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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press/BNC Contributor LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville police called off a warrant search of Breonna Taylors apartment after a drug suspect was located elsewhere, but then went ahead with the deadly raid to look for other suspects with no connection to Taylor, her family
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Recalled MDC Alliance senators challenge Khupe
EIGHT MDC Alliance senators, who were recently recalled by the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T, filed an urgent chamber application on Friday challenging Senate president Mabel Chinomona’s implementation of the instruction. BY CHARLES LAITON The senators, led by Gideon Shoko, said Chinomona acted
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Republican Senator who Said Obama Showed Failed Leadership During the Ebola Crisis Says Trump Is Stepping Forward with the Coronavirus
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Consumer confidence sinks to 35-year low - TechCentral
South African consumer confidence fell to a 35-year low in the second quarter, when restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic kept all but essential workers at home and weighed on output.
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Africa Starts Opening Airspace Even As COVID-19 Cases Climb | Afro
By CARA ANNA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As COVID-19 cases surged in many parts of the world, the island nation of the Seychelles was looking good: 70-plus straight days without a single infection. Then the planes arrived. Two chartered Air Seychelles flights carrying more than 200
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$1.2 million bail for driver that hit 2 Seattle protesters - Black News Channel
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A judge on Monday set a $1.2 million bail for the man accused of driving a Jaguar on to a closed Seattle freeway and hitting two protesters, killing one and seriously injuring the other. Dawit Kelete, who is Black, drove the car around vehicles
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Tensions heat up in South China Sea as US makes significant show of force - The New York Beacon
Hong Kong (CNN)For the first time in six years, two US Navy aircraft carriers are in theSouth China Sea, the latest show of military might from Washington as it pushes back against Chinas sweeping claim to much of the contested region. The two US
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Why the buying Black trend should be a permanent lifestyle - TheGrio
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Tests Positive For COVID-19
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Ugandan motorbike rider sets himself ablaze at police station over bribe - Face2Face Africa
A motorbike taxi rider in Uganda has died in a police station after setting himself on fire over the police refusal to release his motorbike to him. According to other riders, Hussein Walugembe refused to pay a bribe of $40 to get his bike released and out of frustration locked himself in one of
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Native American Groups Ask NFL To Force Redskins Name Change
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Biden: Trump has failed at home on virus, abroad with Putin
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David N. Maine, MD Becomes President & CEO Of Mercy Health Services | Afro
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Mutare jailbird gets another year for prison break
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Stocks slink back as virus outbreaks dim recovery hopes - Black News Channel
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Most U.S. stocks are slipping in early trading on Tuesday, giving back some of their big gains from the past couple weeks. The SP 500 was 0.3% lower, as of 9:50 a.m. Eastern time. Stocks were down even more in France, Germany and elsewhere after the
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Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces she tested positive for COVID-19 | The Atlanta Voice
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Black Professionals Struggle Getting Back To Work | Afro
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Contracts COVID-19 - Black News Channel
AP/ BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday that she had tested positive for COVID-19. COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive, Bottoms, a potential Democratic vice presidential candidate, tweeted. COVID-19 has
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Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen schools in fall - Black News Channel
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer/ BNC Contributor President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political
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Earl Cameron, black actor among first few to succeed in Britain, dies at 102 - Face2Face Africa
One of Britains earliest most successful black actors, the Bermuda-born Earl Cameron, died in his sleep on Friday at the age of 102, his family has announced. Camerons family described him as an inspirational man who stood by his moral principles, according to the BBC. The family added that they
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