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The Chadwick Boseman Foundation for the Arts is keeping the late actor’s memory alive. The organization, which launched this year, recently announced its collaboration with Girls Who Code and Meta to create a new augmented reality effect uplifting Black women creators.
An HDC official at the site, who did not what to be named, told Newsday the HDC could not give an exact date for the finishing the repairs.
However, the spokesman said the corporation is working to do so as quickly as possible once the weather does not affect the work.
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The remains of missing Florida woman Kathleen Moore were discovered Tuesday just 50 yards away from the home of her
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The Charlottesville City Council has decided on the fate of a recently demounted statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, choosing to melt it down and have a local African-American history museum create something more reflective of the city's diversity with its remains.
In June, California launched the nation’s first Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans this year.
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A HIGH COURT judge on Wednesday granted a man, who intends to plead guilty to robbing two people, his own bail pending his sentence in January.
Last month, Antonio Glasgow received a maximum sentence indication (MSI) from Justice Hayden St Clair-Douglas for two counts of robbery, proposing sentences of three years and one year, respectively. Both are to run concurrently, it was proposed.
While an MSI is not a sentence, it gives an accused an idea of the likely sentence to be imposed by the court if they were minded to plead guilty to an offence.
Glasgow was expected to be sentenced after his guilty plea was put on record, but there was conflicting information on the time he has spent in custody awaiting trial. The judge adjourned the matter to January 19.
At the last hearing, his attorney Sheldon Guerra said his client had been on remand for seven years.
In granting Glasgow bail, the judge said given the proposed sentences the court was likely to impose, the accused would have spent in excess of that time in prison.
“There is no point in keeping you in custody while we try to find out what the position is.
“I have not yet sentenced you but I do not consider it appropriate to keep you in custody. You have to come back to court.”
Glasgow was put on his own bail of $5,000 which will expire on January 19, when he has to return to court for his sentencing.
He was accused of robbing a man and woman of three gold chains, an anklet, earrings, a cellphone and cash.
At the time the MSI was given, Guerra said he did not think his client would reject the court’s proposition for sentence, especially as he had been on remand “for a substantial time.”
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Pfizer said Wednesday that a booster of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer important protection against the new Omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear significantly less effective.
ByVictor Trammell Photo credits:Columbia Pictures/Silver Pictures Prosecutors told a judge in a Los Angeles courtroom Monday (December 6) that more than 30 women have come forward with allegations against a popular young actor. The women allege that “Superfly” co-star and rapper Kaalan “KR” Walker (pictured) […]
The post Prosecutor Says Kaalan Walker, ‘Superfly’ Reboot Co-Star, Faces 30 More NEW R@pe Allegations appeared first on The New York Beacon.
*BlackFacts Minute: December 7, 2021 On this day in 1941, Doris “Dorie” Miller defends U.S. ships during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the first black American to be awarded the Navy Cross, the highest decoration for valor in combat after the Medal of […]
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AFTER 35 years as a teacher, former president of the Teachers’ Union (TTUTA) Lynsley Doodhai will soon be making his transition from the classroom to the courtroom, having been called to the bar.
It is the fulfilment of a dream he had to put on hold to serve his other love, teaching.
Having completed his service to the teaching association, he returned to his substantive position as principal of the Torrib Trace Presbyterian School, where he had been stationed since 2008.
But Doodhai described his admission to the bar as being a dream come true.
He was among 136 new attorneys who were admitted in two virtual ceremonies on November 25 and 26. These replaced the traditional call to the Bar, which is normally held at the Hall of Justice, owing to protocols implemented by the judiciary due to the pandemic.
Coming from a family of police officers and teachers instilled a passion in him for both law and education.
However, coming from a family of six, he was unable to study law, as his parents couldn't fiance legal studies.
Having joined the teaching profession and now able to finance his own studies, his focus was on attaining his BEd from the University of London (2008-2011).
He again put his legal practice certificate on hold for six years to take up the leadership of the teachers’ association (2013-2019).
Having served the full term allowed, he was free to do his legal studies at De Montfort University in Leicester, England, which he completed in 2020. He finished the mandatory six-month internship in September and was called to the bar in November.
“It has been a long journey, made more difficult by having to work and study at the same time. Studying law part-time is very demanding,” he said.
He hopes to soon make the transition from the classroom to the courtroom. His goal is to practise in the civil field, having done electives in employment law, personal injury and medical negligence and sports and media law.
With his background in industrial relations, he relishes the chance once again to represent teachers and workers in general whose employment is affected, in a different capacity.
In welcoming the new attorneys, Chief Justice Ivor Archie reminded them that the ability to practise law was a privilege and not a right and was an onerous responsibility.
Justice Jade Rodriguez underscored that their reputation is fragile and they should treat it like an expensive ceramic vase.
“Do your very best to behave in a manner, in all things, at all times, to spawn a good reputation”.
She warned that one lapse of judgment can result in no one remembering their previous good character.
“Your bad deeds will overtake all the good you have done.”
While congratulating them on their achievement, she realistically told them they have the dubious honour of being admitted to the bar during a pandemic.
“This means that unemployment prospects are more dismal than you ever thought possible, there are (fewer) job opportunities, less money to go around from clients, and the risk of contracting the
HANOVER, Md.—The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA) named Regina Hartfield as CEO and president effective Jan. 14, 2022. Hartfield has served on the association’s board of directors for three years, including as chair of the fundraising committee. “Regina is an outstanding choice as our next CEO,” said Thomas Johnson, chair of the SCDAA […]
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Authorities in Kenya said a policeman who went on a rampage in a neighborhood in the capital city of Nairobi on Tuesday fatally shot six people before turning the gun on himself, Reuters reported. In a Twitter post, the country’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said the deceased officer fatally shot his wife at their...
The son of a 68-year-old health officer who was gunned down near his Tacarigua home on Tuesday afternoon says law-abiding citizens are doing all that they can to protect themselves, and called on the authorities to do a better job of protecting the public.
Police said Dharan Manoo was shot dead near his Beccles Street home at around 5.30 pm on Tuesday. A relative heard the gunshots and saw Manoo bleeding in the street.
Police went to the area with a district medical officer, who declared Manoo dead.
Up to Wednesday afternoon investigators did not have a motive for the murder.
Newsday visited and spoke with Manoo's oldest son, Ian Manoo, who said he was also baffled.
Asked what more he felt the public could do to protect themselves from criminals, Manoo said the public were already doing more than what was required of them and called on the police to step up.
He said his father's murder was a reflection of the state of crime.
\"At the end of the day, I am severely bothered by this, and it is an indictment on the condition of this country with crime.
\"I have no idea why this happened. It's Christmas time; I don't know if someone tried to rob him or something. I don't know.
\"I think the average citizen actually does more than they are supposed to do. The onus is on us a little too much now. The State and the authorities need to step up their game and be more vigilant to make people feel safer as well. We are doing our part. The responsibility is on them now to do their part.\"
Manoo said the area, one of the streets north of the Eastern Main Road. did not have a lot of crime.
His father worked as a health officer under the port health department of the Ministry of Health and was assigned to Piarco Airport. His son said Manoo retired a few years ago but remained on contract.
One neighbour, who asked not to be named, said Manoo enjoyed joking and exercising and remembered seeing him going to the nearby Eddie Hart Savannah to jog.
\"He was a really pleasant person. This is a really quiet place, so the fact that this happened so close to the main road, where there is so much activity on an afternoon, is even more shocking.\"
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The Good Morning America host is set to travel as an “honorary guest” of the Blue Origin flight Dec. 9. Michael Strahan is heading to space. In a recent interview, the Good Morning America anchor broke down what personal items he plans on bringing with him as he […]
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Nearly nine months to the day a winter storm froze Jackson’s water system, James Brooks is boiling his tap water. Again. It’s maybe the third or fourth time this year. He isn’t sure.…
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By Tom Hays | The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A British woman testified Monday that Ghislaine Maxwell pressured her into giving Jeffrey Epstein sexual massages when she was […]
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have been in office for close to a year and critics of the duo remain displeased with the promises made during the campaign versus the reality of the administration’s approach to leading the country. Rallied by millions of Black voters across the country, the historical win, for … Continued
Don’t ever forget that the judges who are willing to sacrifice reproductive freedom are usually just as eager to allow states to restrict voting rights. The right-wing judges who vote to eliminate individuals’ right to privacy and health care are often the same judges creating new “rights” to protect corporations’ ability to buy elections, get away with harming workers and communities, and discriminate against some of their employees.
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By A.R. CABRAL Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Nearing six months on, city administration officials and police have lauded Baltimore’s 911 diversion pilot program as a success. The program diverts calls from “residents experiencing behavioral health and substance use crises” — like suicidal, psychiatric or abnormal behavior — to properly trained personnel rather than […]
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CNN is facing calls to fire Don Lemon after Jussie Smollett revealed the text messages he received from the news anchor giving him a heads up about the investigation into his hate crime investigation.
