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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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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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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM: Sugar Ray Leonard Talks Boxing, Personal Demons, and Greatest Triumphs - Black News Channel
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent The Quintuple Champ, “Sugar” Ray Leonard, has won five world titles in five separate weight divisions, lineal titles (defeating undisputed champions) in three weight divisions, as well as the undisputed welterweight title. Leonard is widely
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Dr. Dres Wife Nicole Young Files for Divorce - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dres wife of 24 years Nicole Young has filed for divorce. Young filed documents seeking to end her marriage with Dr. Dre — the producer, rapper and music mogul whose real name is Andre Young — on Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Nicole
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Florida Felons Seeking Voting Rights Back Face Court Setback - Black News Channel
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press/ BNC Contributor TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling that gave impoverished Florida felons the right to vote. The order issued Wednesday disappointed voting rights activists and could have national implications in
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Citing Racial Bias, San Francisco Will End Mug Shots Release - Black News Channel
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press/ BNC Contributor SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police will stop releasing the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose a threat to the public, as part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, the citys police chief announced
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Miami-Dade County imposing restrictions after cases spike - Black News Channel
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Hospitals were fast approaching capacity in Florida and Texas, and the Miami area closed restaurants again Monday because of the surging coronavirus, as the U.S. emerged from a Fourth of July weekend of picnics, pool parties
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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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Protective gear for medical workers begins to run low again - Black News Channel
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press 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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Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy - Black News Channel
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer/ BNC Contributor Chuck E. Cheese where kids could be kids while parents nursed headaches is filing for bankruptcy protection. The 43-year-old chain, which drew kids with pizza, video games and a singing mouse mascot, was struggling even before the coronavirus
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Serbian leader backtracks on lockdown amid chaotic protests - Black News Channel
By JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press/BNC Contributor BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police fired tear gas at protesters in Serbias capital on Wednesday during the second day of demonstrations against the presidents handling of the countrys coronavirus outbreak. President Aleksandar Vucic
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Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Aid if Schools Dont Reopen - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor Determined to reopen Americas schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts dont bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public
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More than a Dozen Dead After Record-breaking Rainfall in Japan - Black News Channel
By: Brittany Lockley/ BNC Journalist A widespread flash flooding event has left 18 people dead and 14 people missing in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima in southwestern Japan, according to local authorities. Heavy downpours deluged prefectures Friday into Saturday. On
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Funeral for Robert Fuller, hanged black man in California - Black News Channel
Funeral services were held on June 30, for Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old man who was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California on June 10. Anita Bennett reports the service was filled with tributes and calls for answers from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs
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Timely Soul of a Nation Finally Reaches the MFAH. But See It, Quick! - African American News Today - EIN News
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NFL Kicking Off Voter Registration and Education Initiative - Black News Channel
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer/ BNC Contributor The NFL is kicking off a voting education and registration initiative. Commissioner Roger Goodell told the 32 team owners on a conference call Thursday that the league is developing programs and working with the players association, Players
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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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Economy: US unemployment falls to 11%, but new shutdowns are underway - Black News Channel
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer 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 triggered by
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Herman Cain Treated for COVID-19 after Attending Trump Rally - Black News Channel
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press/BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — 2012 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain is being treated for the coronavirus at an Atlanta-area hospital, according to a statement posted on his Twitter account Thursday. Its not clear when or where Cain was infected, but he
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Presidential Candidate Amadou Coulibaly Dies - Black News Channel
By TOUSSAINT N'GOTTA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly, the presidential candidate of Ivory Coasts ruling party, died Wednesday just days after returning from two months of medical treatment in France, where he
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Wizards Beal, Nets Dinwiddie to miss rest of NBA season - Black News Channel
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Lobbyist Abramoff Charged in Cryptocurrency Fraud Case - Black News Channel
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jack Abramoff, a once-powerful lobbyist who spent time in federal prison for fraud and corruption, has been charged in a San Francisco court in an investor fraud case involving cryptocurrency and lobbying disclosure, federal authorities announced Thursday. U.S. Attorney David
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Locals: South Dakota police removed Confederate flag emblem - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press/BNC Contributor GETTYSBURG, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota police department has removed a decal from its squad cars that featured a Confederate battle flag next to an American flag, according to local residents. Dave Mogard, the police chief in Gettysburg, a small
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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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COVID-19 in Refugee Camp at US Border Raises Alarm - Black News Channel
By AP/ BNC Contributor HOUSTON (AP) —A person has tested positive for COVID-19 in a refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border where an estimated 2,000 people await their immigration court dates, according to a nonprofit group providing medical care at the camp. Global Response Management said in
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GOP worries Trumps divisive June imperils Senate control - Black News Channel
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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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Wide shift in opinion on police, race rare in US polling - Black News Channel
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Its rare for public opinion on social issues to change sharply and swiftly. And yet in the wake of George Floyds death, Americans opinions about police brutality and racial injustice have moved dramatically. About half of American adults
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Family lawyer probing police actions in Black mans death - Black News Channel
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Grizzlies Morant Apologizes for Anti-Police Post - Black News Channel
By AP/BNC Contributor MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis Grizzlies rookie guard Ja Morant posted and deleted an Instagram photo suggesting hed replace his name with an expletive on his number 12 jersey in a protest against police. Morant apologized Sunday night, saying the message didnt accurately
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