Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Juanita Ingram, a wife and mother of two, is also an attorney, author, and media personality who is currently living in Taiwan as an expat. She has a new book entitled Peace Over Panic that gives people encouragement and advice on how to survive self-quarantine. Juanita Ingram, a wife and mother of […]
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The Latest: Restaurateur, ‘Top Chef’ Winner Dies of Virus
By The Associated Press The Latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 450,000 people and killed over 20,000, according to Johns Hopkins University. The COVID-19 illness causes mild or moderate symptoms in most people, but severe symptoms are more likely in the elderly or those with existing health problems. More than 113,000 […]
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NAACP BALTIMORE & HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO HOST CORONAVIRUS TELE-TOWN HALL BRIEFING
Baltimore City Branch For Immediate Release NAACP BALTIMORE PARTNERS WITH HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO HOST CORONAVIRUS TELE-TOWN HALL BRIEFING Rev. Kobi Little and Baltimore City Health Commissioner Work to Increase Sharing of Information During COVID-19 Health Crisis BALTIMORE, MD – In response to the growing coronavirus (COVID 19 health crisis, the Baltimore National Association for the […]
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D-Nice Throws World’s Biggest Dance Party
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com With businesses shutting down and people from the United States and countries around the world quarantining due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, people of all backgrounds are spreading light, love and art through social media, as viewers watch from their confines of their homes. From his living room, […]
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UK Clamps Down to Fight Virus, But Confusion Still Reigns
By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Confusion rippled through Britain on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered a three-week halt to all non-essential activity to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. Streets were empty but some subways were full. Hairdressers were closed but construction sites were open. Divorced parents […]
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Africa Cases Over 2,000 as South Africa Rushes into Lockdown
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Customers started behaving oddly about a week ago, visibly dejected street vendor Frank Mojapelo said. Some were wary to exchange cash. Some backed away, or refused to touch him. Now an unprecedented lockdown looms in South Africa over the coronavirus, with a country of 57 million people told to […]
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From Top to Bottom Line: Everest Closing Means Financial Hit
By PAT GRAHAM and BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Apa Sherpa knows firsthand all the risks of climbing Mount Everest. He’s been to the summit 21 times. The potential for a COVID-19 outbreak at base camp had him just as fearful as a blizzard or cracking ice. The 60-year-old mountaineer from Nepal who now […]
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Patrons Practice Social Distancing
Patrons Practice Social Distancing at the Bank of America on Charles Street in Baltimore (Photo by E.R. Shipp)
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Testing Blunders Crippled US Response As Coronavirus Spreads
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of missteps at the nation’s top public health agency caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, hobbling the federal response as the pandemic spread across the nation. President Donald Trump assured Americans early this month that […]
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Hogan Closes Non-Essential Businesses; Announces Relief
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan ordered nonessential businesses to close Monday in response to the coronavirus, as he announced a relief package of more than $175 million to provide relief to small businesses and employees. Hogan said the closing of nonessential businesses would take effect at 5 […]
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Maryland Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information for Business
UPDATE: Governor Hogan announced new COVID-19 business relief programs on March 23. These resources are available through the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor. The entire state of Maryland has received designation for SBA assistance. Small businesses can apply here. Maryland’s COVID-19 Business Response The State of Maryland has taken far-reaching and proactive steps to minimize the […]
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Perishable Food Rescue in 7th District on the First Day of Spring
The Late Congressman Elijah Cummings Would Be Proud Baltimore, Maryland The late Elijah Cummings’s words echoed in a West Baltimore City neighborhood late last week, showing that his constituency is honoring his famed plea, “Wake up America—we are better than this!” On the first day of Spring 2020, a group of dedicated volunteers picked up Cummings’ metaphorical relay […]