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By Lynn JonesTurpin - This year due to the pandemic, families had to choose between gathering together indoors or staying home alone to celebrate Thanksgiving. The day ranged from masked dinners, outdoor gatherings, paper plates, [...]
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Libya's GNA says it is targeting retreating Haftar forces
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Teachers seek to boost engagement with remote learning
On a recent school day, Boston Latin Academy art teacher Taina Vargas was working in her kitchen, leading a class while helping her first-grader, Solwazi, with his own class
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Jesse Brown, wounded veteran and government official, was born on March 27, 1944 to Lucille Brown in Detroit, Michigan.  His single-parent mother raised him in Chicago.  Brown first attended Roosevelt University in Chicago and later graduated from Kennedy- King College in that same
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The Miss India Guyana Organization has reopened the application process for the Miss, Mrs and Teen India Guyana 2021 pageants where the best in each category will have the prestigious pleasure of being crowned
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Elected officials say NYPD should show 'zero tolerance' to Central Park 'Karen' and launch criminal probe | New York Carib News
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Africa: Brand Africa 100 Rankings Find Only 20 Percent of Most Popular Brands in Africa Indigenous
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Texans Bill O’Brien stands with Floyd family, understands why players kneel
Houston Texans coach and general manager Bill O’Brien spoke Wednesday morning with passion and great empathy about the George Floyd tragedy that has gripped our
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Greenwood Chamber Of Commerce 99th Year Remembrance Of The Tulsa Race Riot/Massacre And Important Announcements | The Oklahoma Eagle
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