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En Vogue's Dawn Robinson Thanks Fans For Supporting Her 'Van Life' Journey

Former En Vogue singer Dawn Robinson shocked fans when she revealed in a YouTube video that she's been living in her car for the last three years. The 58-year-old musician says she was forced into it after leaving Las Vegas, where she was living with her parents. She and her mother weren't getting along, and […]

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Harper Lee summarizes the story in the title -- To Kill a Mockingbird. A mockingbird represents innocence. The story tells us of an innocent man who is sentenced due to racial prejudice. Every To Kill a Mockingbird quote on this page preaches a universal

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Shaun Robinson Calls Out Former “Access Hollywood” Co-Star Billy Bush For Newfound Allyship: “I Appreciate You Being An Ally NOW”

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and countless other Black men and women at the hands of police and so-called vigilantes, many white celebrities and enterprises are stepping up to speak out against racial

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Hotels, attractions offering free rooms, day passes to local health care staff

In a move, it said, is designed to honour the medical teams who have been working on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) has announced that it is providing free hotel stays for local health care

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Jackie Robinson

Born: 1/31/1919 Cairo, GeorgiaDied: 10/24/1972 Stamford, ConnecticutJackie Robinson was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman who became the first African American to play in the major leagues in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers

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Programs support people with dementia and their family caregivers - Dallas Examiner

Dementia Friendly North Central/East Texas provides services at no charge to people with memory loss and their family caregivers, including short-term housekeeping and personal care, medical equipment and supplies, and classes to help caregivers handle "problem" behaviors. The p

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Did Rory & Mal Jab At Joe Budden Over Diddy Situation?

After Diddy settled with Cassie, Rory and Mal took shots at broadcasters who avoided the topic and Joe Budden may have been a target.

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Antibiotics for an abscessed tooth

ANTIBIOTICS are just one of the many tools dentists have to treat dental infections, like an abscessed

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Smokey Robinson

Smokey Robinson is a famous American singer and songwriter, who had a successful career both as part of the group “The Miracles” and as a solo artist. He was born as William Robinson, Jr. on February 19, 1940 to a poor family in Detroit. His mother died when he was very young so he was

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Shahine was a decent, diligent servant of the people, says Phillips

OPPOSITION leader and president of the People's National Party (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday expressed his sadness at the news of the passing of minister of labour and social security and Member of Parliament for St Ann North Eastern Shahine

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Final day of public viewing for late Shahine Robinson

The public viewing of the casket of former Minister of Labour and Social Security, Shahine Robinson, ends today with members of the Cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness at Jamaica Labour Party headquarters in St

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The Myth of the Buffalo Soldiers

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Stewarts aren’t racists, says JHTA’s Robinson

Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association President Omar Robinson has lambasted critics who have launched a social-media campaign targeting Sandals hotel moguls Gordon ‘Butch’ Stewart and his son

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Taylor, Marshall W. (1878-1932)

He was a black pioneer in sports long before Jackie Robinson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, and even the legendary Jack Johnson. He did not play baseball as Robinson did, nor was he a pugilist as were Johnson and Louis, and although he participated in a sport where the main objective was speed, he was

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Robinson calls for removal of taxes on tablets, computer devices ahead of schools reopening

Opposition Spokesperson on Technology, Julian Robinson, is calling for the government to immediately remove the General Consumption Tax on tablets and computer devices to make them more affordable to parents ahead of the reopening of

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Negro Baseball Leagues

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Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era

With both the local government and general elections on the horizon, there are mounting calls for the Government and the Opposition to give urgent consensus to holding both polls simultaneously in light of a number of prevailing conditions being faced by the

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Election ready - PNP gearing up if poll called after SOEs lifted

THE LEADERSHIP of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has declared itself fit and ready to challenge the ruling Jamaica Labour Party if Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls a general election shortly after winding up states of emergency (SOEs) across the

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Eight Louisiana police officers accused of excessive force after chase have been indicted | The Atlanta Voice

A grand jury indicted each of the Shreveport officers on Monday with a count of malfeasance in office in connection with the late January pursuit and stop of a truck that left driver Chico Bell with a shattered eye socket and passenger Damon Robinson with his nose broken in several

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Tributes to late MPs take Lower House sitting into late night

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Walk good, Shahine

THE woman who changed the tide of losses for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with an upset in a People's National Party (PNP) stronghold in St Ann North Eastern in 2001, Shahine Robinson, died at her family home in Claremont, St Ann, around midday yesterday, after a long battle with lung

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'Jobs are coming back'

MONTEGO BAY, St James — The arrival of the first of six flights — an American Airlines flight with 120 passengers — at Sangster International Airport here yesterday was a clear sign that the prospects for the more than 8,000 people employed at the airport were

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Staffer at Bluff Meat Supply branch tests positive for Covid-19

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Temptations’ Otis Williams Talks Music, History, and the Temps’ 60th Anniversary

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Negro Baseball League Timeline

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