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Mobile Van Tackling City’s Urban Food Deserts

October 21, 2020 admin 0

Feeding Northeast Florida FNEFL recently launched its second Corner Market mobile pantry, which will provide healthy food and nutritional guidance to families across Jacksonville’s Northwest Quadrant in an effort to mitigate food deserts. The mobile […]

International

Fugitive Drug Dealer Captured Despite Plastic Surgery, New Identity

October 21, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off on Fugitive Drug Dealer Captured Despite Plastic Surgery, New Identity

CAUCAIA, Brazil — A violent Brazilian drug dealer who changed his face and identity has been captured after two years on the run. Lenon Oliveira do Carmo, 39, was arrested on Oct. 17 in Caucaia, […]

Health

Black Health Matters: Addressing Disparities

October 20, 2020 admin 0

By Dr. Flava Pharm.D | October 5, 2020 | October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and just last week Ananda Lewis shocked us all with her diagnosis. Secondly, her decision for not getting mammograms is one that she regrets; however, her […]

National

Global Coronavirus Cases Hit 40M

October 20, 2020 admin 0

By WI Web Staff – The number of reported global coronavirus cases hit 40 million Monday, as infections trend upward in Europe and the U.S. As of Monday afternoon, 40,246,655 coronavirus cases and 1,115,985 related […]

Entertainment

Netflix Previews ‘Ma Rainey’ and Boseman’s Final Performance

October 20, 2020 admin 0

NEW YORK (AP) — By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer  – Netflix on Monday previewed George C. Wolfe’s August Wilson adaptation “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” showcasing Chadwick Boseman’s final performance opposite Viola Davis’ powerhouse blues […]

Sports

Joe Morgan, “Big Red Machine” Star Dies at 77

October 20, 2020 admin 0

#NNPA BLACKPRESS – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent — Over 22 mostly magnificent seasons, the lefty swinging Joe Morgan, who memorably flapped his left arm before each pitch thrown to him, totaled […]

Editorials

Domestic Terror Arrests in Michigan Heighten Alarm of Rightwing Violence

October 20, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Barrington M. Salmon, NNPA Newswire Contributor – “My greatest fear is what’s different now than when I was working these cases in 1990s, there was no rhetoric coming from the White […]

Political

Black SuperPac Urges Candidates, Parties to Spend Millions with Black Businesses

October 20, 2020 admin 0

By The Florida Courier Staff – One of America’s leading Black conservative political action committee has instituted a national effort to help Black-owned businesses earn some of the billions of dollars spent during America’s political campaigns […]

Entertainment

Not So Open Roads: Filmmakers Unearth History of Racism in ‘Driving While Black’

October 19, 2020 admin 0

By Parker Diakite – A new documentary, “Driving While Black,” unveils the narrative that far too many Black people know to be true: Black people face danger behind the wheel. There are so many stories […]

Health

As Clinical Trials Halt, U.S. COVID Cases Surge

October 19, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – The difficulty in producing a vaccine for the deadly virus comes as a new wave of COVID-19 infection has begun. Data provided […]

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