    The wife of Haitiâs assassinated president said she was found with a gunshot wound by a maid after the attack, and needed to use her dead husbandâs tie as a tourniquet.
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A new COVID-19 test site is opening tomorrow (Tuesday, August 3, 2021) in response to the latest rise in COVID-19 cases including the Delta Variant, which is increasing the demand for testing. Tests are available for both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents.
Coronavirus Report: August 2, 2021
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Recently, Rev. Al Sharpton, Dr. Martin Luther King III, and Arndrea Waters King, the civil rights leaders behind the March On For Voting Rights, hosted a press conference with Democratic members of the Texas legislature at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. The civil rights leaders were in Washington to urge members of Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation as states introduce laws that restrict access to the ballot box. The visit with Texas state legislatures today took place ahead of planned testimony on Thursday before the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee hearing.Â
    Florida A&M University (FAMU) spent more than $16 million to cover fees, tuition and unpaid student account balances during the 2020-2021 school year, President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., has announced.Â
The rate of breakthrough cases reported among those fully vaccinated is well below 1 percent in all reporting states, ranging from 0.01 percent in Connecticut to 0.90 percent in Oklahoma.
The small island of Jamaica has made history once again in the world of sports. Three runners â Elaine Thompson-Herah, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, and Shericka Jackson â recently became the fastest women in the world during the 100-meter dash at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.
     Simone Biles officially returned to the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday morning, and she made her comeback count. The superstar gymnast took home the bronze medal after competing in the balance beam finals, the fifth and final individual medal event for womenâs gymnastics.