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Aug- 2019 -16 August
Youth Candle Business Expands to Macy’s
THE AFRO — When three of Celena Gill’s sons asked her to buy them a Nerf gun and more than $500 in video games, she told them to get a…
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16 August
Gov. Desantis: ‘It’s The Internet’
FLORDIA COURIER — The El Paso and Dayton shootings could help fuel debate in Tallahassee about gun-control issues and ideas for preventing mass violence, starting with a Florida Senate review…
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15 August
Committee Chairs Request Information from Consumer Bureau on Efforts to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Former Student Loan Ombudsman Seth Frotman asserted in his August 2018 resignation letter that CFPB leadership “has abandoned the very consumers it is tasked by Congress with…
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15 August
Ohio State Sen. Cecil Thomas: Tracie Hunter’s Conviction is Unlawful
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “No one is above the law, including judges and prosecutors,” Thomas said. However, in an Aug. 13 letter to Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Chief Justice…
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15 August
COMMENTARY: What goes up must come down
DAYTONA TIMES — There is much to object to about No. 45’s presidency – his hateful racial rhetoric, his attacks on women and people of color, his appointment of extremely young…
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15 August
Obama decries leaders “who demonize those who don’t look like us”
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — In a rare public statement Monday about twin mass shootings that have rattled the nation, former President Barack Obama offered a forceful rebuke of the growing…
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15 August
BSU and HU Alumni Earn DC HBCU Alliance Awards
THE AFRO — Two distinguished alumni from Bowie State and Howard University are among the six-member class who will be presented with HBCU Alumni Awards September 20 as the DC Metro…
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14 August
Stacey Abrams Says She’d Serve as Vice President
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’ve just come to the decision that my best value add, the strongest contribution I can give to this primary, would be to make sure our nominee…
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14 August
“Save Energy, Save Dollars” plan asks City Council to pay for energy upgrades for poor
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Your home isn’t as energy efficient as you think it is. And if the City of Memphis and MLGW seriously want to ease the energy burden on…
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14 August
Florida Cop Investigated for Planting Drugs During Traffic Stops
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mary Maddox said Officer Zachary Wester’s behavior would have gone undetected had it not been for the eagle eye of an assistant State Attorney who was responsible…
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