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Two COVID-19-ravaged churches take different recovery paths - Black News Channel
By DAVID CRARY and LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The paths of two New York City churches diverged this week — one reopened and one stayed closed. But they have shared a tragic fate, together losing at least 134 members of their mostly Hispanic congregations to the
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NASCAR, FBI investigating ‘heinous act’ after noose is found in Bubba Wallace’s stall
By Des Bieler, Cindy Boren and Liz Clarke Washington Post NASCAR President Steve Phelps said Monday afternoon that the sport will permanently ban the person or people who hung the noose in Bubba Wallace’s garage stall at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Sunday. “Unequivocally, they will be banned
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Protesters: Remove Statues of Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln - Black News Channel
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor Calls are intensifying for the removal of twin Emancipation memorials in Washington, D.C., and Boston that depict a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincolns feet — optics that jar and offend many in a nation confronting racial injustice through
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Former Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Seeks Bail - Black News Channel
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — The former Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks will appear in court Tuesday to ask a judge to release him from jail while his case is pending. Garrett Rolfe, who is white, faces felony murder and other charges in the
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Bethune-Cookman Moves to SWAC - Black News Channel
By David Johnson / BNC Digital Reporter Birmingham, Alabama (BNC) The rich get richer as the South Western Athletics Conference (SWAC) adds its 12th member in Bethune-Cookman University, who will be joining the SWAC with FAMU in the 2021-2022 academic school year. The decision was reached during
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Kansas State, Athletes React To Offensive Tweet - Black News Channel
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State University is reviewing its options after a tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd prompted outrage from several students, including two football players who threatened to leave, the schools president said Friday. On Thursday, one month since
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Seattle mayor orders occupied area cleared, police arrive - Black News Channel
By MARTHA BELLISLE and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle police converged on the citys occupied protest zone early Wednesday after Mayor Jenny Durkan issued an executive order for protesters to vacate the area. People have occupied several blocks around a park and the Seattle
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Sheriff: Glee actor Naya Rivera missing in California lake - Black News Channel
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California lake will be closed while they search its waters for Glee star Naya Rivera, authorities said Thursday. The Ventura County Sheriffs Department late Wednesday confirmed that Rivera, 33, is the person being searched for in the waters of Lake Piru, which is
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Europe Restricts Visitors from The US Amid Virus Resurgence - Black News Channel
By LORNE COOK and TAMARA LUSH Associated Press/ BNC Contributor On Tuesday, European countries decided to reopen to visitors from 14 countries, but not the U.S., where some of the states are now seeing surges in confirmed COVID-19 infections. The European Unions decision came a day after Arizona
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Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Aid if Schools Dont Reopen - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor Determined to reopen Americas schools despite coronavirus worries, President Donald Trump threatened on Wednesday to hold back federal money if school districts dont bring their students back in the fall. He complained that his own public
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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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Black-owned, Simply Wholesome market thrives during a pandemic - Black News Channel
Some Black-owned businesses are seeing a surge in interest as a result of the protests against racism and police brutality. Anita Bennett visited Simply Wholesome market in Los Angeles, which has had an influx of new customers thanks to social media and calls to support Black
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USA Football Plans Return for Youths in 2020 - Black News Channel
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer/ BNC Contributor USA Football has developed a phased approach for the return of youth football this year. The plan is based on phased reopening guidelines from the CDC. The governing body for the sport in this country advises youth leagues to consult their
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Pedro Sierra Recounts Glory Days in Negro Baseball League
Pedro Sierra, 81, left his native Cuba in 1954 — then just 16 — with the opportunity to follow what he describes as the only thing he'd ever dreamed of — to play professional baseball.
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Somalia to Delay Elections by 13 Months - Black News Channel
By ABDI GULED Associated Press/ BNC Contributor NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Somalias election body says it intends to delay the parliamentary and presidential elections scheduled for November by 13 months, citing the countrys security problems. Announcing that a new date for the elections in
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Oprah, Lionsgate to help adapt The 1619 Project for film, TV - Black News Channel
By The Associated Press undefined/BNC Contributor Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt the The New York Times recent project examining the legacy of slavery for film and television. Lionsgate said Wednesday that it will work
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Hanging death of Black man in California park ruled suicide - Black News Channel
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities
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New rules: Foreign pupils must leave US if classes go online - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities. The guidelines, issued by
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Track and Field Adapts for Storied Meet Held in 7 Venues - Black News Channel
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer/ BNC Contributor GENEVA (AP) — In a track and field season almost entirely wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, athletes and organizers are setting new marks in creativity. On Thursday, the storied Weltklasse meet will broadcast near-live from Zurich in an
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Mississippi surrenders Confederate symbol from state flag - Black News Channel
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War. A broad coalition of
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`You broke my wrist! Police sued for taking down Antonio Smith - Black News Channel
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LeBron James Group Touts Sports Venues as Mega-voting sites - Black News Channel
By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James and his voting rights group, formed this spring with other black
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Legendary Singer Deniece Williams Join Other Big Stars at NNPA Virtual Conference | BlackPressUSA
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Trump's reelection campaign gets a reboot as virus persists - Black News Channel
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and BILL BARROW Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's campaign reboot is getting a reboot. He will take baby steps back out onto the road Friday after a multiweek hiatus caused by a nationwide surge in coronavirus cases and after his planned comeback in
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Tyler Perry to Pay Funeral Expenses for Girl Shot in Atlanta - Black News Channel
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Saint Augustines University football player encouraging African Americans to learn to swim with free lessons - African American News Today - EIN News
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Miami-Dade County imposing restrictions after cases spike - Black News Channel
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New York Foster Care - Black News Channel
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Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislature - Black News Channel
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Judge warns of possible move of trial in George Floyd death - Black News Channel
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