what the police commissioner said was a banned chokehold could face criminal charges for the second time in his career. Queens prosecutors said Monday theyve opened an investigation into
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Coronavirus live updates: Sec. Ben Carson tests positive for COVID-19 – National News – The Black Chronicle
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR and ERIN SCHUMAKER, ABC News (NEW YORK) - A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 1.2 million people worldwide. Over 50.4 million…
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Source: The Black Chronicle
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made - Los Angeles Sentinel
The coronavirus has turned the world upside down. In fact, its global impact might have resulted in this being the first time that individuals can truly identify with what people residing in other parts of the world are
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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Makes Juneteenth A Paid Holiday
While we expect Trumpians and other business owners of New York to resist the new law and probably make their employees to work on Juneteenth just out of spite, it's still nice to know that others will celebrate the holiday and give their workers a summer day to enjoy without fear of missing some
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Source: The Urban Daily
THE AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL GOES VIRTUAL THIS SUMMER FROM Friday, July 24 to Sunday, July 30, 2020
Dunbar (1872-1906), the first African American to achieve national fame as of cinephiles and audiences of African-American, Caribbean, African, Latino and European
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Short of No. 24 again, Williams loses to Azarenka at US Open - Black News Channel
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams already was struggling to keep up in a fast-paced U.S. Open semifinal when she stopped behind the baseline after a third-set point and leaned over. She held that pose for a bit, then clutched at her lower left leg and asked for
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Sango, my epic movie, a divine grace –Lasode - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… was taking over. African Americans were really interested in … Pan Africanism.   My African American friends and colleagues were … to the Africans, and African-American communities in New York … how my New York African American friends and schoolmates …
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US stocks wobble over stimulus hopes, social media shines - Black News Channel
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are wobbling in midday trading on Wall Street Wednesday as negotiations continue in Washington on more aid for the economy, though prospects remain cloudy that anything can happen soon. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% after
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Buffalo Mother Of 6 Who Took In Her Late Friend’s Toddlers, Gifted New Van - Blavity
A mother of three from Buffalo, New York, didn’t envision raising three more children this year, but she was the first to volunteer to take in three toddlers after their mom was killed at a street party in September. On Oct. 13, Lashelle Roberson walked into the doors of Basil Family Dealership to
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Filmmaker Julian Marshall Documents Intensity Of NYC Protests
Filmmaker Julian Marshall took his camera to the streets.
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Amid Pandemic, Future of Many Catholic Schools Is In Doubt
NEW YORK (AP) — As the new academic year arrives, school systems across the United States are struggling to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Roman Catholic educators have an extra challenge — trying to forestall a relentless wave of closures of their schools that has no end in sight. Already this
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Source: Black America Web
BETs Sunday Best Sets Season 10 Premiere for July
Kirk Franklin returns as host and mentor.
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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
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T.I. Claims 50 Cent Gets More Respect Than Nelly Because Of East Coast Ties
When Andre 3000 said "the South has something to say" it would be prophetic in so many ways. T.I. is campaigning hard for all the talent from below the Mason Dixie line. 
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Source: The Urban Daily
World number two Halep the latest to skip US Open
Reigning US Open champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada will not play, joining men's 2019 winner Rafael Nadal in skipping the tournament.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
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Former Sunshine Girl Nadine Ffrench now H&W distributor in Florida
When Nadine Ffrench, the former Sunshine Girls defender/goalkeeper, left Jamaica to take up a basketball scholarship at Mercy College in New York in 2004, the main thing on her mind was to complete her studies and return to her family in Jamaica.
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Four more years? Trump struggles to outline second term plan - Black News Channel
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump is adamant that he wants another four years in office. It's less clear what he would do with them. The Republican president repeatedly assailed Democratic rival Joe Biden during a rambling, hourlong Rose Garden news
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Byron Lars Is Still Here
As a Black designer in the 1990s, he was heralded by insiders and overlooked by the fashion system. So he created his own.
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Source: Unpublished Black History
Delivery giant DoorDash plans IPO - Black News Channel
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Delivery giant DoorDash Inc. is planning to sell its stock to the public, capitalizing on the growing trend of consumers embracing app-based deliveries as much of the world stays home during the pandemic. The San Francisco-based
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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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(BPRW) Does the current “Black Lives Movement” Solve The Problems of Black America - The Black Chronicle
(Black PR Wire) Long Island, New York - The Village of Hempstead takes a monumental step in co-naming street major street in its downtown area 'Black Lives Matter Way' aligning
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Source: The Black Chronicle
‘A Monster Was Born’: An Emotional DMX Reveals In New Interview That His Mentor Tricked Him Into Smoking Crack at Age 14
RapperDMXhas had a troubled life, to say the least. The Mount Vernon, New York, native, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has served his fair […]
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Diabetes USA--- 34 Million Disdained Americans Left to Avoidable COVID Deaths - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… heavily hurts Black populations that African Americans have triple the diabetes-related … Fleming. In 2014, Loretta, an African-American Bronx public housing resident, was … .org/diabetes-amputations/black-american-amputation-epidemic/ https:…
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