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VIDEO: Women Making History – Youngest GOP Congresswoman | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
During Women’s History Month  Zenger News presents “Women Making History,”  highlighting women making a difference. We have updated the following story with new photos and video.  WASHINGTON — Kathryn “Kat” Cammack was left homeless less than a decade ago, but now calls the House of Representatives
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Australian Prime Minister Accused Of 'Menacing' Behavior | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
CANBERRA, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of menacing and controlling behavior that drove a female member of the federal parliament out of the parliament. Former Liberal Member of Parliament Julia Banks quit the Liberal Party after a leadership coup against the
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Until The Vaccine Takes Full Effect, COVID Remains A Serious Threat | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) symptoms can be mistaken for vaccine-related side effects during initial days after immunization, according to a study of 4,081 vaccinated healthcare workers in Israel. Published online in the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal Emerging Infectious
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Jacksonville To Host Fair Housing Symposium
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., – In observance of Fair Housing month, the Jacksonville Human Rights Commission will host its annual Fair Housing Symposium in partnership with the Jacksonville Housing Authority (JHA) and Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc. (JALA). This year’s theme is “Equal Opportunity for All
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Eight Indian Beaches Get Blue Flag Award | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Eight beaches along India's stunning 4670 mile (ca. 7,516 km)-long coastline have been given a Blue Flag award by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Copenhagen, Denmark. This eco-label is given for just a season, after a beach fulfills a rigorous 33-point list of
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EU, UK Slap Fresh Sanctions On Myanmar Individuals, Entities Related To Military Coup
BRUSSELS — The United Kingdom and the European Union on June 21 imposed fresh sanctions on Myanmar state-owned entities and individuals related to the February 1, 2021, military coup and the subsequent violent repression of peaceful protesters. According to a European Union press release, the
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Australian Farmers To Plant Record Winter Crop Area
BRISBANE, Australia — Australian farmers are on track to plant the biggest winter crop in the nation’s history, with strong rainfall and high global prices outweighing a mouse plague. The federal government’s agriculture forecaster is predicting the total area of crops planted to soar beyond 23
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Debate Night in America: Muted Mics Could Interrupt Trump's Style | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Voters might already have gotten a glimpse of both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden's strategy for tonight's big debate. First, Trump. In an interview Wednesday with sports journalist Jason Whitlock, he asked how he should handle Biden tonight. Whitlock's short and simple
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VIDEO: Whale Meet Again: Mesmerizing Footage As Dolphins Team Up With Sperm Whale Pod | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Bottlenose dolphins have been spotted and filmed swimming alongside a family of sperm whales in the North Atlantic Ocean. The incredible footage was taken near Sao Miguel Island in Portugal’s Azores archipelago in late June, during a whale-watching trip led by the Futurismo Azores Adventures tour
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Weeding Out Invasive Plant Critical For Survival Of Protected Species And Fishermen  | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
YAOUNDE, Cameroon- — A fishing community in Cameroon is racing against time to save Lake Ossa, one of the country’s largest, from a floating fern that thrives in slow-moving, nutrient-rich warm freshwater. The invasive plant — Salvinia molesta— has already covered 40 percent of the
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: By Kimberly Daniels State Representative House District 14 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
CLIFFORD WILLIAMS, WRONGFULLY INCARCERATED FOR 43 YEARS, COMPENSATED: Clifford Williams was sent to death row in 1976 for a murder he did not commit. In 2018, State Attorney Melissa Nelson opened a unit dedicated to wrongful prosecution. Williams was released from prison in March 2019 after his
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'Have And Have Nots' Villainess Angela Robinson Praises Tyler Perry Industry Influence While Sharing Memories As Show Comes To An End | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Atlanta, Georgia… The eighth and final season of Tyler Perry’s ‘The Have and the Have Nots’ is bittersweet for Angela Robinson, the actress who brought life to Veronica Harrington, the ruthless villainess fans have loved to hate on OWN’s top-rated drama. Robinson said it was the role of
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Australian Farmer’s Land Clearing Kyoto Case Turfed
SYDNEY — A New South Wales farmer’s bid to overturn land clearing laws by claiming his land is being compulsorily acquired from the fallout of the Kyoto Protocol has no reasonable prospect of success, a court has ruled. Mungindi farmer Robert Alexander Houston had claimed laws regulating the
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Facebook Received 40,300 User Data Requests From India In Second Half Of 2020 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
CHENNAI, India — Social networking company Facebook on May 19 said it restricted access to 878 posts or accounts in India for the second half of the year from July-December 2020, in response to directions from the country’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, known as MeitY. The
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Actor Russel Crowe Backing Australian State Film Studio | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
COFFS HARBOUR, Australia — Actor Russell Crowe is the latest to cash in on the country’s film boom, announcing he will build a major film studio in the south-eastern Australian state of New South Wales’s Coffs Harbour on the mid-north coast the Oscar winner lives. The AU $400 million ($308
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Email marketing is a kind of marketing that can help the customers on your email list to be aware of new products, services, or discounts on products. It can also be an easy way to educate an audience on the value of your brand or keep them engaged between purchases.More…
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Jonathan Bender's Jump From High School To The NBA  | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
In a 2000 release, recording artist Nelly rapped: “I’m draftin’ ’em outta high school straight into the pros.” That was a reference to a then-growing trend among prep basketball stars: Bypassing college and entering the pro ranks as teenagers. Just a year prior to
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Red Day: Jacksonville Community out for action on Police Brutality and Violence
Vernell ‘Lil Redd’ Bing Jr. was killed by JSO cop Tyler Landreville on May 22, 2016, shot 5 times and State Attorney Melissa Nelson ruled the killing justified 16 months later. Officer Landreville has since killed two people on the streets of Duval County within 3 years. “It’s sad, it’s so
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UF Health Researcher Answers Questions about The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — And now, there are three. Johnson & Johnson recently received emergency use authorization for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That step makes it the third vaccine to be approved in the battle against the novel coronavirus
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Migrantes forzados sufren estragos emocionales   | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
La migración es un fenómeno cada vez más común en todo el mundo. Representa grandes ventajas para muchos, pero a la vez algunos sentimientos encontrados. Para quienes dejan su lugar de origen porque se sienten en la necesidad de hacerlo, y no porque realmente lo deseen, la situación puede ser
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Supreme Court Ruled Against Lowering Sentences for Crack Cocaine Convictions
On Monday, June 14, the Supreme Court ruled that those convicted of possessing small amounts of crack cocaine are prohibited from seeking sentence reductions. Activists complained that the ruling is just another slap in the face to minority defendants who were disproportionately sentenced to
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El poder de los negocios latinos en el nombre de Santiago García | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
Chicago - La noticia no es que un perro muerda a un hombre, sino que un hombre muerda a un perro. Así puede resumirse la historia de éxito empresarial de Santiago García. El dueño de GSG Material Testing, una empresa que él fundó en 1995, anunció la adquisición de HOH Group, una reconocida firma de
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Trade Association Projects India's 2021-22 GDP Growth At 9.5% | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
KOLKATA, India — India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at 9.5 percent in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, according to the Confederation of Indian Industry, a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group. The group said this would take the GDP to a slightly higher level than
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CARACAS, Venezuela — A principios de este año, cuando The Lancet confirmó la alta eficacia de la vacuna Sputnik-V, varios países de América Latina lo vieron como una buena noticia. Era una oportunidad de adquirir las dosis necesarias para inmunizar a su población. La cercana relación de Rusia con
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Bullets Fly During Convenience Store Robbery | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
AURORA, Colo.- - A hooded suspect armed with a handgun entered a convenience store in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado, and shot the clerk while fleeing the scene. The crime took place at the PJ Mart at 980 S. Peoria St. on Nov. 2 at 9:45 a.m. Police tweeted a description as a white or
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India's Pharma Regulator Seeks Millions in Fines for Overpriced Drugs | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
TAMIL Nadu - India's pharma pricing regulator is fighting to get companies to pay millions of dollars in fines for overcharging on drugs. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has imposed fines of INR 6,423 crore ($800 million) on pharmaceutical companies since 1997. But as of Aug. 31 this
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Google’s Gangland Lawyer Suit Appeal Fails in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia — A court has refused Google’s application for leave to appeal an AU$ 40,000 ($30369) defamation payout to a Victorian lawyer known for representing underworld crooks. George Defteros had clients including gangsters Alphonse Gangitano and Mario Condello and gangland identity
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Bidders Take a Flyer on Debt-Ridden Air India | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
TAMIL NADU - A number of bidders - including the original owner - are vying to breathe new life into debt-ridden Air India. Over the years, the government-owned national carrier has accumulated debt of over INR 58,000 ($7.8 billion). In addition to selling 100 percent stake in the stressed
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Australia Post Packages Note Indigenous Place Names | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
MELBOURNE, Australia — Australians will be able to post packages featuring Indigenous place names as part of a new initiative to mark NAIDOC week. NAIDOC week is the annual celebration and acknowledgment of the culture of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that is observed from the first
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Murray-Darling Cop Bill Reaches Australia's Parliament | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
BRISBANE, Australia — Water theft and insider trading in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin could be punished by up to five years behind bars under a shake-up of the river system’s rules. Water Minister Keith Pitt on May 26 introduced legislation to federal parliament to hand substantive powers to
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