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Gov. Pritzker Announces Thirteen Appointments to Illinois Boards and Commissions | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration: CONCEALED CARRY LICENSING REVIEW BOARD Peter Buckley will serve on the Concealed Carry Licensing Review Board.* Buckley currently works as a Private
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Remembering Don Griggs, My Good Friend Since 1965 - Black Voice News
Hardy Brown, Sr. Contributor   When Don Griggs was installed as president of Westside Action Group and re-elected president in 1980, over 400 people came out to witness his installation, he began his speech with this comment, “During these times of economic stress, political uncertainty, high
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Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the first time will level charges against three other officers at the scene, a newspaper reported
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Separate celebration: Formerly conjoined twins turn 2 after surgeries | Afro
Two-year-old twins Prefina and Ervina recently celebrated their birthday in a unusual way as individuals. The previously conjoined twins, connected at the head, were successfully separated after several surgeries by skilled surgeons and nurses at an Italian hospital. Ermine celebrates twin Ervina
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AFRO Exclusive: Ivey Calls For Special Session of General Assembly | Afro
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Prince George’s County Delegate Julian Ivey (D-47A) may not have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but his passion for politics and public service are part of his DNA.  Ivey, 24, the son of former State’s Attorney Glen Ivey and 5th District
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Baby sharks: 8 pups born at Spanish oceanarium | Afro
A Spanish oceanarium has a few new residents, after a shark gave birth to eight pups. The five female and three male sandbar shark pups were eating and responding well in their first days at the oceanarium, according to a statement Friday from Valencia's L'Oceanografic. Eight sharks being fed
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Black Ad Exec to Create 1 Million Black Millionaires | Afro
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) Black professionals make up 10% of college graduates, but less than 1 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs and only 3 percent of executive/senior manager-level roles according to a study by the Center for Talent Innovation. The result of these struggles has led to thirty-eight
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Former Cop Who Placed Knee On Black Woman’s Neck Booked For Misconduct (video) | Afro
By N. Ali Early Another incident of police brutality against an African American has surfaced. According to the Miami Herald, Safiya Satchell was sitting in her Mercedes SUV when she was approached by an off duty police officer who was working as security for a strip club in the immediate proximity
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Exclusive: Commissioner Harrison Talks to the AFRO: `We Have Been Asked to Be All Things to All People’ | Afro
By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison spoke exclusively to the AFRO about budget cuts to his department that went into effect on July 1, and the role of  law enforcement in Baltimore. Part one of two. The American experience is knit
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16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man | Afro
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We Are Still Here Juneteenth.love 2020 Pt 1 (757) Norfolk, VA - The New Journal and Guide
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Kayla James Kayla Seals Receive Teen Graffiti’s Book Scholarships
(DALLAS, TX) – Kayla James of Grand Prairie, TX, and Kayla Seals of Rowlett, TX are the recipients of this year’s Teen Graffiti Education Scholarships for their outstanding commitment to education and community service. James and Seals will each receive a $250.00 Book Scholarship. Kayla James is
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Stop the Violence: 11-Year-Old is Killed in Violent Weekend | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In what is, generally, Muriel Bowser’s daily COVID-19 press briefing, the D.C.  Mayor took the time to address the violence in the District over the weekend that took the lives of three DMV residents, including that of 11-year-old Davon McNeal on the
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An assist of another kind by Shaq | Afro
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Rangers catch 20-foot python bare-handed | Afro
Kenyan rangers captured a 20-foot python with nothing but their bare hands and an old sack. 'Led by Cpl Gikonyo, this team skillfully captured this python from a community land within Lake Nakuru and released it back into the wild,' the Kenya Wildlife Service posted on its Twitter account. The
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Motorbike mission: Activist delivers sunscreen to Ugandans with albinism | Afro
For street vendor Barbra Anyinge, who normally sells shoes in Lira, a town in northern Uganda, the pandemic has made one essential especially scarce: sunscreen. While usually Anyinges difficulty in obtaining the recommended high-protection sunscreen is its up to $20 cost, the pandemic has made it
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IE NCNW Stands Its Ground - Black Voice News
Weeks ago, a local politician whose identity is broadly suspected though not confirmed, threw a rock at a popular and successful mayor and then hid his hand. The rock, aimed at Rialto’s first African-American Mayor Deborah Robertson failed to land a blow, but what the individual who cast the
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UDC quietly offers to remove Confederate monument as protesters clamor for statues to fall | Afro
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Suri holds off Newcomb in playoff to win APGA event at World Golf Village | The Crusader Newspaper Group
St. Augustine, FL - Julian Suri held off Patrick Newcomb in a playoff to capture the Advocates of Professional Golf Association’s (APGA) tournament at the World Golf Village on Friday. Suri shot an opening round 10-under par 62 on Thursday and followed it up with a 5-under 67 in Friday’s second and
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Governments Backtracking As Confirmed Virus Cases Surge | Afro
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Rayshard Brooks Memorialized At Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church  | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Family, friends, dignitaries, elected officials and community leaders gathered today to remember the life of Rayshard Brooks at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church. The 27-year-old African-American man was shot and killed by an Atlanta police officer on June 12th.  His death sparked national and
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