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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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Governor Abbott Provides Update On COVID-19 Response | East Texas Review
Urges Texans To Follow Guidelines COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in the state of Texas, and it must be corralled, said Governor Abbott AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott today provided an update on Texas continued response to COVID-19. The Governor discussed several steps the state is
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Democrats say US Needs to Address Protective Gear Shortage - Black News Channel
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press/ BNC Contributor A congressional committee criticized President Donald Trumps administration on Thursday for a series of problems in distributing personal protective and testing equipment during the coronavirus pandemic and called on the administration to come up
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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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WNBA players to spotlight female violence victims on jerseys - Black News Channel
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer/BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA players will wear uniforms for the opening weekend of the season featuring the names of women who have died because of alleged police brutality or racial violence — including Breonna Taylor, Vanessa Guillen and Sandra Bland
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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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Hot and healthy: Three natural immune-boosting drinks to make at home
Winter, flu season and a once-in-a-century pandemic are three crucial reasons to try to boost your immune system.
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MLB Cancels All-Star Game for First Time sice 1945 - Black News Channel
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer/ BNC Contributor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadiums 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer.The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022 Midsummer
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US consumer spending up 8.2%, partly erasing record plunge - Black News Channel
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The American consumer increased spending by a record 8.2% in May, partly erasing record plunges the previous two months, against the backdrop of an economy thats likely shrinking by its steepest pace on record this quarter. Last months
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GOP worries Trumps divisive June imperils Senate control - Black News Channel
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trumps June began with his Bible-clutching photo op outside a church after authorities used chemicals and batons to scatter peaceful demonstrators. It never got less jarring or divisive. By months end, he was downplaying a coronavirus
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Roberto Monsivais joins BancorpSouth, Longview, Texas | East Texas Review
BancorpSouth Bank (NYSE: BXS) announced today Roberto Monsivais has been hired as a community development mortgage loan originator, serving the Longview and Marshall, Texas markets. He is responsible for developing business and growing the bank’s mortgage loan portfolio by delivering superior
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Move to rename Bloody Sunday bridge has critics in Selma - Black News Channel
By JAY REEVES Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Just 25 years later, the bridge became a global landmark when civil rights
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Friday 26 June
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Confirmed new virus cases hit a new high in US - Black News Channel
By MICHELLE R. SMITH and FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press The number of confirmed new virus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 Friday — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in late April — in a resurgence that has led some governors to backtrack or at
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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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Help is on the way for small businesses - The Bay State Banner
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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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Army identifies buried remains as missing Texas soldier - Black News Channel
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/ Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An Army commander confirmed Monday that dismembered remains found last week buried near Fort Hood belonged to a 20-year-old soldier who vanished more than two months ago from the Texas base. Maj. Gen. Scott Efflandt, Fort
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NY count: 6,300 virus patients were sent to nursing homes - Black News Channel
By MARINA VILLENEUVE and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York hospitals released more than 6,300 recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes during the height of the pandemic under a controversial, now-scrapped policy, state officials said Monday, but they argued it
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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday 7 July
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Robyn Jones On Black Maternal Health And How Societal Stressors Impact Our Bodies
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Movement for Black Lives seeks sweeping legislative changes - Black News Channel
By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nations criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of surveillance technology is set to be unveiled Tuesday
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Camille Cosby Opens Up to the Black Press in an Exclusive Historic Interview | BlackPressUSA
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House approved a $1.5 trillion plan Wednesday to rebuild the nations crumbling infrastructure, pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into projects to fix roads and bridges, upgrade transit
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