The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies

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The white man who pleaded guilty to shooting a Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies

Andrew Lester pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl; he was scheduled to be sentenced on March 7.

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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a prosecutors demand for President Donald Trumps tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who claim they had affairs with Trump. The court ruled 7-2 in a case in

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Sheriff: Glee actor Naya Rivera missing in California lake - Black News Channel

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California lake will be closed while they search its waters for Glee star Naya Rivera, authorities said Thursday. The Ventura County Sheriffs Department late Wednesday confirmed that Rivera, 33, is the person being searched for in the waters of Lake Piru, which is

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MLB Cancels All-Star Game for First Time sice 1945 - Black News Channel

By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer/ BNC Contributor LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodger Stadiums 40-year wait to host the All-Star Game is going to last even longer.The game scheduled for July 14 was canceled Friday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and Dodger Stadium was awarded the 2022 Midsummer

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Saharan Dust Storm Lands In U.S. - Black News Channel

The greatly anticipated Saharan dust has finally arrived in the Gulf Coast states along the U.S. The dust made a 5,000-mile track across the Atlantic. It Originated from smaller dust storms across central and west Africa. Now, before saying “can 2020 get any worse?” this is not a new

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Funeral for Robert Fuller, hanged black man in California - Black News Channel

Funeral services were held on June 30, for Robert Fuller, a 24-year-old man who was found hanging from a tree in Palmdale, California on June 10. Anita Bennett reports the service was filled with tributes and calls for answers from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs

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Florida Felons Seeking Voting Rights Back Face Court Setback - Black News Channel

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press/ BNC Contributor TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal appellate court has stayed a lower court ruling that gave impoverished Florida felons the right to vote. The order issued Wednesday disappointed voting rights activists and could have national implications in

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Robyn Jones On Black Maternal Health And How Societal Stressors Impact Our Bodies

As part of the 2020 ESSENCE Festival of Culture last weekend, trailblazing journalist Mara Schiavocampo and Robyn Jones, M.D., senior medical director of women’s health at Johnson Johnson, got

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Native American groups ask NFL to force Redskins name change - Black News Channel

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Several Native American leaders and organizations sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday calling for the league to force Redskins owner Dan Snyder to change the team name immediately. The letter obtained by The Associated Press

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Citing Racial Bias, San Francisco Will End Mug Shots Release - Black News Channel

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press/ BNC Contributor SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco police will stop releasing the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose a threat to the public, as part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, the citys police chief announced

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LeBron James Group Touts Sports Venues as Mega-voting sites - Black News Channel

By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James and his voting rights group, formed this spring with other black

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LAPD budget slashed by $150M, reducing number of officers - Black News Channel

LOS ANGELES (AP) — City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during Americas reckoning over

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Botswana coronavirus: president enters fourth quarantine | Africanews

Botswana remains one of Africa’s least impacted countries, one of a handful with less than 100 cases of COVID-19. Government has in the past month taken drastic measures including a strict

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Trump Supports New Round of Direct Coronavirus Payments - Black News Channel

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he supports a fresh round of government payments to individuals to help them weather the coronavirus pandemic but it has to be done properly. Trump also said he wants payments larger

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Confirmed new virus cases hit a new high in US - Black News Channel

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press The number of confirmed new virus cases per day in the U.S. hit an all-time high of 40,000 Friday — eclipsing the mark set during one of the deadliest stretches in late April — in a resurgence that has led some governors to backtrack or at

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South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday 7 July

Stay informed and up to date with the latest news in South Africa by reviewing the day’s major headlines on Tuesday 7 July.

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Movement for Black Lives seeks sweeping legislative changes - Black News Channel

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nations criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of surveillance technology is set to be unveiled Tuesday

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NASCAR meets with minister pushing for racial equality - Black News Channel

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer As the Rev. Greg Drumwright watched members of his ministry crowd the fence at Talladega Superspeedway to cheer for Black driver Bubba Wallace, the minister realized his first NASCAR race was the start of his immersion into stock car racing. Less than three weeks

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Audit: US Sent $1.4B in Virus Relief Payments to Dead People - Black News Channel

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 1.1 million coronavirus relief payments totaling some $1.4 billion went to dead people, a government watchdog reported Thursday. More than 130 million so-called economic impact payments were sent to taxpayers as part of

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Indiana Catholic Priest Suspended After Comparing Black Lives Matter Protesters To Maggots And Parasites

Rev. Theodore Rothrock, a Catholic priest in Carmel, Ind., was suspended effective Wednesday after calling protesters for the Black Lives Matter movement maggots and parasites, the Indy Channel reports. The

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Mahomes Big Bet on Football Pays Off with $503 million deal - Black News Channel

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer/BNC Contributor Patrick Mahomes risked everything when he opted for football over baseball.Turns out, he got baseball money anyway. One day after the former two-sport star got a 10-year deal worth up to $503 million, the richest contract in American sports

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Judge Deals Setback to Key Trump Policy Limiting Asylum - Black News Channel

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press/ BNC Contributor SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge has knocked down a cornerstone border policy of the Trump administration that denies asylum to people who travel through other countries to reach the U.S.-Mexico border without first seeking protection in those

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Death toll from flooding in Japan reaches 55, dozen missing - Black News Channel

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Soldiers used boats to rescue residents as floodwaters flowed down streets in southern Japan towns hit by heavy rains expanding across the region Tuesday. At least 55 people have died and a dozen remain missing. Pounding rain since late Friday in the

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Calls For Goya Foods Boycott Emerge After CEO Praises Trump

Goya Foods is the latest household brand coming under fire for its support of impeached president Donald Trump. On Thursday, the CEO of the Hispanic-owned food brand attended a White [] The post Calls For Goya Foods Boycott Emerge After CEO Praises Trump appeared first on Essence.

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Officer to Floyd: ‘It Takes A Lot of Oxygen to Talk’

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As George Floyd told Minneapolis police officers that he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times in the moments before he died, the officer who pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck dismissed his pleas, saying “it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk,” according to transcripts of

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Joy Reid Says Her Primetime MSNBC Show Will Address Race, Policing And ‘Issues We Need To Reckon With’

One of the few Black women to ever anchor a primetime news show has big plans.

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Detroit Says Shoddy Work Led To Arrest Tied to Technology - Black News Channel

By ED WHITE Associated Press / BNC Contributor DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was wrongly arrested after the use of facial recognition technology by Detroit police will have his DNA, fingerprints and mugshot removed from law enforcement files, officials said Friday. Robert Williams was the victim

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Move to rename Bloody Sunday bridge has critics in Selma - Black News Channel

By JAY REEVES Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Thousands gathered in this river city in 1940 to dedicate a new bridge in honor of white supremacist Edmund Pettus, a Confederate general and reputed Ku Klux Klan leader. Just 25 years later, the bridge became a global landmark when civil rights

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Kanye West Breaks with Trump, Claims 2020 Run is not a Stunt - Black News Channel

By The Associated Press undefined/ BNC Contributor NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump and said the two share dragon energy, tells Forbes that he is taking the red hat off — a reference to Trumps trademark red Make

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