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D.M.V. HBCU Report: Howard and Morgan Sidelined As MEAC Cancels Fall Sports Season | Afro
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com There will be no HBCU sports during the fall of 2020 in the DMV. Once the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) made the official announcement to cancel their sports, Howard University and Morgan State joined Bowie State on the sidelines thanks to
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Africa COVID-19 stats: 789,226 cases; 16,715 deaths; 447,026 recoveries | Africanews
There are now more than over 780,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Workers in the San Joaquin Valley ask the attorney general for support - Black Voice News
In summary Feeling unsafe after a COVID-19 outbreak, employees of the Primex pistachio plant are calling for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to investigate the company. Dozens of workers in the San Joaquin Valley who recently protested against unsafe labor conditions in the company
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Tyson to return to ring for exhibition against Roy Jones Jr - Stabroek News
(Reuters) - Former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will make a much anticipated return to the ring when he faces four-division world champion Roy Jones Jr. The article Tyson to return to ring for exhibition against Roy Jones Jr appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Rabbi Says He Warned Nick Cannon That Apologizing for Antisemitism Would Lead to Backlash
Rabbi Abraham Cooper says he warned Nick Cannon about the backlash he would receive for apologizing for his use of anti-Semitic rhetoric — which cost him his job at ViacombCBS.…
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Ramaphosa attempts to draw a line in the sand over Covid-19-related corruption | News24
While President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to have conceded to calls for the shutting of schools for a month amid the Covid-19 peak, he attempted to draw a line in the sand about the now widespread looting of public funds.
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Friday Briefing | Tracking the coronavirus | News24
Modellers, tracking the Covid-19 pandemic, answer to criticism after coming under fire.
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Study: Black millennials earn 60% of what their white counterparts make - DefenderNetwork.com
Millennials have it bad, financially speaking. They're bearing the weight of record-high student debt, struggling to buy homes, facing soaring living costs, and are now staring down their second recession. Consequently, the net worth of Americans aged 18 to 35 has decreased by 34% since
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Phaedra Parks Talks Mortuary Business During to COVID-19
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… . Here is a celebrated African American film-maker, the cinematic … in a tweet that African Americans were “fighting for democracy … many Americans but especially black Americans. On the negative side … racism, even if many black Americans remain poor (because of …
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Trump cancels Republican convention activities in Jacksonville | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Republicans have scrapped plans to hold convention activities in Jacksonville, Florida. The move is a striking turnaround for Trump, who moved the convention to Jacksonville after North Carolina's governor raised public health concerns about having
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Disturbing number of Trinidadians involved in human trafficking of Venezuelans | New York Carib News
In response to questions from the Express ­yesterday, National Security Minister Stuart Young says the number of Trinidadians involved in the Venezuelan human trafficking ring is disturbing.
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Marlon Wayans Remembers His Mother Since The Matriarch Of The Family Has Passed Away
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DA provincial leaders give thumbs up to virtual conference before big weekend meeting | News24
Almost all nine provincial structures of the DA are confident they will conclude annual general meetings (AGM) before the party heads to its elective conference in October.
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Michigan House Passes 'Return to Learn' Education Plan | Digital Daily | The Michigan Chronicle
(The Center Square) – The Michigan House Wednesday night approved Republican’s “Return to Learn” plan to change how districts count attendance and provide in-person learning for students from kindergarten through … Continued
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Expectations: The PPP in power again - Stabroek News
Appreciating PNC mind-control successes Of course friends, I would expect no sympathy for my self-imposed dilemma. The article Expectations: The PPP in power again appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Nigeria coronavirus: 38,948 cases; civil servants directed to test | Africanews
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, as at end of June 2020 was Africa’s third most impacted country only behind South Africa and
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Medical experts urge US to shut down and start over as coronavirus cases surpass 4 million - L.A. Focus Newspaper
At least 4,038,748 coronavirus cases and 144,304 deaths have been recorded in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. As the numbers climb, more than 150 prominent US medical experts, scientists, teachers, nurses and others have signed a letter to political leaders
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Senate Republicans Finally Agree To Another Round Of Stimulus Checks | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Tanya A. Christian, ESSENCE Weeks after House Democrats passed the HEROES Act in an effort to aid Americans who have been financially affected by the coronavirus-spurred economic turndown, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has finally agreed to another round of payments. On Tuesday, the
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Turkey's Hagia Sophia reopens for first Muslim Friday prayers in 86 years | Africanews
Several thousand Muslims gathered on Friday to take part in the first prayer at Hagia Sophia since the Istanbul landmark was reconverted to a mosque, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expected to take
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Lewis funeral confirmed for Thursday at Ebenezer Baptist Church | The Atlanta Voice
The funeral for the late civil rights icon and congressman John Lewis will be held Thursday at Atlanta’s historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once led. Lewis’ family announced that the funeral will be private, but the public is invited to pay tribute over the
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Survival Of The Lit-est: Business Owner Noëlle Santos Is Not Backing Down
HEAR Noëlle's full (and inspiring!) UnBossed episode here: Pandemic be damned, The Lit. Bar owner Noëlle Santos has no intention of slowing down. In recent months, the 33-year-old entrepreneur has
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Study: Black entrepreneurship in the United States
… detailing the deaths of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police … African-Americans report, African American financial literacy lags behind that of whites. On average, African Americans …
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Susan G. Komen announces 2020 MORE THAN PINK Walk Atlanta | Atlanta Daily World
Susan G. Komen Greater Atlanta, metro Atlanta’s leading local resource for breast cancer screening, diagnostic and support services, today announced the 2020 MORE THAN PINK Walk will be held virtually … Continued
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Trump will consider pardon for associates named in Mueller investigation : TheGrio
Donald Trump stated that he is considering pardons for some individuals implicated in the Russian interference investigation. The post Trump will consider pardon for associates named in Mueller investigation appeared first on TheGrio.
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Everything We Know About That Fiery Jeep Video Making Waves On The Internet
A woman scorned is nothing to play with. And a Jeep Cherokee owner learned that this week — or so we think. On Wednesday, a video began making waves on […] The post Everything We Know About That Fiery Jeep Video Making Waves On The Internet appeared first on Essence.
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WATCH: What You Need To Know — July 24, 2020: Icons Laid To Rest — Trump To The Rescue — Universal Basic Income
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Resident accuses authorities of neglecting Region Eight COVID-19 cases - Stabroek News
Almost two weeks after two new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were detected in Itabac, Region Eight, health officials are yet to go into the indigenous community to commence requisite contact tracing and quarantining in keeping with established Ministry of Public Health
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Susan G. Komen announces 2020 MORE THAN PINK Walk Atlanta - Atlanta Tribune
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Ethiopia's PM Abiy Ahmed lauds early filling of controversial massive dam | Africanews
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday lauded the “historic” early filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and
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