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Audit: US Sent $1.4B in Virus Relief Payments to Dead People - Black News Channel
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a government watchdog reported Thursday. More than 130 million so-called economic impact payments were sent to taxpayers as part of
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AP-NORC poll: White Democrats grow more critical of police - Black News Channel
By KAT STAFFORD and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — As a national reckoning over racism and policing grips the nation, white Democrats are far more likely now than they were a few years ago to think police brutality is a serious issue — a dramatic shift in public opinion that some
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Doctors say experimental treatment may have rid man of HIV - Black News Channel
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed at purging hidden, dormant virus from his body, doctors reported Tuesday. The case
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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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New York Foster Care - Black News Channel
By: Ashley Liotus/ BNC journalist New York (BNC) Black and Latino youth are disproportionately represented in the Foster Care system across the U.S. and in New York. So, when the Coronavirus outbreak began and was hitting communities of color the hardest, the medical director and staff at The
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Protester Hit by Iowa Governors SUV, Sure it was Intentional - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor ACKLEY, Iowa (AP) — An SUV carrying Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hit a Black Lives Matter protester who was trying to block the vehicle Tuesday as she was leaving an event in northern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol confirmed the SUV hit the protester, who was among about two dozen Black
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Tropical Storm Fay moves toward mid-Atlantic, New England - Black News Channel
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Fay slightly picked up speed and strength as it moved closer to land Friday, and forecasters decreased projections for rain totals and flooding. Fay was expected to bring 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters) of rain, with the possibility of flash flooding in parts of the
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Mahomes Big Bet on Football Pays Off with $503 million deal - Black News Channel
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer/BNC Contributor Patrick Mahomes risked everything when he opted for football over baseball.Turns out, he got baseball money anyway. One day after the former two-sport star got a 10-year deal worth up to $503 million, the richest contract in American sports
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COMMENTARY: Newsoms confusing COVID-19 decrees - Black News Channel
By Chaplain Debbie Walker, BSN, RN, OCN, Texas Metro News Contributor Take a seat, take a breath, and let me walk you through a straightforward and truthful perspective on this new entity that is the topic of our conversations nowadays, Coronavirus, or COVID-19 which is now a part of everyday
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NASCAR, FBI investigating ‘heinous act’ after noose is found in Bubba Wallace’s stall
By Des Bieler, Cindy Boren and Liz Clarke Washington Post NASCAR President Steve Phelps said Monday afternoon that the sport will permanently ban the person or people who hung the noose in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Sunday. “Unequivocally, they will be banned
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Protesters: Remove Statues of Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln - Black News Channel
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincolns feet — optics that jar and offend many in a nation confronting racial injustice through
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Black-owned, Simply Wholesome market thrives during a pandemic - Black News Channel
Some Black-owned businesses are seeing a surge in interest as a result of the protests against racism and police brutality. Anita Bennett visited Simply Wholesome market in Los Angeles, which has had an influx of new customers thanks to social media and calls to support Black
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Kansas State, Athletes React To Offensive Tweet - Black News Channel
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the schools president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since
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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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Richmond Orders Removal of Confederate Statues on City Land - Black News Channel
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on Wednesday ordered the immediate removal of all Confederate statues on city land, saying he was using his emergency powers to speed up the healing process for the former capital of the Confederacy
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Hanging death of Black man in California park ruled suicide - Black News Channel
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities
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21 Savage launches free online financial program for youth - Black News Channel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper 21 Savage will be launching a free online financial literacy education program for youth sheltered at home during the coronavirus pandemic. The Grammy winner announced his new Bank Account At Home nationwide initiative on Wednesday. His efforts will include a partnership
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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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Both the SIAC AND CIAA Suspend Fall Sports - Black News Channel
By David Johnson / BNC Digital Reporter Both the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) annouced Thursday the suspension of fall sports for the 2020 fall semester. The common theme for both HBCU conferences suspending their fall
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Converse Announces It Will Pay Salary of WNBA Star Natasha Cloud
Washington Mystics star Natasha Cloud made the bold decision to forgo the 2020 WNBA season if the league does decide to follow in the NBA's footsteps. Pro Football Talk is reporting Converse announced it will pay her salary and will aid Cloud in her continued fight for social justice reform.
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Small business aid went beyond hard-hit companies, data show - Black News Channel
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money from a program that likely helped prevent the job market meltdown from growing worse but that
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Kansas City Mayor Called Racist Slur After Requiring Masks - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas Citys Black mayor said Monday that he was called a racist slur and told he should swing from a tree after he announced mandatory face masks in the Missouri city. Mayor Quinton Lucas on Twitter shared a screenshot of the texts, which came after he
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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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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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Ex-Atlanta Officer Granted Bond - Black News Channel
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett
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Howard Lands Big Name in Mens Basketball - Black News Channel
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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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NFL Stars Demand The League Admit Wrong To Silencing Players Amid Bogus Statement
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Judge orders Dakota Access pipeline shut down pending review - Black News Channel
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered the Dakota Access pipeline shut down for additional environmental review more than three years after it began pumping oil — handing a victory to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and delivering a blow to President Donald
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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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