By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Child welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges that the coronavirus is posing for caseworkers, kids and parents. For caseworkers, the potential toll is physical and emotional. Child welfare workers in several states, including […]
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Joseph Lowery, Civil Rights Leader and MLK Aide, Dies at 98
By The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country’s first black president and echoed the call for “justice to roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” in America. For more than four decades after the death of […]
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Spokesman: Cosby Lawyers to Seek Early Release Because of Pandemic
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Lawyers for Bill Cosby are preparing to petition the court for his release amid the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesman for Cosby, who is in the second year of a 3-to-10 year prison sentence for aggravated indecent assault, said Cosby doesn’t have the virus, but his age […]
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Trump Signs $2.2T Stimulus After Swift Congressional Votes
By ANDREW TAYLOR, ALAN FRAM, LAURIE KELLMAN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an unprecedented $2.2 trillion economic rescue package into law Friday, after swift and near-unanimous action by Congress to support businesses, rush resources to overburdened health care providers and help struggling families during the deepening coronavirus epidemic. Acting with unity and […]
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MGM National Harbor Donates Food To Charity
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com A local non profit agency hit the jackpot to feed needy D.M.V. residents after MGM National Harbor was forced to shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nourish Now, a food recovery organization with a dual mission of ending food waste and hunger, was donated 55 thousand pounds […]
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American Petroleum Institute (API) Provides Resources in Times of Uncertainty
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The US energy supply chain hasn’t faced disruption because of the coronavirus. Still, contingency measures have been taken by oil and natural gas companies to help keep supplies flowing, according to Suzanne Lemieux, the head of operations security for the American Petroleum Institute (API). The contingency […]
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House Passes $2.2T Rescue Package, Rushes it to Trump
By ANDREW TAYLOR, ALAN FRAM and LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly in an extraordinary time, the House rushed President Donald Trump a $2.2 trillion rescue package Friday, tossing a life preserver to a U.S. economy and health care system left flailing by the coronavirus pandemic. The House approved the sweeping measure […]
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ACLU-MN Alleges US Citizen Unlawfully Detained
By The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota is suing the federal government on behalf of a U.S. citizen who alleges he was unlawfully detained. The ACLU-MN filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Minnesota on behalf of Ali Abdalla. Abdalla came to the U.S. as a Somali […]
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The Bougie Behind the Brand
By Ariel Chrysann Special to the AFRO Entrepreneurship takes a dauntless mentality and an eagerness for success, that’s not an issue for 22-year-old Khila James, founder and owner of the Bougie Business Brand. She has managed to maintain and expand her prosperity through consistent focus, planning, commitment and sacrifice. James explained to the AFRO that […]
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Verily’s COVID-19 Screening Website
By Rachel Lerman Associated Press Google sister company Verily has launched a website to screen people who think they might have COVID-19 and point them to testing sites. But you probably can’t use it to get tested quite yet. Verily, a health tech company owned by Google parent Alphabet, launched the screening tool on March […]
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Home Internet Jammed Up? Try These Steps Before Upgrading
By FRANK BAJAK, AP Technology Writer With so much of the U.S. workforce — and their families — now cooped up at home to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, it’s not a huge surprise that home internet is showing the strain. If you’ve had a business videoconference stutter while your teenagers play Call […]
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Trump Has Megaphone, But States Control Virus Shutdowns
By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has the biggest megaphone, but it’s governors and local officials who will decide when to begin reopening their economies after shuttering them to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The Constitution largely gives states the authority to regulate their own affairs. Trump has set Easter, April […]