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Riding with Biden-Harris Caravan
With the effects of Covid-19 looming, it is important that we become more innovative with our campaigning efforts. Every Saturday in October, we are “Riding with Biden!” For the past 4 Saturdays, we have convened at various locations in the Central Broward area to form the caravan and proceed to ride through neighborhoods to show support for Biden-Harris 2020. […]
National News
Terminated Employees in Sheriff Department Continue to Report to Work, Drive County Vehicles
Reportedly, through various written and verbal communications, the Green County Commission had informed Sheriff Jonathan Benison that his additional employees, supported by bingo funds, would be laid-off unless the Sheriff provided the necessary payroll payments at the beginning of each quarter of 2020-2021, as well as reimburse the county the back pay due for the same employees. […]
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Outrage Over Crowded Train During First Day Of Catalonia’s Lockdown
CATALONIA, Spain—Despite restrictions amid a new Covid-19 surge in Spain, video captured a crowded commuter train in the middle of rush hour in Catalonia, during which social distancing was not enforced. The Spanish government issued […]
National News
65-Year Old Police Officer Killed Just 2 Weeks Before His Retirement
Sergeant Harold Preston, a Houston police officer, was sadly shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex on the south side of the city. The 65-year old police officer was only two weeks away from his retirement. […]
Local News
Florida Teacher Says She Has a Right to ‘Dislike Blacks’
Tracey Brown, a social studies teacher in Florida, is under investigation after being captured on video saying that she “has much right as anybody else to dislike Blacks” during an online class with her students. […]
Religion
Mount Hermon Housing Receives $640,000 CRA Incentive Loan For Affordable Housing Project
On September 1, 2020, the City of Fort Lauderdale Commission, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Board of Commissioners approved a $640,000 Development Incentive Program Loan to Mount Hermon Housing, LTD. for the development of Mount Hermon Apartments. The CRA’s Development Incentive Program Loan is contingent upon the award of a 9% tax credit from the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. […]
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Coral Expert Hopes To Map The Ecosystem’s DNA and Save Dying Reefs
VIENNA, Austria—In the next 30 years, the world’s coral-reef ecosystems face near-total collapse, warns a marine biologist, who hopes his research into coral DNA will save them. “We have already lost about 50% of our […]
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Colombian Navy Busts Homemade Submarine Carrying 2 Tons Of Cocaine
BOCANA AMARALES, Colombia—The Colombian Navy seized a homemade submarine containing tens of thousands of dollars worth of cocaine and arrested its crew. The semi-submersible vessel was discovered 35 nautical miles off the Bocana Amarales sector […]
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Gang Illegally Selling ED Drugs Online Busted
MUNICH—A major illegal distributor of erectile dysfunction drugs on the internet has been busted in a joint operation involving Spanish, pan-European and U.S. authorities. The raids took place a variety of cities in Spain, where […]