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November coronavirus surge a ‘train wreck in slow motion’
As the coronavirus pandemic took a steep turn for the worse in November, several Southern California counties ended the month with record numbers of cases and hospitalizations, and deaths have begun to increase in some areas as well. The increase in cases was “unlike anything we have seen since
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Bellflower to allow fireworks sales, annual summer events
The City Council, which on April 27 approved 14 applications from nonprofit groups to sell fireworks, set up conditions for such sales May 11, placing an emphasis on social distancing and the availability of hand sanitizers to sellers along with soap and water units for hand
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Khayelitsha SASSA office set to reopen on Thursday
SASSA spokesperson Henry De Grass said the offices had been closed because of a water leak. Services could therefore not resume.
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CPS E-Learning Participation Accounts from Real Teachers | Chicago Defender
In Early May, Chicago Public schools sent out an email to parents stating that Data highlights that majority of students are engaged in digital remote learning.  A few weeks later, the Chicago Sun-Times says, Four in 10 CPS students take part in online learning two days a week or fewer, new data
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Cape Town: Prominent SACP leader and his daughter, aged six, shot dead
The killing of Siyabulelwa Siswana and his young child has sent shockwaves across Cape Town, and the SACP demand swift justice for their comrade.
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Florida Police Laugh after Shooting Rubber Bullets - Black News Channel
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press/ BNC Contributor FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Newly released body camera footage shows Florida police officers laughing and celebrating after shooting rubber bullets at a protest last month in which a Black woman was shot in the face and seriously injured. Fort
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California one of few states without top school nurse during pandemic - Black Voice News
In summary School nurses across California have tried to get the state to again hire a statewide nurse consultant, especially as they grapple with COVID-19. When the first U.S. case of swine flu was detected in a child in San Diego County in 2009, Linda Davis-Alldritt — California’s “school nurse
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Los Angeles County seeing 'terrifying increases' in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… 15 per 100,000 for African-Americans. The death rates for Latinos … 2 per 100,000 for African-Americans. Copyright © 2020 KABC-TV. All …
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Nolan Davis, 8, Organizes Black Lives Matter March for Kids in Missouri
“We are the children, the mighty mighty children. Here to tell you, Black lives matter!” hundreds of children chanted as they marched down sidewalks in Kirkwood, MO with their parents o…
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Min. Farrakhan to deliver major July 4 worldwide address | The Crusader Newspaper Group
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam will deliver a major message July 4 concerning the current state of affairs in America, the world, the coronavirus global pandemic and other critical subjects. Minister Farrakhan’s message, “The Criterion,” will be delivered on
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White Georgia Police Officer Breaks the Wrist of Innocent Black Man
A Black man who had his wrist broken by a white police officer in a case of mistaken identity is suing the Valdosta Georgia Police Department
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Black America’s Conflicted History with the Insurrection Act
Cotton appeared on Fox News where he offered, “[I]f necessary, the president should use the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty military forces to these cities to support our local law enforcement and ensure that this violence ends tonight . . .not one more
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Over Ninety Percent of COVID-19 Victims With Preexisting Medical Conditions Have Died.
The Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer shared the latest statistics behind COVID-19 positive cases and death
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LA County Revisits the Importance of Mental Health After COVID-19 Surge; The Work of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health is ‘Amplified’ Due to Current State of Pandemic - Los Angeles Sentinel
As news of an increase in the spread of the COVID-19 virus arises, it has also heightened the senses of worry about what more can be endured, the outbreak has been a rollercoaster filled with twists and turns. There has been extreme strain put on everyone to have stability and a light shined on the
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‘Every System Should Be On The Table’: Evidence Of Structural Racism Drives Committee’s Push For A Bold Recovery
Committee for Greater LA prepares COVID-19 recovery agenda to advance racial justice with USC/UCLA data to demonstrate effects of racism in...
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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America's Attorney General | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most recently, Crump has represented three of the most high-profile cases in America today in his representation of the families of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, and Breonna Taylor, gunned down in her bed by Louisville police in
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Huntington Park police make major fireworks bust -
HUNTINGTON PARK — Police confiscated more than 1,400 pounds of illegal fireworks from a business on the 2900 block of Randolph Street and the business owners’ home on the 6700 block of Malabar Street on June 23, according to the Huntington Park Police Department’s Facebook page. Acting on an
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Second vaccine approved for California as LA County’s coronavirus surge endures | L.A. Focus News
Los Angeles County reported 13,315 new cases of COVID-19 and 58 additional deaths on Sunday, Dec. 20, accompanied by another new record for hospitalizations propelled by the coronavirus. Nonetheless, a new wave of hope is expected to arrive this week in the form of the second COVID-19 vaccine, from
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Trump Still Refuses To Rename Army Bases Named After Confederate Leaders
President Trump is refusing to rename military bases that are named after confederate leaders saying their history is too storied.
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LAPD budget slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers - Black News Channel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during Americas reckoning over
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Culver City Councilman Running for State Senate in Special Election - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… us.”  Lee became the first African-American Member of the Culver City …
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BLM Protests Did Not Cause Spike In Coronavirus Cases
A team of economists have published a study showing the protests against systemic racism, did not cause a significant increase in coronavirus infections.
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Prominent Democratic Donor Ed Buck Faces New Felony Charges Of Forcing Victims To Do Sex Work - Blavity
New charges were brought against Democratic political donor Ed Buck Tuesday after a California grand jury nailed him on several felony counts related to sexual assault.
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January Possibly Worse Month of Pandemic, Infected Healthcare Workers’ Numbers Rise - Los Angeles Sentinel
Health officials have stated January may be the worst we’ve seen of the pandemic. The post January Possibly Worse Month of Pandemic, Infected Healthcare Workers’ Numbers Rise appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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Shooting of Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant III was a 22-year-old African-American man who was fatally shot in the early morning hours of New Years Day 2009 by BART Police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California, United States. Responding to reports of a fight on a crowded Bay Area Rapid Transit train returning from San
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U.S., South Africa report new record coronavirus rises - Black News Channel
By DAVID RISING and JAKE COYLE undefined BERLIN (AP) — The United States and South Africa have both reported record new daily coronavirus infections, with U.S. figures surpassing 50,000 cases a day for the first time, underlining the challenges still ahead as nations press to reopen their
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Epstein Friend Accused of Recruiting Girls for Sex Arrested
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday on charges she helped recruit three girls — one as young as 14 — to have sex with financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of girls and women over many years. According to the indictment, Maxwell, who lived
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L.A. Area Chamber of Commerce and SoCalGas Team Up to Host Virtual Job Fair - Los Angeles Sentinel
The Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and Southern California Gas Co. announced today they will jointly hold a virtual job fair on Thursday for those seeking employment in the greater
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Alabama Power holds informational meeting and exhibition on plans to close and seal coal ash pond at Greene County Steamplant near Forkland, AL
By: John Zippert,Co-Publisher and Editor On Monday June 29, 2020 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Alabama Power Company held an informational meeting and exhibition on its plans to close and seal a 474 acre coal ash pond, located on its Greene County Steamplant site, near the Town of Forkland in the southern
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As City Reopens Officials Push Safety | Afro
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com Summer is officially here, the Fourth of July weekend is underway and stores shelves are filled with decorations and foods for people to have events and cookouts.   However, the COVID-19 pandemic continues and local officials are warning residents to
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