By Stefanie Dazio and Christopher Weber The Associated Press The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide July 9 following a police investigation prompted by outrage from the family who said authorities initially were too quick to rule out the […]
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Attorney Zulu Ali Inducted into Prestigious Who’s Who Registry
Nationwide — Attorney Zulu Ali has been inducted into Marquis Who’s Who for Excellence in Law and Activism. Since 1898, Marquis Who’s Who has recognized accomplished and prominent professionals in its biographical publications. As in all Marquis Who’s Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as […]
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CBCF Welcomes Tonya Veasey as President and CEO
CBCF Welcomes Public Affairs Strategist and Marketing Leader as New President and CEO WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) announced today that Tonya Veasey, communications and marketing agency founder and CEO will lead the organization as its new president and chief executive officer. For more than 20 years, Veasey has provided award-winning […]
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France Investigating Millions In Virus Unemployment Fraud
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organized crime groups sought to defraud the French state of millions of euros meant for workers left jobless by the virus lockdown, prosecutors said Friday. France had an exceptionally generous temporary unemployment scheme that subsidized workers’ salaries while restaurants, schools and businesses across the economy shut down for […]
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Foreign Students Weigh Studying In Person vs. Losing Visas
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM, CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and HILARY POWELL, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between being unnecessarily exposed during the coronavirus pandemic and being able to finish their studies in America. Students from countries as diverse as […]
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Catholic Church Lobbied For Taxpayer Funds, Got $1.4B
By REESE DUNKLIN and MICHAEL REZENDES, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses that have paid huge settlements or sought bankruptcy protection because of clergy sexual abuse […]
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Seniors Can Protect Health, Finances During Pandemic
By Chris Orestis Special to the AFRO Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, health officials have been clear and consistent in their message to seniors: while anyone can fall victim to COVID-19, those who are 65 and older are in an especially high-risk group. That’s why older Americans need to be especially careful, and in the case […]
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Hazardous Apartment Complex Claims No Knowledge
By Luke Stafford Zenger News Bounty hunters, burglars and broken windows bedeviled the largely low-income residents of Kansas City, Kan. Royal Ridge Apartments, part of a pattern of complaints at properties in a portfolio stretching across 15 states. Tenants said management has long ignored their complaints, while owners said they were not aware of any. […]
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Maryland Food Truck Week Kicks Off!
By AFRO Staff Get ready to celebrate food trucks from July 10 to July 26 throughout Central Maryland. While Maryland continues to flatten the curve, food trucks are serving up our communities by setting up in neighborhoods in order to offer more food options to all residents. “Food Truck Night” at volunteer fire companies have […]
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TBE#28 – Sports Have the Potential to Help Unite Us; Racial Slurs that Divide Us Must Go
To Be Equal #28 July 9, 2020 Sports Have the Potential to Help Unite Us; Racial Slurs that Divide Us Must Go Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Racism runs rampant in towns and cities neighboring large Indigenous populations. I’ve been told to ‘go back to the reservation’ and asked by white […]
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Stop the Violence: 11-Year-Old is Killed in Violent Weekend
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. Editor mgreen@afro.com In what is, generally, Muriel Bowser’s daily COVID-19 press briefing, the D.C. Mayor took the time to address the violence in the District over the weekend that took the lives of three DMV residents, including that of 11-year-old Davon McNeal on the 1400 block of Cedar Street Southeast. […]
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Brown Promotes Removal of Confederate Names, Military Diversity
By Mark F. Gray AFRO Staff Writer mgray@afro.com Maryland Congressman and former Lt. Governor Anthony Brown has become more vocal about racism and diversity as the Black Lives Matter movement continues to make its presence felt on Capitol Hill. Brown, a 30-year military veteran, was instrumental in the United States House of Representatives’ passage of […]
