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Gov. Edwards Announces State to Remain in Phase 2 Until July 20th
As many anticipated the state fully re-opening at some point, Louisiana will remain under the Phase 2 for another month after Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state will not move on to Phase 3 on June
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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper
Husband arrested in connection to death of Connecticut mother
The search for a South Windsor mother who has been missing since May 10 has come to a lamentable end.... View Article The post Husband arrested in connection to death of Connecticut mother appeared first on TheGrio.
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NCU to cut salaries, adjusts operations due to COVID-19
Northern Caribbean University (NCU) has announced a 10-per cent salary cut for all its employees effective June 1 in response to reduced revenue inflows caused by the COVID-19
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
City councilors question police dept. funding
The Boston City Council is set to decide on June 10 whether or not to approve the $414 million allocated to Boston Police Department (BPD) in the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal
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Source: The Bay State Banner
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'Insecure' Writer Grace Edwards On The Value Of Complex Stories About Black Women
She talks about joining the writers room in Season 4, learning to let characters make mistakes and giving Jodie Landon her flowers in "Jodie," a "Daria" spinoff.
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Ghana: Jk Horgle Receives Transformational Business Excellence in Oil And Gas Award
[Ghanaian Times] The Chief Executive Officer of J.K Horgle Transport and Company Ltd, a petroleum haulage transportation company has been awarded the Transformational Business Excellence in Oil and Gas Downstream Award at the 7th Edition of Ghana Energy Awards held at the Labadi Beach in Accra.
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Man fatally shot, soldier wounded in hunt for fugitive
THE JAMAICA Defence Force (JDF) said an escapee and other migrant criminals affiliated with the One Order Gang in St Catherine were given a safe haven in sections of Mountain View Avenue in St Andrew since the imposing of a state of emergency. The...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Cop claims he wasn't promoted to police chief because he's white
A Missouri cop is suing the St. Louis Police Department and the city, claiming he wasn't promoted to Police Chief because he is
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Youth MP: Milat can keep youths out of crime
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News FILE PHOTO - Members of MILAT - SUREASH CHOLAI THE Military Led Academic Training (Milat) programme can play a critical role in keeping young people out of a life of crime. National security minister Tiffanie Greenaway expressed
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Ballet After Dark S2020 Tyde-Courtney Edwards shares her organization's story.
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Edwards, Donna (1958 - )
Donna Edwards is a Democratic member of U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 4th Congressional District of Maryland since 2008. Early in 2009 she was among a group of U.S. Congress members who were handcuffed and arrested while protesting the expulsion of aid groups from Darfur in front
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‘We hate the soldier dem’ - Irate Tivoli residents protest alleged beatings by security forces
Tivoli Gardens residents have accused members of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) of physical abuse and of threatening to shoot indiscriminately at young men in the
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Crusader evaluates Top 5 Prospects 2020 NBA Mock Draft | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The 6-foot -3 star out of Georgia is known as a powerful guard with elite length and explosiveness, according to pro
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Meet the Black Ballerina and Entrepreneur Helping People Heal From their Trauma
Tyde-Courtney Edwards, founding director of Ballet After Dark, is a classically trained black ballerina, art model, and survivor of sexual assault who is on a mission to help others heal from their trauma through the art of
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GG grants early release to Canadian serving time for drug smuggling
A Canadian man who was sentenced to two years and six months for attempting to smuggle 20 pounds of cocaine from Jamaica has been granted an early release by Governor General Sir Patrick
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l’OMS craint une propagation mondiale de l’épidémie Mpox à l’origine de 581 décès depuis janvier en RDC
The content originally appeared on: juno7 - Haïti News ​ ​ L’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé craint une propagation mondiale de l’épidémie Mpox à l’origine de 581 décès depuis janvier en République Démocratique du Congo. L’épidémie Mpox appelée variole du singe a causé la mort à 581 personnes
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‘I am a pastor, not a politician’ - Firebrand clergyman, Bishop Rowan Edwards says he wants to remain non-partisan to fulfil his mandate
Two of Jamaica’s more prominent pastors said that while the formation of another political party is good for democracy, they have no intention of being a candidate when the newly formed Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) contests the next general
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How film star James Edwards' career came to a halt after alleged affair with White woman
He rose to stardom following the 1949 film 'Home of the Brave' in which he played the role of a Black soldier, Peter Moss, who experienced racism while serving in the South Pacific during World War II. A talented and outspoken actor who refused demeaning roles, James Edwards earned acclaim as the
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Thyra J. Edwards: Noted as One of the Most Outstanding Black Women in the World
Thyra J. Edwards was a world lecturer, journalist, labor organizer, women's rights advocate, and civil rights activist. She was highly respected by her peers and people throughout the community where she provided services. Edwards was often heralded as 'one of the most outstanding Black women in
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Edwards, Isaiah (1913-1994)
Isaiah Edwards was a community activist and advocate in Seattle’s Central Area.  Isaiah Edwards and his wife, Marie, moved from Topeka, Kansas, to Seattle in 1942 to work at Boeing.  Edwards worked for 40 years at Boeing as a maintenance dispatcher without missing a day, and also found time for
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Rearing rabbit, the other white meat
The Jamaica 4-H Clubs is on a drive to get Jamaicans to consume more rabbit, which it is actively promoting as ‘the other white meat’ and a healthful alternative for persons looking to enhance their
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Husband arrested after body of missing Connecticut mom found - TheGrio
When Jessica Edwards, 30, went missing in South Windsor, Connecticut on May 10, her husband and family reported it to... View Article The post Husband arrested after body of missing Connecticut mom found appeared first on TheGrio.
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Early Sermon for Abolition
On this date in 1791, Jonathan Edwards Jr. (1745-1801) preached a strong anti-slavery sermon before the Connecticut Society for the Promotion of Freedom and for the Relief of Persons unlawfully holden in Bondage. Edwards was a Congregationalist minister, like his more famous father, and later
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Caricom conducts survey on COVID-19 impact on food security
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretariat on Monday announced the launch of the second round of the Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact
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PUBLIC HEALTH IMPOSTER
THERE COULD be serious repercussions for a man who impersonated a health inspector while in attendance at last Thursday’s reopening of the popular Crab Circle street food hub. Clad in a plain beige shirt and brown trousers, mimicking the official...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Black ThenPrathia Hall: Tough Platform Speaker Dr. Martin Luther King Preferred Not to Follow
Negroes must also bear the blame for the desecration of humanity that is segregation. For we have been silent much too long. We've been preoccupied with telling our city power structure not what it needs to know, but what it wants to hear. We are here today because we can no longer bear the shame
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AMANDA EDWARDS ENDORSES ROYCE WEST
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Preseason slight propelled Prairie View to SWAC Championship Game
Prairie View will face the FCS’s No.7-ranked Florida A&M Rattlers in the conference championship.
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Religious party to ban strip clubs, casinos
The church-based Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) will abolish income tax, ban go-go clubs, and raise salaries for civil servants if it gains state
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Two of those who were true American heroes were recognized on Thursday, when the legacy of Jerome and John “Ellis” Edwards was commemorated at Historic Fort
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