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Thousands of protesters march down Hiawatha Ave in Minneapolis to protest the police killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police on May
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Uganda: COVID-19 - Who Questions Uganda On Case Deductions
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Advancement Project Looks for End to Contracts between Public Schools and Police Departments in Denver – The Mississippi Link
For over 15 years, Advancement Project has worked with local Denver group
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Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement
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A defining moment: SpaceX will this week launch humans into space
You’ve turned over the keys to the private sector for low-earth orbit, which frees up Nasa to do other things
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Acknowledging Black Pain, an Appeal for Peace and Calls for an End to Institutional Racism
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VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody
MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement
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Police Chief Defends Officer Who Punched Black Alabama Store Owner: ‘I Would Much Rather Have a Punch Than an Officer-Involved Shooting’
Store owner Kevin Penn called Decatur Police to report a robbery at his store and informed the dispatcher he was holding the suspect at
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Democrats mocked for wearing kente cloth at police reform press conference
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Munro College moves towards 'digital classrooms' for September
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Principal of Munro College Mark Smith has announced that plans are being undertaken to advance e-learning at the St Elizabeth institution, even after the current COVID-19
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Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not
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IT’S MOURNING TIME –
George Floyd’s family to lay him to rest; protesters urged to ‘take
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Harmon stands by election fraud claims, issues ultimatum to GECOM to act
Campaign Co-Chair of the APNU+AFC Coalition, Joseph Harmon  yesterday doubled down on claims that the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections were riddled with fraud before contending that the three-person scrutinizing team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will in their report determine
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Tanzania: Zitto Found Guilty of Uttering Seditious Statement, Released On Conditional Discharge
THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam has found the leader of Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT) Wazalendo, Zitto Kabwe, guilty in three sedition counts, for allegedly linking the police force with killing over 100 people in Kigoma
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Expect long wait on calls about unemployment claims –
TALLAHASSEE – Floridians who call the state for help with unemployment claims should expect wait times to surpass an
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Trump Allegedly Refuses to Unveil Obama’s Official White House Portrait
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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Requires Businesses To Deny Shoppers Without Masks
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Message from Common Council to Our Police Chief
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has “Black Lives Matter” Painted on Street Leading to White House
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DeSantis now blames user error for Florida unemployment woes –
As if getting laid off isn’t scary enough, as if getting put through the unemployment wringer isn’t humiliating and frustrating enough, Gov. Ron DeSantis has decided to start blaming the jobless for the state’s failure to pay
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Block party that drew thousands puts community, law enforcement at odds –
A series of block parties last weekend in DeLand, a city in Volusia County, drew large crowds resulted in clashes between law enforcement and
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Minneapolis burning should not come as a surprise
This has been building in Minneapolis for years, and it likely started boiling as protesters reminded us, in December of 1990 with the murder of Tycel Nelson by cowardly Minneapolis cop Dan May, who ironically is still with the department as a high-ranking
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California’s Black Lawmakers Call for Converting Protest Momentum into Change
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Black CNN Reporter is Arrested on Live TV While Covering the Minneapolis Protests
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Attorney General Hill given 30-day suspension | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Attorney General Curtis Hill, who made history as the state’s first African-American Attorney General following his election in 2016, had been facing allegations of inappropriately touching multiple women at a party celebrating the end of the legislative session in March
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TSD Flash!: Local protesters, supporters push forward for 'justice'
Memphis Police Department officers made moves to keep the groups apart, subsequently issuing dispersal orders in response to streets being blocked illegally, according to a police
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