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Covid-19 recoveries have outnumbered new infections in a single day, signalling slowing transmission rates.
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6-Year-Old Boy & His Mother Among Many Shot During Brooklyn J’Ouvert Celebration
Despite the West Indian Day Parade being one of the many annual NYC celebrations that were canceled by the city due to COVID-19, the celebration leading up to the carnival, J'Ouvert still went down. Five people including a mother and son were shot in what law enforcement believes was a gang-related
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‘I Am a Culture Leech’: White University Professor Reveals She’s Been Pretending to be a Black Woman for Her Entire Adult Life – Atlanta Black Star
On Thursday, George Washington University associate professor Jessica Krug revealed that she has been pretending to be a Black woman for years. In an essay […]
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COVID-19 latest: Cases in SA increase by 845, deaths rise by 115
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said the total number of COVID-19 cases are at 639 362 as of Monday 7 September 2020.
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Cheek to cheek, 'Dancing with the Stars' waltzes back despite pandemic - Stabroek News
LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) - There will be no studio audience, no group dances, no sky box where the celebrities and their partners congregate. The article Cheek to cheek, 'Dancing with the Stars' waltzes back despite pandemic appeared first on Stabroek News.
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MSU opens for first year students
BY STEPHEN CHADENGA/ HARRIET CHIKANDIWA The Midlands State University (MSU) has advised first year students to report for orientation on Monday while dates for returning students will be advised in due course. MSU registrar Tinashe Zishiri said the students would be expected to adhere to COVID-19
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Stats SA: Consumer spending down 50%, communication services rally
While Stats SA announced that SA's economy recorded a historic slump, consumers on the other side of the equation also felt the severe pinch.
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Scorched earth: Record 2 million acres burned in California - Black News Channel
By MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SHAVER LAKE, Calif. (AP) — Wildfires have burned a record 2 million acres in California this year, and the danger for more destruction is so high the U.S. Forest Service announced Monday it was closing all eight national forests in the
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Last 2 journalists working for Australian media leave China - Black News Channel
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The last two journalists working for Australian media in China have left the country after police demanded interviews with them and temporarily blocked their departures. The absence of Australian media from China for the first time in four
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Tracee Ellis Ross, more big names to re-create 'Golden Girls' with all-Black cast - DefenderNetwork.com
Tracee Ellis Ross wants to thank a few people for being a friend. The actor will team up with Sanaa Lathan, Alfre Woodard and Regina King to perform their own take on “The Golden Girls” on Zoom. View this post on Instagram Link in bio. #zoomwhereithappens A post shared by Tracee Ellis Ross
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Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war dead - Black News Channel
By Zeke Millerand Alexandra Jaffe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump 'unfit' for the presidency on Friday, delivering an impassioned reaction to a report that Trump — who never served in uniform — allegedly mocked American
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'Keep fighting!' Serena Williams yells herself to Open win - Black News Channel
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Her breathing loud enough to hear in an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium, her third-set deficit a point from growing to 3-1 against someone who beat her less than two weeks earlier, Serena Williams scrambled to extend a 13-stroke exchange until her
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US elections live updates: Trump and Biden campaigns ramp up
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Pledge for electronic voting by 2025
WESTERN BUREAU: Outgoing Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte has promised that Jamaicans will be able to cast their votes remotely by the next general election, due constitutionally in September 2025. Speaking with The Gleaner, the member of...
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LGBTQ Americans Bearing Brunt Of COVID-19 Economic Crash, Survey Finds
A Human Rights Campaign report shows gay and transgender people are 30% more likely than their heterosexual cohorts to have lost jobs since May.
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George Washington University professor pretended she was Black for over a decade - Face2Face Africa
An African-American history professor at George Washington University, Jessica Krug, confessed that she has been posing as a Black woman for over a decade even though she is in actual fact, Caucasian. Krug, 38, revealed in a post on Medium on Thursday that she had deceived friends and colleagues
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Wells Fargo Launches Scholarship to Assist Students During Pandemic
Wells Fargo Bank has announced the launch of its Wells Fargo Student Impact Scholarship, which is committing $1 million in grants to students making an impact in their communities who have found themselves in unexpected financial difficulty due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Our education delivery system has been flattened - Stabroek News
Yesterday, September 7, should have been the first day back at school for the nation’s school-age children to commence the start of the Christmas Term. The article Our education delivery system has been flattened appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Myanmar army deserters confirm atrocities against Rohingya - Black News Channel
By Grant Peck Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two soldiers who deserted from Myanmar's army have testified on video that they were instructed by commanding officers to 'shoot all that you see and that you hear' in villages where minority Rohingya Muslims lived, a human rights group said
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Kenya: State Set to Relax Covid-19 Burial Rules
[Nation] Strict rules for the burial of Covid-19 victims will be relaxed to allow families accord their loved ones decent send-off, the Health ministry has announced.
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Bruce Williamson, Former Lead Singer for The Temptations, Dies of COVID-19
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How Houston ISD plans to equip students on first day of school online - DefenderNetwork.com
The largest school district in Texas, and the seventh largest in the U.S., has the difficult task of starting the first day of the new academic year virtually for 209,772 students on Tuesday, Sept. 8. While the way students learn has transitioned from in-person to online because of the COVID-19
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Can't stop, won't stop: CSUB graduate on a mission to share seldom-known Black history
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Doctors studying why obesity may be tied to serious COVID-19 — The Sacramento Observer
NEW YORK (AP) — In the early days of the pandemic, doctors noticed something about the people severely ill from COVID-19: Many were obese. The link became more apparent as coronavirus swept across the globe and data mounted, and researchers are still trying to figure out why. Excess weight
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George, Leonard lead Clippers to 113-107 win over Nuggets - Black News Channel
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Paul George scored 32 points, Kawhi Leonard added 23 along with a big late block and the dynamic duo helped the Los Angeles Clippers rally in the fourth quarter for a 113-107 win over the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal series Monday
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DA Linked To Ahmaud Arbery’s Accused Murderers Could Be Jobless Soon
One of the multiple prosecutors who recused themselves from Ahmaud Arbery’s murder case over shady links to the accused killers got a new challenger in her bid for re-election in Brunswick, Georgia.
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Georgia: Coronavirus claims 6,000 lives over Labor Day weekend | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
In Georgia’s daily report Sunday, the health department tallied 60 more deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours, bringing Georgia’s total since the pandemic began to 6,037 As of Sunday, Sept. 6, Georgia ranked 10th nationally for the total number of deaths from COVID-19. According to data from
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California lawmakers failed to enact sweeping police reforms. Here’s why. - L.A. Focus Newspaper
Lauren, Rosenhall, Cal Matters Last summer, when California passed a landmark law meant to reduce police shootings, lawmakers praised the mothers, fathers and activists who had packed the Capitol throughout the year. They wore T-shirts memorializing shooting victims. Filled hallways with songs and
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