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Mike Henry to Stop Voicing Black Character on Family Guy - Black News Channel
By: AP/ BNC Contributor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Family Guy voice actor Mike Henry said Friday he is stepping down from the role of Cleveland Brown on the Fox animated series. Henry wrote on Twitter that he will stop playing the shows main African American character because persons of color should play
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New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities. The guidelines, issued by
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US police registry would fail without changes in states - Black News Channel
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Without major changes in almost every state, a national police misconduct database like what the White House and Congress have proposed after George Floyds death would fail to account for thousands of problem officers. Lawmakers nationwide are
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Kanye West Breaks with Trump, Claims 2020 Run is not a Stunt - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined/ BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share dragon energy, tells Forbes that he is taking the red hat off — a reference to Trumps trademark red Make
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WNBA players to spotlight female violence victims on jerseys - Black News Channel
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer/BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA players will wear uniforms for the opening weekend of the season featuring the names of women who have died because of alleged police brutality or racial violence — including Breonna Taylor, Vanessa Guillen and Sandra Bland
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Masked or not, high school football players continue to grind behind the scenes | BlackPressUSA
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — With a lot of factors contributing to the continued spread of the virus, local football players Kendall Guess, Robert Johnson and Cameron Miller, all share the same desire – for people to stay safe during this time. They are hopeful about the future. “By stepping
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Former cop who placed knee on Black woman’s neck booked for misconduct - Black News Channel
By N. Ali Early/ BlackPressUSA 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
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Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect Monuments - Black News Channel
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to protect monuments, memorials and statues facing new scrutiny amid fresh debate over the nations racist beginnings. Trump had promised to take action
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Protective Gear for Medical Workers Begins to Run Low Again - Black News Channel
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press/ BNC Contributor The personal protective gear that was in dangerously short supply during the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis in the U.S. is running low again as the virus resumes its rapid spread and the number of hospitalized patients
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Oxygen already runs low as COVID-19 surges in South Africa - Black News Channel
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The coronavirus storm has arrived in South Africa, but in the overflowing COVID-19 wards the sound is less of a roar than a rasp. Medical oxygen is already low in hospitals at the new epicenter of the country's outbreak, Gauteng
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Restaurants raise money for Rayshard kids - Black News Channel
By Laverne McGee, BNC Journalist If you watch BNC News on a regular basis, you are no doubt familiar with popular restaurant the Slutty Vegan. We featured owner Aisha Pinky Cole, who has been helping her community during these tough times. Now she is teaming up with Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks to
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Kim Kardashian West Sells Stake in Beauty Brand for $200M - Black News Channel
By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer/ BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — Kim Kardashian West is selling a stake in her beauty brand for $200 million, in a deal that values the TV reality stars three-year-old business at $1 billion. The buyer is Covergirl owner Coty Inc., which will get a 20% stake in KKW
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Ex-Bush Officials Launch Super PAC Backing Biden over Trump - Black News Channel
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press/BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of former George W. Bush administration and campaign officials have launched a new super PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the latest in a growing number of Republican groups to come out in
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Sponsor FedEx asks Redskins to Change Their Name - Black News Channel
AP/BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — The title sponsor of the Washington Redskins stadium wants the NFL team to change its name. We have communicated to the team in Washington our request that they change the team name, FedEx said in a statement Thursday. The company paid the team $205 million in
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Contracts COVID-19 - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive, Bottoms, a potential Democratic vice presidential candidate, tweeted. COVID-19 has
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More fireworks in Americans hands for July 4 raises risks - Black News Channel
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — For many Americans, the Fourth of July will be more intimate this year. It also could be riskier. Saturday will be unlike any Independence Day in recent memory. From Atlanta to San Diego, hundreds of fireworks shows have been canceled as officials
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Country music reckons with racial stereotypes and its future - Black News Channel
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When country singer Rissi Palmer was working on her debut album, she wanted a song like Gretchen Wilsons Redneck Woman, a song that would introduce her and tell her story to fans. On her 2007 debut single, Country Girl, she
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US Unemployment Falls to 11%, But New Shutdowns are Underway - Black News Channel
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment fell to 11.1% in June as the economy added a solid 4.8 million jobs, the government reported Thursday. But the job-market recovery may already be faltering because of a new round of closings and layoffs
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Somalia to Delay Elections by 13 Months - Black News Channel
By ABDI GULED Associated Press/ BNC Contributor NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalias election body says it intends to delay the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for November by 13 months, citing the countrys security problems. Announcing that a new date for the elections in
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Europe Restricts Visitors from The US Amid Virus Resurgence - Black News Channel
By LORNE COOK and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press/ BNC Contributor On Tuesday, European countries decided to reopen to visitors from 14 countries, but not the U.S., where some of the states are now seeing surges in confirmed COVID-19 infections. The European Unions decision came a day after Arizona
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Arizona Shuts Bars, Theaters, Parks amid Resurgence - Black News Channel
By TAMARA LUSH and EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press/ BNC Contributor Arizonas governor shut down bars, movie theaters, gyms and water parks Monday and leaders in several states ordered residents to wear masks in public in a dramatic course reversal amid an alarming resurgence of coronavirus cases
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Police chief defends pepper spray at Elijah McClain vigil - Black News Channel
DENVER (AP) — A police chief spent over four hours defending her officers tactics to leaders in a Denver suburb after police unleashed pepper spray and used batons on demonstrators during a vigil for Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after police put him in a chokehold last year. Aurora Interim
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Redskins to Have Thorough Review of Name - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer/BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Redskins began a thorough review of their name Friday, a significant step toward moving on from what experts and advocates call a dictionary-defined racial slur. Even though owner Dan Snyder had shown no willingness
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Facebook Bans Violent Boogaloo groups, not term itself - Black News Channel
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer/ BNC Contributor OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook has banned an extremist anti-government network loosely associated with the broader boogaloo movement, a slang term supporters use to refer to a second Civil War or a collapse of civilization. But the platform
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Beyoncés message, epic performances stand out at BET Awards - Black News Channel
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé used her platform Sunday while accepting the BET humanitarian award to relay a direct appeal to viewers: Go vote. Your voices are being heard and youre proving to our ancestors that their struggles were not in vain, said the
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Trump administration urges end of Affordable Care Act as pandemic surges - Black News Channel
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As coronavirus cases rise in more than half of the states, the Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act. The administrations high court filing Thursday came the same day the
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COVID-19: Where We Are; What We Must Know; What We Must Do
(TriceEdneyWire.com) At least 15,000 Black Americans would still be alive if they had died of COVID-19 at the same rate as White Americans. This is according to publication of a recent study from the APM Research Lab called,“The Color of Coronavirus”. Just the latest in a barrage of information
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Plan Advances to Allow Dismantling Minneapolis Police Dept. - Black News Channel
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press/ BNC Contributor MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously advanced a proposal to change the city charter to allow the police department to be dismantled, following widespread criticism of law enforcement over the
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Mississippi surrenders Confederate symbol from state flag - Black News Channel
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. A broad coalition of
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Unique Wisdom Make Young Sparks Players an Asset to the Team - Los Angeles Sentinel
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