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Officers in deadly Breonna Taylor raid thought she was alone - Black News Channel
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville police officers who fatally shot Breonna Taylor while serving a warrant were told she should be home alone because the main target of the narcotics investigation was elsewhere, according to an interview with one of the detectives who
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The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk - Milwaukee Community Journal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cite several possible reasons that Black Americans are more affected. One is that many of us live in more highly populated areas where it’s more difficult to practice physical distancing from one another. Many of us also live in
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White Couple Who Vandalized Black Lives Matter Mural Charged With Hate Crime - Black Enterprise
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Mali president offers concessions to end political stalemate | News24
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Native Charlestonian Jade Simmons Running For President 2020
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2010 Census Omitted 3.7 Million Blacks — Nearly Five Times Its Original Undercount Claims
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2010 Census Omitted 3.7 Million Blacks – Nearly Five Times Its Original ‘Undercount’ Claims – The Charleston Chronicle
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