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High-powered weapons and ammunition seized in St James, men arrested
The security forces seized two high-powered weapons and several rounds of ammunition during an operation in Salt Spring, St James this morning. The pre-dawn operation in the area was in search of illegal firearms and wanted men. During a...
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Angola's arrest warrant plans 'unjustified' - Isabel dos Santos
Angolan billionaire businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, suspected of corruption in her native country and Portugal, on Friday slammed as "unjustified" the possible issuing of an international arrest warrant against
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Rayshard Brooks’ Girlfriend Arrested For Setting Wendy’s On Fire
Natalie White, the girlfriend to Rayshard Brooks, has been arrested over suspicion of setting ablaze the Wendy’s, where Brooks was shot dead by cops on June
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U. S. Navy's First Black Female Fighter Is Set To Get Her "Wings of Gold"


Lieutenant Madeline Swegle says representation matters.
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Kenya: Economic Bloc Not Opposed to Leasing of Sugar Factories, Nyong'o Says
[Nation] Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o has clarified the Lake Region Economic Bloc's position on the leasing of five State-owned sugar millers, saying it is not opposed to the process.
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Arrest Made In Murder Of Actor Thomas Jefferson Byrd
The suspect, named Antonio Demetrice Rhynes, 30, was arrested and charged with felony murder for the October 3 shooting which took Byrd's life.
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Jacob Zuma trial postponed - why has it been pushed back this time?
There's not much you can do in seven minutes - but Jacob Zuma is able to get a corruption trial postponed in that time. Here's what has caused the hold-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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3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Three white men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man fatally shot while running in a neighborhood near
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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry Fans Hatch 'Unforgettable' Plan To Mark Royals' Birthdays
The Sussex Squad is at it again -- this time with a scholarship #InspiredByMeghan.
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Pandemic's weight falls on Hispanics and Native Americans, as... - African American News Today - EIN News
… , it devastated Black communities, killing African Americans at a disproportionately high rate …
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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Wants Kabuga Temporarily Transferred to the Hague Due to COVID-19
The Prosecutor of the of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT) has requested that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga is temporarily transferred to the The Hague in The
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Mary Blackford is Bringing Healthy Food Options to Black Communities in Washington, D.C.

Access to quality food is recently becoming a consistent part of the conversation in discussions about empowering underserved communities. Too often Black and Brown communities are left to make do

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Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump but Interpol
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the US drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said
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Why Californians with mental illness are dropping private insurance to get taxpayer-funded treatment - Black Voice News

There’s an open secret among those who care for people with serious mental illnesses. Judy Bracken first heard it a few years ago from a hospital social worker: If Bracken wanted her adult son, who has schizoaffective disorder, to receive long-term mental health treatment, she should get him

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Iran issues arrest warrant for Donald Trump over Qassem Suleimani killing
Iran has issued an arrest warrant for Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Suleimani and has asked Interpol for help, a Tehran prosecutor, Ali Alqasimehr, has
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Midair collision kills 7, including state lawmaker - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The crash occurred about 8:30 a.m. local time in Soldotna, about 150 miles south of Anchorage, troopers said in a statement.

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‘This Is Unintellectual and Irresponsible’: Terry Crews Draws Ire of Black Twitter For Warning Folks Against #BlackLivesBetter
Terry Crews was dragged on social media for the second time in a month after he criticized the Black Lives Matter movement on Twitter this
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A South Carolina Woman Told Her Ex-Boyfriend She Moved On. He Responded By Killing Her And Her Two Daughters. - Blavity
Police told WACH that Singleton, 37, had broken up with Jordan and informed him that she was dating another man before the tragic incident
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In John Lewis' honor, "Speak out for the heritage of equality and justice" - Dallas Examiner

By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League “Although the court did not deny that voter discrimination still exists, it gutted the most powerful tool this nation has ever had to stop discriminatory voting

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Allegheny County sees its largest jump in COVID cases since April
Allegheny County reported 61 COVID-19 cases Friday, its largest single-day increase since April 23, when the number of new reported cases was also
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Rwanda: Opinion - Rwandan Genocide Arrest Offers Solace to Survivors
Felicien Kabuga, a Rwandan fugitive who allegedly planned, financed, and executed one of the worst genocides in recent history, has been
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Guyanese National convicted in NY terror plot deported | New York Carib News
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has confirmed that a Guyanese national, who was extradited from Trinidad and Tobago several years ago on terrorism charges, has now been deported to his homeland following his conviction and sentencing in the Eastern District of New
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Teachers and Union Ask: Does OUSD Have a Tech Plan to Open Schools?
Some Oakland public school teachers and their union, the Oakland Education Association (OEA), are expressing concern that the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) might not provide adequate technology, technological support, and preparatory time to understand distance learning technology before
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White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the
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Former Ivory Coast PM Soro goes on trial on coup-plotting charges - The Kenya News
Several allies of Guillaume Soro, former Prime Minister and rebel leader in Ivory Coast, are led by the security forces as they arrive for a trial at the Palace of Justice in Abidjan, Ivory Coast May 19, 2021. [Reuters] Guillaume Soro, a former prime minister and rebel leader in Ivory…
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Africa's Muslims Woeful Over Scaled-Down Hajj
[DW] Some African Muslims spend a lifetime saving to make the hajj pilgrimage. With the downsizing of this year's hajj due to the coronavirus pandemic, they regret the missed chance and worry about getting a refund.
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Allegheny County reports 186 new COVID cases this weekend, with Saturday and Sunday setting new daily records
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