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Analysis: The 5 most important DNC speeches - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The Democratic National Convention starts Monday in Milwaukee -- although the vast majority of the speakers, including former Vice President Joe Biden, will deliver remarks remotely due to fears about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Sandra J. Evers-Manly Accepts Invitation to Join The 2020 Class of Members to The Motion Pictures Academy - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announced today the invitation extended by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to Sandra J. Evers-Manly, to join the 2020 class of new members. As a filmmaker who benefited from Sandra’s support with an Oscar

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Hong Kong was a 'safe harbor' for tech companies shut out of China. Not anymore - L.A. Focus Newspaper

But a new law that gives Hong Kong authorities sweeping powers to regulate online content could put those companies on a collision course with that censorship mechanism, known as the Great Firewall — and potentially force them out of Hong Kong

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China announces retaliatory sanctions on US - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying revealed the new sanctions at a press conference Monday, calling on the US to "stop interfering in China's international

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British athlete Bianca Williams calls for rigorous investigation into handcuffing incident - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Williams had been in the West London neighborhood of Maida Vale with her partner, Portuguese 400 meter record holder Ricardo dos Santos, and their three-month-old son when they were stopped by police last

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US government slow to act as anti-vaxxers spread lies on social media about coronavirus vaccine - L.A. Focus Newspaper

While anti-vaxxers flood social media with lies about the upcoming coronavirus vaccine -- that it contains monkey brains, that it's a CIA plot to take over the world -- the government's multi-billion-dollar vaccine effort has yet to come up with a public education campaign to counteract that

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The Asian American voters who could help Trump win a second term - L.A. Focus Newspaper

With Elections Day less than 100 days away, and President Donald Trump underwater in national polling averages, he is once again relying on his mastery of sowing discord to divide the nation and to distract the American public from his irresponsible leadership throughout this

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VISUAL VIEWPOINT: POLICE REFORM – Daytona Times

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Do Republicans really want 'a bigger tent' party? - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"I don't know what the future holds in November, but I know that the Republican Party is going to be looking at what happens after President Trump and whether that's in four months or in four years. And I think they're going to be looking to, 'How do we go about becoming a bigger tent party?' How

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Terms of Michael Cohen's return to prison under scrutiny - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The form in question, a two-page document titled "Federal Location Monitoring Program Participant Agreement," had called for Cohen to abstain from communicating with members of the media — a provision that he had balked at given the pending release of his tell-all book, and one which his legal team

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Radio station cuts ties with host after she filmed herself yelling at landscapers for speaking Spanish - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Dianna Ploss, who hosted the Dianna Ploss Show on WSMN 1590, livestreamed a video of herself on Facebook as she confronted a group of workers and asked if any were undocumented

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Companies are taking on another $1 trillion in debt - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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Store buries roughly $1M in jewelry creating treasure hunt - L.A. Focus Newspaper

A Michigan jewelry store has buried approximately one million worth of jewelry throughout the state as it closes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The post Store buries roughly $1M in jewelry creating treasure hunt appeared first on L.A. Focus Newspaper.

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Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have Covid-19 after refusing to wear masks - L.A. Focus Newspaper

About one in six state lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Dr. Thomas Dobbs of the Mississippi Health

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Serena Williams takes to the tennis court with daughter Olympia - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The 23-time grand slam champion took to the court with daughter Olympia, who turns three in September, as the pair sported matching purple

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Police unions have helped shield officers from accountability. Now they face backlash - L.A. Focus Newspaper

All of them were fired by the police chief. And all of them were rehired after an arbitrator overturned their dismissals -- in a process laid out in the contract between the city and the powerful police

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Opinion: These are true patriots. Trump sees them as enemies - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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Hurricane watch issued for parts of Carolina coast - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Tropical Storm Isaias was located about 55 miles east southeast of Cape Canaveral as of 8 p.m. ET Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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A ride-share driver fatally shot a man at the Austin BLM rally 'to protect his own life,' lawyer says - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The lawyer, Clint Broden of Dallas, identified his client as Daniel Perry and said he was an active duty sergeant in the Army. Broden said he was releasing Perry's name in an attempt to correct misinformation in the

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The restriction is unprecedented, but Republican officials say they were forced to limit attendance due to social distancing restrictions in North Carolina - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The dramatically scaled-down Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be closed to the press, a convention spokesperson and Republican official familiar with the plans tell

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Covid-19 immunity may last only months, UK study suggests - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The paper, released on the medical server medrxiv.org on Saturday and not yet published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, suggests that antibody responses may start to decline 20 to 30 days after Covid-19 symptoms emerge. Antibodies are the proteins the body makes to fight

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Military Seeking Technology To Detect Virus | Muslim Journal

By Lyndon A. Bilal “If anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.” (Quran 5:32) A consortium of medical researchers working with the U.S. Army is looking for help in finding technology solutions to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus and treat those with the

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Armed Black Militia Group Marches To Confront White Nationalists - L.A. Focus Newspaper

On the Fourth of July, The Not F***ing Around Coalition (NFAC) marched through Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park and called for the removal of a large Confederate rock that depicts late Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and Southern generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. The armed black

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Ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse linked to catastrophic Beirut blast that injured thousands - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab said that 2,750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate, which is typically used as an agricultural fertilizer, had been stored for six years at a port warehouse without safety measures, "endangering the safety of citizens," according to a statement.

DHS to replace military-style uniforms for federal police officers - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Some Customs and Border Protection personnel, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, have worn camouflage tactical uniforms while policing in Portland, according to DHS. Concern grew in recent weeks about the blurring of law enforcement and military personnel.

An Arizona man in a coma from coronavirus woke up paralyzed - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The virus sent him into a medically induced coma, he told CNN's Anderson Cooper Wednesday. And when he woke up, he was

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L.A. County to Provide $100 Million in Rent Relief - L.A. Focus Newspaper

L.A. Focus Staff Beginning August 17 to August 31, the L.A. County Development Authority (LACDA) will accept applications from residents throughout the County of Los Angeles for emergency rental assistance, with priority given to those most at risk of being displaced or becoming homeless. As many

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Seouls mayor found dead, hours after he was reported missing - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Park Won-soon was reported missing by his daughter on Thursday evening, according to a police official with knowledge of the case, sparking a massive search

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Trump trashes CDC school reopening guidelines as very tough and expensive - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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