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Harvard Design School Graduate Dana McKinney Merges Architecture and Social Justice
When Dana McKinney was a girl, her family drove every week from their small town in Fairfield County, Conn., to Sunday dinner at her grandmother’s home in Newark, N.J. To a child who loved dance and art, the changing scenery on those trips revealed stark contrasts that stung of economic inequality.
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National parks preserve more than species
Study of Costa Rican rainforest shows national parks are more resilient than expected
National parks are safe havens for endangered and threatened species, but an analysis by Rice University data scientists finds parks and protected areas can preserve more than species.
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Former NFL Quarterback Michael Vick Announced As Special Guest Speaker For The 2018 Mighty Men Of Valor National Men’s Conference
Michael Vick, former NFL quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Atlanta Falcons has been announced as the 2018 special guest speaker of the highly anticipated Mighty Men of Valor National Men’s Conference, April 13-14, 2018 at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Landover, MD. Arrive early, bring friends and family to get autographed Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons jerseys and footballs while supplies last!
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Ex-DNI confirms Trump was briefed on Putin's involvement in 2016 election
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper confirmed Thursday that Donald Trump was briefed on US intelligence findings that Russian President Vladimir Putin personally ordered cyberattacks to attempt to sway the 2016 presidential election.
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A man killed his girlfriend and then shared photos of her dead body on a gaming platform, police say
A recent high school graduate -- who cultivated an online following, particularly among gamers, by posting selfies -- was killed over the weekend
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‘We hear gun fire all the time here’: KC community stands up against gun violence, draws crowd, honks and hope
Kansas City Police are investigating their 58th homicide of the year. Sade Abdi, 27, was shot around 9:15 Saturday night in the Pendleton Heights neighborhood.
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American Underground, Google for Startups Launch Applications for Fourth Annual Black Founders Exchange
American Underground and Google for Startups have announced the application window and deadline for the fourth annual Black Founders Exchange.
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Executive Producer Dream Hampton Talks “Surviving R. Kelly”
For Dream Hampton, who served as executive producer of the much-talked about “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary, the explosive revelations in the film were just the tip of the iceberg.
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NASA Opens $2 Million Third Phase of 3D-Printed Habitat Competition
Future missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond will require innovative options to shelter our explorers, and we won't be able to carry all of the materials with us from Earth. NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge, a Centennial Challenges competition, seeks ways to create or develop the technologies needed to create such habitats on-site, and challenges citizen inventors to lead the way. Today, NASA and challenge partner Bradley University of Peoria, Illinois, announce the opening of Phase 3 of the competition for team registration.
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Illinois bar opening event linked to 46 Covid-19 cases, a school closure and hospitalization, CDC report says
A rural Illinois bar opening event in February was linked to a Covid-19 outbreak of at least 46 cases, a school closure and the hospitalization of a long-term care facility resident, according to a United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report.
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NSWCPD's Robert Pettis Wins Beya Modern-Day Technology Leader
Robert Pettis, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) branch manager for the Machinery Technology Re- search & Development Branch, can now add Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Modern-Day Technology Leader to his list of career awards.
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#NNPA BLACKPRESSSeven Decades After First Black Reporter Covered the White House, the Black Press Receives Coveted Credentials
“The National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Senior National Correspondent, Stacy Brown, has once again enabled our national trade association representing the Black Press of America, to make another historic yet contemporary step forward with the official acquisition of the White House hard-pass,” said NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
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Police share tips after more than a dozen catalytic converters stolen over the weekend
A rash of catalytic converter thefts have Waterbury police busy.
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Naked Wines Launches Opportunity Fund for Latinos in Wine
The new grant program will help support this underrepresented community via $80,000 in grants
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Cutting Tailpipe Pollution Starts at Home for New York City
For Leslie Vasquez, an activist with South Bronx Unite, the same word describes the need and the timeline for New York City to act on climate pollution -- immediate.
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Stop calling it 'mommy brain' — scientists say the term is wrong and unfair to moms
Pregnancy brain, mommy brain, momnesia — our culture has learned to use the term to describe moms everywhere when they seem forgetful or scattered before and soon after giving birth. But the idea that motherhood is in itself associated with a decline in cognitive abilities may be both wrong and unfair to moms and their brains, writes a team of scientists in an article released Monday in the journal JAMA Neurology.
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US Justice Department investigates Boeing over door plug blowout
Boeing faces yet another federal probe over its 737 Max door plug blowout, this one by the Justice Department, an investigation that could expose it to criminal liability.
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Rapper Meek Mill says Las Vegas Cosmopolitan hotel is 'racist as hell' after they turned him away
Meek Mill is asking Twitter for "lawyers ASAP" after a run-in with the hotel staff of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
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HBCU Alumni & Divine 9 Members Unite to Produce 2 TV Series On BET+
The Black Hamptons & The Family Business are based on The New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber's novels
Alumni of two historically black colleges and universities (HBCU's), and members of the Divine 9 have come together to produce two TV Series both on BET+. "Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons" a new four-part original limited series premieres on BET+ starting on August 25th, while Season 4 of "Carl Weber's The Family Business" premieres on BET+ on September 1st. Episodes of Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are available to catch up on now ON DEMAND on BET the network and on BET+. "The Black Hamptons" and "The Family Business" are based on The New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber's books.
