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       Local outlet Caribbean National Weekly reported that her relatives found her unresponsive in her apartment on September 23. Police are treating the case as a suspected suicide.

      The World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday that escalating gang violence in Haiti’s capital is crippling humanitarian access, worsening hunger, and forcing the agency to slash food rations and suspend life-saving programmes amid a severe funding crisis.

Trump drew attention at Quantico Marine Corps Base when he told top military leaders there are “two N-words” that cannot be used. He also joked about firing generals, praised U.S. nuclear power, and boasted about peace efforts abroad.

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., pulsed with history and urgency as the Black Press of America gathered for its Annual National Leadership Awards and Reception.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The nation is bracing for a government shutdown unlike any in its history. At the center stands President Donald Trump, who has declared that if Congress cannot keep the government open, federal workers may not just be furloughed — they may be permanently fired.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Its origin was poisoned by the retreat from Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow, but its meaning grew larger. It became a vow that liberty cannot live where rifles enforce the law of civilians.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus were split on the question of whether Charlie Kirk, a rightwing commentator with controversial views on race, should be honored by a lengthy Republican-penned resolution in his honor.

       Attacks on federal workers aren’t just a problem for their families or their unions—they hurt all of us and jeopardize the essential government services we rely on daily. These workers make sure our food and water are safe and our communities are free from pollution. They protect our families during public health emergencies, care for our veterans, and monitor extreme weather and natural disasters. When workers can’t speak up on the job and make sure their offices are serving the American people, we are all at risk.

     From the violence plaguing cities like New Orleans and Philadelphia to the white supremacist mass shootings in Charleston and Buffalo, or the police killings of Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, Lee has traveled the country to tell the all-too-familiar story of Black lives cut short by guns.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — It is 62 years later after the death of the four little girls in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, just weeks after the August 28, 1963, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.