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Biden: FDA panel endorsement of vaccine 'bright light in a needlessly dark time' - TheGrio

A Food and Drug Administration panel endorsed and recommended emergency-use authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday. The authorization will allow... View Article

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Rwanda: City of Kigali in Rwf30 Billion Deficit for Drainages

[New Times] As the rainy season approaches, the City of Kigali says that it faces a Rwf30 billion funding shortfall for rehabilitating and expanding several drainages that usually cause flooding in the country's capital.

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Newsdeck: Trump in ‘law and order’ campaign to send federal agents to more U.S. cities - African American News Today - EIN News

WASHINGTON, July 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump announced a plan on Wednesday to send federal agents to the Democratic-run cities of Chicago and Albuquerque to crack down on violent crime in an escalation of his "law and order" theme heading into the final months before the presidential...

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Ohio governor orders statewide mask mandate as of Thursday - L.A. Focus Newspaper

More and more state and local leaders are making similar requirements. In Indiana, masks will be required starting Monday. In Minnesota, the governor is mandating that people wear masks indoors in businesses and at public settings effective Saturday. And the mayor of Washington, DC, just made the

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Carroll Fife Helped Moms4Housing Win on Housing, Now She’s Looking to Win over District 3

A campaign launching caravan called the People’s Procession made its way through West Oakland neighborhoods on Saturday, July 18 to officially announce Carroll Fife’s candidacy for City Council District 3. Greeted by a group of motorcyclists at Defremery Park waiting for the procession’s arrival

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Are We Watching What’s Going On In Portland, Ore.? | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.bostonglobe.com In 2014, Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine with uniformed soldiers who became known as the “little green men” because they didn’t wear unit insignia and refused to admit who they really were before they started shooting people. Last week, Donald Trump invaded

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California State University Trustees Vote to Make Ethnic Studies or Social Justice Class Mandatory for Students Statewide

According to the Los Angeles Times, all 430,000 undergraduates attending California State Universities will be required to take an ethnic studies or social justice course, a curriculum change appro…

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Tiffany Boone to star in 'Nine Perfect Strangers' alongside Nicole Kidman : TheGrio

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Elise Neal says Will and Jada brought 'unhappiness' to 'All of Us' set - TheGrio

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COVID-19 Vaccine to Be Complimentary or Low Cost: Azar

The coronavirus vaccine sponsored by the US government will be free or affordable for Americans, according Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. “For any vaccine that we have bought—so, for instance the Pfizer vaccine—those hundred million doses would actually be acquired by the

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Newswire: Thousands of essential workers walk off jobs in ‘Strike for Black Lives’

by Derek Major, Black Enterprise News Service Thousands of essential workers walked off the job Monday in the Strike For Black Lives, demanding corporations raise wages, provide healthcare and paid sick leave, and the right to unionize.According to CNN, the walkout, called the Strike for Black

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Tropical Storm Gonzalo could become a hurricane today

JAMAICA'S national meteorological service says it continues to monitor Tropical Storm Gonzalo, which is expected to be strengthened into a hurricane today. However, the local met service, in a post on its website, says the system, which was last night heading towards the Lesser Antilles, would not

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Govt shuts down varsities, colleges

GOVERNMENT has banned face-to-face lectures at all tertiary institutions and ordered students to vacate residences following a spike in COVID-19 cases, most of them local transmissions. BY PRECIOUS CHIDA As of yesterday afternoon, Zimbabwe had 1 713 COVID-19 infections and 26 deaths, with Harare

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‘Completely ridiculous’: Trump slammed for claiming he’s the best president for Black Americans since Lincoln - African American News Today - EIN News

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Harare mayor arrested for abuse of office

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Rwanda: Covid-19 - Rwanda Registers Record 7,000 Tests in a Day

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Sen. Kelly Loeffler: Supporting Black Lives Matter Could Alienate Sports Fans

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Twitter removes thousands of QAnon conspiracy accounts - TheGrio

Twitter has made moves lately to keep harassment and disinformation from spreading on its platform. To that end, the social... View Article The post Twitter removes thousands of QAnon conspiracy accounts appeared first on TheGrio.

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NDEMO: Charting development path for Africa

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House Democrats Vote To End Donald Trump's Muslim Travel Ban

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Top cop appeals conviction, sentence

FORMER officer-in-charge Criminal Investigations Department in Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who was last week sentenced to an effective two-year jail term on charges of releasing a stolen vehicle held as an exhibit, has appealed against his conviction and sentence at the Bulawayo High

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House Passes Bill Removing Confederate Statues, Other Figures From Capitol

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'We will put you under administration' - Gauteng Transport MEC warns taxi bosses after bus torched | News24

Gauteng Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure MEC Jacob Mamabolo has condemned ongoing incidents of violence which resulted in a bus being set alight.

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1,000 people died of Covid-19 in 1 day. US is on track to hit 1 million new cases in 2 weeks - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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HBO doc 'Stockton On My Mind' chronicles Mayor Michael Tubbs' journey : TheGrio

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