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R. Kelly said he will not testify in his own defense at his sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn where he's accused of sexually assulting underage girls
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
It also faces numerous other racial discrimination lawsuits.
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It appears that two of Ryan Henry’s frenemies have linked up for a new venture. “Black Ink: Chicago” star Van Johnson recently revealed that he and “Black […]
Highlighting that India has long had a strong civil society at the forefront of “groundbreaking human rights advocacy within the country and globally\", the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, raised concerns on Tuesday that “vaguely defined laws are increasingly being used to stifle these voices”.
Lynda Edwards and George Graham, two Jamaica-born writers a generation apart, interview interesting Jamaicans living abroad. George was born in 1934 in Black River. Lynda was born in 1967 in Mandeville. Both live in Florida. This week, they...
By AAMER MADHANI, JONATHAN LEMIRE and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus has reached into the heart of the White House once more, less than a week before Election Day, as it scorches the nation and the president's top aide says 'we're not going to control the pandemic.' Officials on Sunday scoffed at the notion of dialing back in-person campaigning despite positive tests from several aides to Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the White House coronavirus task force. White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, pressed to explain why the pandemic cannot be reined in, said, […]
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Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., and Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) Commissioner Rosa Escareno to announce a re-tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in response to a recent, rapid rise in cases and hospitalizations over the past two weeks. Beginning Friday, October 23rd at 6:00 … Continued
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His reelection campaign has not rejected or returned campaign contributions from multiple well-known far-right bigots, FEC records show.
A KwaZulu-Natal man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after staff at a chain store found child pornography on a cellphone he had forgotten on a store counter.
www.thegrio.com Michael R. Blood, Associated Press Voters in four states from different regions of the country could embrace broad legal marijuana sales on Election Day, and a sweep would highlight how public acceptance of cannabis is cutting across geography, demographics and the nation’s deep political divide. The Nov. 3 contests in New Jersey, Arizona, […]
Seventeen-year-old Avenal resident Rafael Cerda Calderon has always struggled with severe seizures, autism, and a developmental disability. He will likely need care for the rest of his life. According to a lawsuit Cerda's family recently filed in Kings County Superior Court, the multi-billion dollar agribusiness company Corteva, Inc., is to blame. Cerda's parents alleged that […]
The post San Joaquin Valley family says company’s toxic pesticide caused child’s disabilities appeared first on Black Voice News.
Over the past week, 50 Cent made headlines by criticizing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's tax plans, urging fans to vote for Trump because the rapper...
The NYPD has been suspended an officer after a video was posted on social media showing the cop in violation... View Article
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By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Danish aid workers stationed in the Balkans say dozens of migrants have alleged they were brutalized by Croatian law-enforcement officers when they tried to cross into the European Union nation, before being summarily expelled back to Bosnia. Nicola Bay, the head of the Danish Refugee Council in Bosnia, told The Associated Press Friday that 149 migrants of varying nationalities, independently interviewed by his staff in the country over the past 10 days, reported being exposed to 'extremely abusive' treatment by Croatian police. The testimonies include allegations of brutal and prolonged beatings, […]
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(Reuters) - Czech Josef Cerny won the Giro d’Italia’s 19th stage yesterday after it started amid chaos and was halved in length following a protest by the riders against the wet conditions.
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Cook County tosses ‘lifeline’ to needy residents, opening housing voucher waiting list for first time since 2001 The Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) on Tuesday, October 20, announced it will accept applications for its Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program waitlist for the first time since 2001. Formerly known as Section 8, the HCV Program […]
[DW] Local witnesses said the ongoing separatist movement was responsible for the bloodshed, but that has yet to be officially confirmed. Authorities vowed they would \"hunt and kill\" the perpetrators.
By Nick Watson, The Times The Gainesville teenager who was accused of plotting a foiled attack on a predominantly Black Gainesville church was sentenced Thursday, Oct. 22, to a combination of probation, counseling and four years at a Department of Juvenile Justice facility. Caitlyn Pye was charged Nov. 15 with criminal attempt to commit murder after planning an attack on Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on Mill Street. Pye also went […]
While a number of people in Mike Pence's inner circle recently tested positive for COVID-19, the vice president reportedly has... View Article
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By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett won crucial backing when one of the last Republican holdouts against filling the seat during an election season announced support for President Donald Trump's pick ahead of a confirmation vote expected Monday. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, declared her support Saturday during a rare weekend Senate session as Republicans race to confirm Barrett before Election Day. Senators are set Sunday to push ahead, despite Democratic objections that the winner of the White House on Nov. 3 should make the choice to fill the […]
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Known as the Great Migration, 6 million African-Americans left their homes in the South after World War I and through 1970, moving north and west. “The conditions in the South for the average African-American were unbearable and intolerable,” Georgetown University[easyazon_image add_to_cart='yes' align='right' asin='0822358549″ cloaking='default' height='160″ localization='default' locale='US' nofollow='default' new_window='yes' src='http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pSV3tmT%2BL._SL160_.jpg' tag='trehottop-20″ width='107″] history professor Marcia […]
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Alessandro Biascioli/iStockBY: MARK OSBORNE AND BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC NEWS (CHICAGO) - The police officer who opened fire on an unarmed Black couple in Illinois, killing a 19-year-old and seriously injuring…
