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County allows beach parking lots, more retail businesses to reopen
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Trump's Memorial Day weekend amid pandemic spent golfing, tweeting conspiracies and insults | The Atlanta Voice
As the US death toll from coronavirus topped 97,000, President Donald Trump was spending his Memorial Day weekend doing what he’d typically do during any other time off during his presidency — golfing and
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COVID's impact on the beauty industry in the Black community
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US faces Memorial Day like no other
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Hampton U. Axes Golf Program Amid Economic Fallout from COVID-19
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Althea Gibson, the global tennis icon who got broke and nearly committed suicide - Face2Face Africa
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Locals: South Dakota police removed Confederate flag emblem - Black News Channel
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press/BNC Contributor GETTYSBURG, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota police department has removed a decal from its squad cars that featured a Confederate battle flag next to an American flag, according to local residents. Dave Mogard, the police chief in Gettysburg, a small
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L.A. County Launches ‘WiFi Finder’ to Reduce Digital Divide During COVID-19.
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#Election 2020 — Biden slams Trump on coronavirus: 'Our wartime president has surrendered' | The Atlanta Voice
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Justices rule states can bind presidential electors votes - Black News Channel
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President Trump Tweets Out White Power Message, Black Republican Senator Tim Scott Expresses Dismay
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