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LONDON, (Reuters) - She was never given the chance to shine on an Olympic stage, but squash superstar Nicol David may derive some compensation from being named the World Games Greatest Athlete of All
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'Stop Stacey': Georgia-based group seeks to stop Abrams run for Governor | The Atlanta Voice
Monday morning, Republican strategists affiliated with Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp, plus backing from former Senator Kelly Loeffler fired an opening salvo trained upon the 2022 Gubernatorial race by launching a group titled 'Stop Stacey' as they seek to end Stacey Abrams's second attempt at
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Wendy's Restaurant Set On Fire In Atlanta After African American Man Killed By Police At Drive-Thru
The Wendy Co (NASDAQ: WEN) restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, which became the site of the killing of Rayshard Brooks on Friday, was set on fire
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The same old reasons Florida Democrats lost – again – Florida Courier
Note: A version of this story was originally published in the Florida Courier on November 14, 2014 in the immediate aftermath of the Rick Scott-Charlie Crist gubernatorial campaign. Because the reason for the 2020 presidential defeat hasn’t changed, it’s only necessary to update the statistics and
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Biden meets Republicans as Democrats push on for virus aid | The Atlanta Voice
President Joe Biden met late Monday with a group of Republican senators who have proposed a slimmed down $618 billion coronavirus aid package — a fraction of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking — as congressional Democrats vowed to push ahead with or without GOP support. Biden greeted the lawmakers in
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Atlanta Entrepreneur, Clark Atlanta University Launch Scholarship Fund For Rayshard Brooks’ Children
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, entrepreneur Aisha “Pinky” Cole —founder of the Atlanta-based restaurant Slutty Vegan—has teamed up with Clark Atlanta University for the creation of a scholarship fund for Brooks’ four
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‘Reckless’ - EFF slams Ramaphosa’s lifting of alcohol ban
The EFF has welcomed the relaxation of other lockdown measures, including the curfew, but said it was opposed to the ending of the alcohol ban
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University Of Georgia Slammed For Hypocrisy In Shutting Down Voting Site But Resuming Football Season Amid Pandemic - Blavity
The University of Georgia is receiving waves of criticism after canceling on-campus voting due to concerns about COVID-19 just weeks after it decided to ignore the state's rising infection rate and restart college football, CNN reported .  After 24 hours of relentless bashing from people
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'She Was Talking About Future Projects': Gayle King Discusses Her Final Sit-Down with Cicely Tyson
"When I got the news I felt like I had been kicked in the stomach, honestly," are the words CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King used to describe the
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Joe Biden Wants to Kill 80% of America's Energy. - ThyBlackMan.com
(ThyBlackMan.com) When giving speeches and talking to audiences, I've often been struck by how few Americans, even those who are highly educated, have any
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Nominated To Be Vice Chair Of DNC
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to be a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.
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Canada’s new envoy accredited - Stabroek News
President Irfaan Ali yesterday received Letters of Credence from Mark Berman, accrediting him as High Commissioner Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Guyana. The article Canada’s new envoy accredited appeared first on Stabroek News.
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It’s Tuesday 2 February 2021, and this is The South African's Daily News Wrap - with the latest news you really need to know.
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Zim elite forced to confront crippled healthcare system
On January 20, Zimbabweans were shocked to hear the news of the death of Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo, the latest government official to succumb to COVID-19. The 61-year-old, who rose to fame after appearing on state television on November 15, 2017, to announce the military coup that
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Guyana rules out talks with Venezuela until fishermen released
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Government has made it clear that it will only have bilateral discussions with Venezuela once the Nicolas Maduro Administration releases the Guyanese fishermen illegally detained in the Spanish-speaking nation last week.
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'Toe Touch on Point': Reginae Carter Blows Fans Away with Her Flexibility
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EU nations have received 18.5 million COVID-19 vaccines - Black News Channel
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN undefined BRUSSELS (AP) — Seeking to rebound from heavy criticism of its slow coronavirus vaccine rollout, the European Union said Monday that 18.5 million vaccine doses have been dispatched across the 27-nation bloc amid delays and disputes in the delivery schedule. Speaking at
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A man purporting to be a prisoner has detailed how hellish conditions in Jamaica’s penal facilities have worsened amid the continued COVID-19 restrictions. In a voicenote being circulated on social media platforms, the alleged inmate said,...
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Ramaphosa: Non-SA citizens will also receive COVID-19 vaccine
President Cyril Ramaphosa has also assured South Africans that nobody will be forced to take the COVID-19 vaccine, nor will it be administered in secret
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CVS Launches $5M Scholarship For Black Students Pursing Healthcare
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Tennessee college football coach fired for calling Stacey Abrams ‘Fat Albert’ - Face2Face Africa
An assistant coach with the Tennessee-Chattanooga Mocs college football team has been fired after he called former Georgia state assembly member and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams “Fat Albert” in a racist-filled tweet on Tuesday, ESPN reported. In the said offensive tweet which has since been
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IN MEMORIAM: Cicely Tyson, a Legend Who Portrayed African Americans with Dignity and Strength, Dies at 96 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In her extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson was one of the rare award-winning actors whose work on the screen was surpassed only by what she was able to accomplish off of it. She had a heart unlike any other—and for 96 years, she left a mark on the world that few will ever
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Hundreds demand justice for Arbery at Georgia rally | The Atlanta Voice
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery, a black man killed during a pursuit by a white man and his son in Georgia, isn’t just prison time for his killers — it’s changes in a local justice system that never charged them with a crime, rallygoers said
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11-year-old boy killed in Atlanta drive-by shooting - TheGrio
What started as a day of celebration ended with an unimaginable tragedy that took the life of an 11-year-old boy.... View Article The post 11-year-old boy killed in Atlanta drive-by shooting appeared first on TheGrio.
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Georgia County To Replace Confederate Monument With John Lewis Statue | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Lewis represented the Atlanta area, including much of Dekalb County, for more than three decades. By Sara Boboltz, HuffPost A tribute to the Confederacy outside a courthouse in Dekalb County, Georgia, will be replaced by a memorial to the late civil rights icon John Lewis, after unanimous approval
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