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Adele and SNL come under fire for Africa sex tourism sketch

"Saturday Night Live" is facing a backlash over a sketch in which Adele, Kate McKinnon and Heidi Gardner play White divorcees lusting over African men.

Morgan Cato becomes first woman of color to be hired by an NBA team as Assistant GM

The Phoenix Suns have named Morgan Cato as Assistant General Manager and Vice President of Basketball Operations, making her the first woman of color to hold the Assistant General Manager title for an NBA team, according to the NBA.

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Serena, Djokovic, Murray: 2018 the Year of Tennis Comebacks

If you like a comeback, then tennis is your sport next year. There aren't one, two or three multiple grand slam champions making a return in 2018 but a handful.

My Great-Grandmother Was Exposed to Lynchings; This is what she would say about the Capitol riot

The mob action that took place at the US Capitol two weeks before the inauguration was a reminder that most White and Black Americans live in different worlds with vastly different realities.

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Springer Nature Group Donates $50,000 to The HBCU Foundation

The HBCU Foundation, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit whose aim is to provide scholarship aid to deserving students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities, announced on Monday, a $50,000 grant from the leading academic publishing company, Springer Nature.

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Governor Abbott Appoints Scher To Texas Public Finance Authority

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Brendan Scher to the Texas Public Finance Authority for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. The authority issues and sells bonds for designated state agencies in order to finance the acquisition or construction of buildings.

Memorial Village ER Offering Free Flu Vaccinations January 1-15

Memorial Village Emergency Room is offering Free Flu Vaccines to anyone who hasn’t gotten their flu shot yet for the first two weeks of January 2020.

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Houston Wins $100,000 National Creative Placemaking Grant for Fifth Ward Initiative

Mayor Sylvester Turner celebrates the Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation’s (FWCRC) receipt of a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant.

At Fox News, 'the inmates are running the asylum'

This article is adapted from "Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth," published by Simon & Schuster's One Signal Publishers.

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AMC suspends Chris Hardwick talk show after ex-girlfriend makes allegations of abuse

TV host Chris Hardwick is facing career fallout amid allegations by his ex-girlfriend, actress Chloe Dykstra, that he sexually and emotionally abused her.

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Some military personnel still restricted from donating blood

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced gay and bisexual men can donate blood anytime, however, there are still restrictions on some groups of people, including some military personnel.

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Maverick Entertainment and Black Girl Film School Partner to Empower Future Filmmakers

Black girl filmmakers can win scholarships and pitch their short film scripts to film executives

Maverick Entertainment and Black Girl Film School (BGFS) are excited to announce a new partnership aimed at empowering the next generation of filmmakers and storytellers. The partnership will focus on supporting black storytelling and attracting more girls aged 13-17 to the filmmaking industry.

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Historians: 'Defending history' Is Complicated in the US

In the wake of Charlottesville, Americans are confronting questions about how to make sense of the history of the Confederacy, the Civil War and race in America as they play out in our lives today. CNN Opinion asked a number of historians for their thoughts. The views in these commentaries are their own.

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Statement on World AIDS Day

“World AIDS Day affords us an opportunity to reflect on our progress in fight against the global AIDS pandemic and to rededicate ourselves to ending the disease once and for all.

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Biden to speak to the Irish Parliament to highlight personal and political ties

President Joe Biden is spending much of his trip to Ireland this week exploring his family's roots, from the shoemaker who sailed from Newry in 1849 in search of a better life in America to the brick-seller in Ballina who sold 28,000 bricks to pay for his own family's passage to the US.

Lone Star College and Partners Receive $651,516 Job-Training Grant

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded Lone Star College in partnership with 801 Ventures-Twelve Stone Transport, BL Technology Inc., BLTI Services, Farouk, McCarthy Holdings Inc., Methodist Hospital Willowbrook, Motiva, Precision Medical Billing, and Watco Companies a $651,516 Skills Development Fund grant. The grant will benefit workers in the Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast area.

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NNU Statement on Houston School Shooting ‘When Will the Excuses Stop? Time for Action’

In response to yet the latest school shooting nightmare at a high school near Houston, National Nurses United (NNU) today called for lawmakers in Congress and every state legislature to finally act to protect public safety.

Trump mocks virus as he launches potential superspreader sprint to win reelection

Donald Trump on Monday launched a three-week quest to save his presidency, behaving as though the pandemic that has killed 215,000 Americans was already a memory in front of a packed-in crowd -- even amid chilling new warnings about the resurgent virus.

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5 Things for Monday, January 2, 2017: Turkey Attack, Chicago Deaths, Queen Elizabeth

Happy New Year! We hope one of your resolutions is to keep reading about the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.

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Lizzo is ‘hurt’ by suit filed by former dancers

Lizzo is addressing a lawsuit filed against her by three of her former dancers.