By JEFF AMY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor announced plans Monday to restart the state’s economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as Friday. The governor in neighboring Tennessee planned to let businesses in most of his state begin […]
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Losing Face: The Rise Of The Mask, and What’s Lost Behind It
By TED ANTHONY, AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — On Saturday afternoons, the Strip District neighborhood of Pittsburgh becomes a jam-packed hub of old-fashioned shopping. People stride along Penn Avenue, hopping from greengrocer to butcher to fishmonger to Italian market, smiling and gesturing and jabbering as they go. Not this weekend. As strange, spaced-out lines formed outside […]
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EXCLUSIVE LIVESTREAM: Cosby Spokesman, ‘Bill Cosby Will Not Survive COVID-19 With His Underlying Medical Issues’
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Around the Fall of 2019, actor and comedian Bill Cosby was forced to have two major surgeries in-order to sustain his life (prevent him from having a stroke and/or heart attack). During a visit to the infirmary at SCI-Phoenix for high blood pressure issues, Mr. Cosby was informed that the carotid arteries […]
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Massachusetts Becomes Coronavirus Hot Spot As Cases Surge
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press Massachusetts has become a hot spot of coronavirus infections, drawing the concern of federal officials and promises of aid from hard-hit New York as the state’s death toll prepares to double in less than a week. Deaths from COVID-19 are expected to surpass 2,000 this week in Massachusetts, where […]
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Some US Manufacturers Reopening Amid Fierce Political Heat
By COLLEEN LONG, GENE JOHNSON and MIKE CORDER, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing and at least one other U.S. heavy-equipment manufacturer resumed production and some states rolled out aggressive reopening plans Monday, despite nationwide concerns there is not enough testing yet to keep the coronavirus from rebounding. Boeing said it was putting about 27,000 […]
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Rev. Al Sharpton Condemns Social Media Post by President Trump about Former President Barack Obama’s Endorsement of Joe Biden
Rev. Al Sharpton Condemns Social Media Post by President Trump about Former President Barack Obama’s Endorsement of Joe Biden National Action Network (NAN). (Courtesy Image/Logo) New York, NY (April 20, 2020) Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton is blasting the social media post made by President Trump on Monday that tweeted an altered video made […]
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WHO Head Warns Worst of Virus is Still Ahead
By The Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief warned Monday that “the worst is yet ahead of us” in the coronavirus outbreak, reviving the alarm just as many countries ease restrictive measures aimed at reducing its spread. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus didn’t specify why he believes the outbreak that has […]
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While Struggling Americans Await $1,200 Stimulus, Nation’s Wealthiest Reap Windfall
By Stacy M. Brown While struggling individuals and families look forward to a $1,200 federal stimulus check, America’s wealthy have again made off with most of the cash. The $2.3 trillion coronavirus stimulus package includes a temporary tax change for individuals who make at least $1 million a year, according to the Joint Committee on […]
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Woman Tax Reduction Strategist Launches New Services
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Meet Dalaine Waller, founder and CEO of Vraiment Financial, which helps millennial business owners develop legal tax strategies that can help their companies save a lot of money during tax season. A fiancé and mother of 3, Waller is already a rising trailblazer in the tax industry. She is a certified tax […]
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Black CEO Secures Deal For 1 Million Face Shield
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — Dante Lee, an African American entrepreneur and media mogul, has finalized a major procurement deal with one of China’s largest and most reliable manufacturers of face shields. Face shields, unlike face masks, are not being regulated by the Chinese or U.S. governments and are much easier to get through customs. For this […]
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The RUNDOWN – Twitter Crowns TRUMP KING
Host Micha Green talks state reps rejecting President Trump’s totalitarian approach on the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s trending in the AFRO American Newspaper.
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‘They’re Killing Us,’ Minority Texas Residents Say of Trump Environment Rollbacks
By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press Danielle Nelson’s best monitor for the emissions billowing out of the oil refineries and chemical plants surrounding her home: The heaving chest of her 9-year-old asthmatic son. On some nights, the boy’s chest shudders as he fights for breath in his sleep. Nelson suspects the towering plants and refineries […]