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Stephen Hill OUT At BET
The cable channel said Wednesday that its programming president, Stephen Hill, is stepping down. BET also announced that executive vice president Zola Mashariki is leaving.
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Tillerson Visits Russia As Tensions Over Syria Flare
What a difference three months makes. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson -- a one-time recipient of the Russian Order of Friendship from Russian President Vladimir Putin whose appointment as top US diplomat was seen as a nod to the Trump administration's pro-Russian inclinations -- arrives Tuesday in Moscow amid seething tensions over the ongoing conflict in Syria.
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Jill Biden to make case for her husband in highly personal terms in DNC speech
Jill Biden is expected to speak in personal and optimistic terms as she makes the case for her husband, Joe Biden, as president on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, a source familiar with her remarks tells CNN.
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Boutique owner sees skyrocketing sales for Michelle Obama's 'VOTE' necklace
As soon as the texts started rolling in Monday evening, Chari Cuthbert knew she was on the cusp of the biggest moment of her career.
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Fact check: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence debate
Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are participating Wednesday in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2020 election.
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Astros and A’s postpone game on Jackie Robinson Day to protest social injustice
On Friday, Major League Baseball teams celebrated former Negro League and Major League player Jackie Robinson who broke the color barrier in the MLB by becoming the first African American to play in the modern era in 1947. Robinson played during a time where the negro was looked down upon for the color of their skin. Many believe that the negro players should stay in the league they were given and leave the Major Leagues to the white players.
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How America's VetDogs trains service dogs like Sully to perform long lists of commands
These puppers are cute and cuddly, and -- despite a recent crazy report questioning dogs' intelligence -- they're actually very smart. So smart, in fact, that they can perform a very long list of commands.
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Big League 2018 Goal: Trump Hopes for Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal
President Donald Trump, looking ahead to a critical election year where his record will be on the ballot alongside Republican lawmakers, plans a major push on infrastructure in January, aides said this week.
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Why Maxine Waters' low-road strategy on Donald Trump is a very bad idea
On Saturday in Los Angeles, California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters had some thoughts about the Trump administration. Here's the key bit: "Let's make sure we show up wherever we have to show up. And if you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. And you push back on them. And you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere. We've got to get the children connected to their parents."
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'Wild' Trump revives spirit of '16 -- but can it work a 2nd (and 3rd) time?
No one knows better than President Donald Trump what worked for him in 2016, and now he's going back to the well -- trusting no one but himself -- to stave off the threat of a Democratic rout in November that could cripple his presidency.
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Melania Trump's spokeswoman speaks out
In yet another unnecessary attack on the first lady, CNN contributor Kate Anderson Brower, who purports to be an expert on the customs and norms of first ladies and yet has never met Melania Trump, wrote Thursday that Mrs. Trump "proved that she doesn't understand what it means to be first lady."
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Black Wealth 2020 Adds HBCUs to Its Economic Empowerment Agenda
The catalyst for Black wealth also applauds Robert Smith's gift to Morehouse Graduates
The short-term economic impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is $15 billion - rivaling corporations such as Bank of America in its more than 177,000 employees.
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New Data Reveals Neighborhoods Impacted By Urban Heat Effect
On August 7, 2020, the Houston Harris Heat Action Team (H3AT)—a collaboration be- tween Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), the City of Houston, Harris County Public Health (HCPH), and The Nature Conservancy of Texas (TNC) — held a one-day urban heat island mapping effort with the help of 84 community scien- tists, and funding support from Lowe’s and Shell. The effort was part of the 2020 Heat Watch program led by CAPA Strategies and the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration (NOAA), and it resulted in a total of 320 square miles of Houston and Harris County being mapped by local residents.
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These cute robots could deliver your next coffee
Trundling around the hallways of Hong Kong's Cyberport innovation hub, the little Rice Robot is on a mission.
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Liz Truss takes over as UK prime minister after meeting Queen
Liz Truss officially became the third female prime minister in British history on Tuesday following a transfer of power from her predecessor, Boris Johnson, who bowed out in a defiant speech following a series of scandals.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner apologizes to Russian court ahead of verdict in drug-smuggling trial
The detained WNBA star Brittney Griner apologized and asked for leniency in an emotional speech to a Russian courtroom Thursday at the close of her drug-smuggling trial and ahead of an expected verdict.
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Launches Night Train to Nashville online exhibit, highlighting Nashville's Pioneering and Influential R&B History
The multimedia exhibit is now accessible for free on the museum’s website.
Museum to host a related conversation and performance on Jan. 25 in partnership with the National Museum of African American Music.
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GOP revolts against plan to replace Feinstein on key panel in push to block Biden judicial picks
Senate Republicans are prepared to block Democratic efforts to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the powerful Judiciary committee, ratcheting up pressure on the 89-year-old California Democrat to resign or return quickly to allow President Joe Biden's judicial nominees to be confirmed.
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One question Trump keeps asking: When will the January 6 hearings end?
A growing chorus of voices is urging Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to drop a murder charge against a bodega clerk who fatally stabbed a man who had gone behind the counter and pushed him.
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Bill Barr was right about this
In the spring of 2020, when there was still time for President Donald Trump to shift the focus of his re-election campaign, his attorney general, William Barr, reportedly offered the candidate sound (if expletive-laden) advice on the power and predilections of moderate suburban voters.
