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Cruz leads 11 GOP senators challenging Biden win over Trump - TheGrio
A coalition of 11 Republican senators announced Saturday it will challenge the outcome of the presidential election by voting to... View Article The post Cruz leads 11 GOP senators challenging Biden win over Trump appeared first on TheGrio.
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Rwanda: Teams That Violate Covid-19 Guidelines Will Be Expelled From League - FERWAFA
[New Times] The Football Association of Rwanda (FERWAFA) has warned teams that won't comply with Covid-19 safety regulations when the league resumes will face punitive sanctions that include expulsion or relegation to lower-tier competitions.
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American Federation of Teachers on DeVos resignation: 'Good riddance' - TheGrio
The list of political leaders jumping the sinking ship of President Donald Trump's administration included education secretary Betsy DeVos, and... View Article The post American Federation of Teachers on DeVos resignation: 'Good riddance' appeared first on TheGrio.
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Senator Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized - TheGrio
Republican Senator Mitch McConnell's home in Louisville, Kentucky was vandalized on Saturday morning. As reported by WDRB, the message of... View Article The post Senator Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized appeared first on TheGrio.
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Thailand bans food and magazines on domestic flights in bid to stop spread of coronavirus
Thailand has banned food and drink services and magazines on domestic flights in a bid to stop the spread of coroanvirus. The move comes as Thailand recorded two new deaths from coronavirus on Friday, taking the total number of infections to 7,163 and the number of deaths to 63 since the outbreak
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Zimbabwe: Econet Data Traffic Volumes Up 90 Percent
[New Zimbabwe] Listed telecommunications giant, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) has registered a 90% upturn in data traffic on the backdrop of shifting Covid-19 linked work patterns by locals.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Kill Dozens of Farmers
[DW] Rebels in the east of DR Congo have killed at least 25 people, beheading some, local officials say. Fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces have been blamed for the attack on New Year's Eve.
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Coronavirus: Army Corps to help L.A.-area hospitals upgrade aging tech | L.A. Focus News
By Christopher Weber | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — California hospitals ended the year on “the brink of catastrophe,” a health official said as the pandemic pushed deaths and sickness to staggering levels and some medical centers scrambled to provide oxygen for the critically ill. Gov. Gavin
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Virginia man arrested after Georgia girl, 7, shot and killed while Christmas shopping - TheGrio
Authorities have made an arrest following the fatal shooting of seven-year-old Kennedy Maxie. According to NBC News, police have been... View Article The post Virginia man arrested after Georgia girl, 7, shot and killed while Christmas shopping appeared first on TheGrio.
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Massive drop in trauma cases attributed to nationwide alcohol ban
South Africa banned liquor sales amid coronavirus surge. In addition to the alcohol ban, the new restrictions include the closure of all beaches and public swimming pools in infectious hotspots as well as a curfew extension.
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3 surprising drugs being repurposed to fight COVID-19 - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
Some ubiquitous drugs like the BCG vaccine, thalidomide, and melatonin could help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Academy Prep scholars thrive during the global COVID-19 pandemic
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Niger: Presidential Election Heads to February Runoff
[DW] A former interior minister is tipped to succeed President Mahamadou Issoufou. Niger is attempting its first peaceful transfer of power since gaining independence from France 60 years ago.
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A hegemony upended by a Frankenstein
… that the Democrats fielded an African-American pastor in Rev. Raphael Warnock … to become only the 11th African-American U.S. senator, and a … 4.4 million voters), with African-Americans in particular voting in large …
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The Nilgiris Open Up for Travel – The Wilmington Journal
In early December, after a lull of nine months, tourist spots in the Nilgiris in southern India finally opened their doors to tourists. The Nilgiris literally translates to “blue hills.” This picturesque region has three [...]
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Championship games off after COVID-19 outbreaks at Bristol City, Luton Town
(Reuters) - Two Championship matches scheduled for Saturday have been postponed after Bristol City and Luton Town reported COVID-19 outbreaks in their squads on Friday. City were scheduled to play second-placed Brentford while Luton were set to host Queens Park Rangers. The positive tests come
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How relatives of hospital workers have managed to jump the line for early COVID vaccines | L.A. Focus News
Amid assurances from major Southern California medical centers that only frontline health workers are receiving early COVID-19 vaccines, a second community hospital has apparently strayed from federal guidelines and inoculated an employee’s relative. Officials at Southern California Hospital in
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Covid-19: SA death toll now at 29 175 amid renewed and amplified calls for urgent vaccine rollout
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Case Of Highly Infectious Coronavirus Variant Reported In Hard-Hit Southern California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A mutant variant of the coronavirus that appears to be more contagious has been found in Southern California, where the state’s most populous county recorded more…
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Afghan journalist shot dead in car ambush
KABUL (Reuters) - An Afghan journalist was shot dead in a car ambush in the central province of Ghor, the fifth media professional to be killed in the country in two months, officials said on Saturday. Bismellah Adel Aimaq, 28, the editor-in-chief of Sada-e-Ghor (Voice of Ghor) radio station, was
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WHO Approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world. The…
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GOP torn over Trump's Electoral College challenge of Biden - Black News Channel
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by President-elect Joe Biden is becoming a defining moment for the Republican Party before next week's joint session of Congress to confirm the
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Indonesian cleric who inspired Bali bombings freed from jail - Black News Channel
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A firebrand cleric who inspired bombings in Bali and other attacks walked free from an Indonesian prison Friday after completing his sentence for funding the training of Islamic militants. Police said they will monitor the activities of
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South Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine 'Not Only Weapon to End Pandemic'
[SAnews.gov.za] Leading experts in South Africa's vaccine procurement strategy say while securing a COVID-19 vaccine is top of the country's agenda, it is not a magic bullet that will end the pandemic.
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Griots: The importance of documentation - Face2Face Africa
When discussing the history of one’s people or continent, it is very easy to disvalue, disregard and disengage with information not presented in thesis-styled essays or intellectually challenging or stimulating books. Across the mother continent of Africa, there has long been a misunderstood method
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Raphael Warnock’s campaign for the moral high ground - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… ways the country treats its African American citizens. Warnock’s identity as … such as young people and African Americans— voting blocs Warnock aims to … , social and political institution in Black American life. The church has survived …
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An unprecedented year in Portsmouth politics is over. The NAACP is hopeful for 2021.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — 2020 was a tumultuous year for Portsmouth. The city of 94,000 people made national headlines when a protest of the city’s Confederate monument turned dangerous, Black leaders were charged with crimes, and city government management went into a tailspin.  The late civil
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Illinois starts new year by expunging nearly 500,000 marijuana arrest records | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Brooke Seipel, The Hill Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) said in an announcement hours before the start of the new year that his state had expunged nearly 500,000 marijuana-related convictions. The move follows Pritzker signing legislation in 2019 legalizing recreational marijuana use in the
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