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AFRICA IS being hit with a second wave of COVID-19, with experts warning it could...
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As Second Wave of Virus Outpaces First in Illinois, Public Health Officials Urge Residents to Stay Home as Much as Possible With a new wave of COVID-19 sweeping the nation and concerning trends here in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker launched a new awareness campaign today to encourage residents to take safety precautions throughout the upcoming … Continued
The post Gov. Pritzker Launches ‘Healthy Holidays to You’ Campaign Demonstrating Safer Ways to Celebrate This Year appeared first on Chicago Defender.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) - The number of children sickened by measles in 2019 was the highest in 23 years, according to new data published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Ryan Taylor Data News Weekly Contributor Like a pendulum he swung from the lamp post desperately seeking to breathe until he wistfully passed from this life to the next. Lynching was the most brutal tactic [...]
The post Closing the Wealth Gap should be Top Priority of the Next Administration appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.
Actor and presenter Marco Spaumer is joining the organisation to help promote human rights.
To provide immediate aid to eligible customers most in need during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ComEd announces a new program, Helping Hand. For a limited time, this financial-assistance program provides an additional one-time grant of up to $300 to help low-income residential customers, and those who express financial hardship, reduce past-due balances. “As the number … Continued
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In his new book, \"The Promised Land,\" President Obama writes about the strain holding the highest office in the land put on his marriage to Michelle Obama.
The city of Cape Coast in Ghana’s Central Region is widely known as the nation’s tourism hub and the ‘Makah’ for African Americans. Every year, hundreds of Black people across the world visit the city and other historic slave sites to learn about the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The region was the hotbed of the slave...
The post Ghana to build 'Wakanda City' to serve as a pilgrimage for people of African descent appeared first on Face2Face Africa.
A coalition of federal and state officials said Thursday that they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald Trump and many of his supporters. The statement from cybersecurity experts, which trumpeted the Nov. 3 election as the most […]
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Today is the 318th day of 2020. There are 48 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1789: American inventor Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to a friend in which he says, 'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.'�OTHER EVENTS1511: Britain's King Henry VIII joins Holy League and enters European politics.
If anyone had any doubt that Black votes matter, this week’s presidential election put those doubts to rest Massive voter turnout in cities with large Black populations was key to a shift in four states that determined the outcome of the election. Voters in Philadelphia and Atlanta appear to have turned out in even greater […]
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HAVANA, (Reuters) - As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drugmakers, Communist-run Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials.
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Some $10 million will be allocated to procure 2,500 planting kits under a ‘Say Yes to Fresh Backyard Garden’ Programme that is geared at bolstering the country’s food security and emphasising the importance of eating local produce, noted Floyd...
Six executive members of The New Movement (TNM) have resigned from the party following what they described as attempts to use the fledgling political movement for private gain.
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Approximately 80 percent of all Texas inmates who died from COVID-19 were in pre-trial detention and had not yet been... View Article
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SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU and Florida A&M University (FAMU) will host a “Virtual Florida Blue Florida Classic Week” next week, a collection of online events celebrating both institutions, their students, football teams, bands and alumni. The online events begin on Tuesday, Nov. 17, and will include a pledge drive to support […]
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Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent After days of post-Election Day counting, Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the nation’s 46th commander-in-chief. With all eyes on Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, [...]
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Black Votes Push Biden Over the Top in Contentious Election By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After days of post-Election Day counting, Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the nation’s 46th commander-in-chief. With all eyes on Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, and Arizona, it was the Keystone State’s 20 […]
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BRASILIA, (Reuters) - A consortium of Chinese companies signed a contract with the government of Brazil’s Bahia state yesterday to build a 12-kilometer (7.5-mile) bridge across the entrance of the bay opposite the city of Salvador.
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PINELLAS COUNTY - A transformational gift from The Hough Family Foundation has provided St. Petersburg College with the seed funding needed to grow its nursing, certified clinical medical assistant (CMA) and patient care technician (PCT) programs. The transformational gift will be used to expand SPC's nursing simulation lab and provide additional training equipment and faculty […]
TWO UNITED Nations agencies have warned that the labour market in Latin America and the...
The post COVID 19: 'It will take a lot of time to return to the levels seen before health crisis' appeared first on Voice Online.
Malvin Russell Goode was the first African American news correspondent for a major television network. Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young. Goode, the third of four boys and two girls, attended public school in Homestead, Pennsylvania. […]
