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Primary Results Certified as General Election Looms

August 28, 2020 admin 0

NSF Staff – August 27, 2020 – The Florida Elections Canvassing Commission on Thursday certified the results of the Aug. 18 primary elections, as the state looks toward the Nov. 3 general election. Statewide turnout for […]

Black News Channel’s Kelly Wright Interviews President Trump

August 27, 2020 admin 0

#NNPA BLACKPRESS – NNPA NEWSWIRE — It not only marked Trump’s first time on the network but also his initial interview with any African American-owned media. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association […]

Biden Campaign Launching National “Shop Talk” Series to Engage Black Men

August 27, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – On Thursday, Aug. 27, Biden’s campaigned announced it would launch a national “Shop Talk” series – a weekly roundtable to engage Black […]

NASA Astronaut Jeanette Epps Could Become First Black Woman to Live on the International Space Station

August 27, 2020 admin 0

N’dea Yancey-BraggAntonia Jaramillo – NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is slated to make history next year when she becomes the first Black woman to live on the International Space Station for months at a time. If everything […]

Desantis Backs Added Capacity at Major Theme Parks

August 27, 2020 admin 0

Jim Turner – TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Ron DeSantis backed allowing more customers at major theme parks in Orlando as he and park officials gave high marks Wednesday to coronavirus safety measures. The expansion push came […]

Sales Taxs Remain Down in July as Tourism Suffers

August 27, 2020 admin 0

By Jim Turner August 26, 2020 – TALLAHASSEE — State general revenues came in just above a forecast amount in July, but the coronavirus pandemic continued to hammer sales-tax collections. Numbers released Wednesday by the Legislature’s […]

RNC Speaker Abby Johnson Once Said ‘My Brown Son is More Likely to Commit a Violent Offense Over My White Sons’

August 27, 2020 admin 0

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton – Republicans invited a number of controversial speakers at this year’s Republican National Convention. One such speaker is pro-life advocate Abby Johnson, who spoke on Tuesday at the virtual event. In […]

Report: COVID-19 Now is The Third Leading Cause of Death Among Black People

August 26, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent “In 2020, more Black Americans will die of COVID-19 than will succumb to diabetes, strokes, accidents, or pneumonia. In fact, COVID-19 is currently […]

Federal Student Loan Payments Deferred Until 2021

August 26, 2020 admin 0

by Derek Major – Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has implemented President Donald Trump’s memorandum, extending student loan relief policies included in the CARES Act that were scheduled to expire next month. DeVos implemented the measure Friday, […]

Diamond & Silk Question ‘Systemic Racism’ at Fox News After Being Axed

August 26, 2020 admin 0

In their new book, Lynette “Diamond” Hardaway and Rochelle “Silk” Richardson are claiming that Fox News pushed them out after they “dared to ask questions” that were also posed by white personalities. on the conservative network. “Here is […]