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Moderna said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial, a second dash of hope in the global race for a shot to tame a resurgent virus that is now killing more than 8,000 people a day worldwide. The company said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according […]

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is launching a health campaign focused on the city’s black and brown communities, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday following a media report highlighting the disproportionate number of black residents among those who have died of COVID-19 complications in the city. Lightfoot called WBEZ’s finding that 70% of recorded deaths due to the […]

Free agent NFL quarterback Jameis Winston reportedly married his longtime girlfriend in a private ceremony at their palatial home in Odessa, Florida. According to TMZ, Winston and his now wife, Breion Allen were supposed to tie the knot during a big, lavish event in front of a slew of family and friends from around the country. Considering the COVID-19 outbreak, […]

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Activist Leslie Mac is taking aim at Shaun King by accusing the journalist of fraud — again. Mac, co-founder the Ferguson Response Network and co-creator the Safety Pin Box subscription service, took to Twitter to warn people not to contribute to King’s coronavirus-related fundraiser — the C19 Help Squad. “I knew he couldn’t resist jumping in to capitalize on […]

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R. Kelly’s attorney, Steven Greenberg, filed a motion last week seeking to have the disgraced singer released from jail due to COVID-19 concerns. As previously reported… Kelly wants to be released on bond, and says he’s willing to wear electronic monitoring. If the motion is granted, he intends to live with his girlfriend, Joycelyn Savage, at an apartment […]

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Long time business owner Tracey Prince strongly believes Our People Barber Shop remains essential to his clients and to his community, “Men’s haircuts, ladies haircuts and styles are essential, not just to the black community but in general.” In an effort to comply with the County of Los Angeles Safer At Home Order For Control of COVID-19 – which requires all […]

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Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address disparities in the national response to the coronavirus outbreak. In a letter sent Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, both from Massachusetts, said comprehensive demographic […]

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Patti LaBelle hit up social media to check in with her fans and thank medical workers during this COVID-19 crisis. The music icon posted a heartfelt video on Instagram for her followers and she also praised workers at essential businesses for providing the public with basic needs, such as groceries and other necessities. She also reminded everyone to […]

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OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — It was a sunny day, the first in about a week when temperatures had climbed past the 50-degree mark, and people in Chicago did what they always do on such a day: They flocked to the shores of Lake Michigan. Mayor Lori Lightfoot did not consider that the kind of […]

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Tyler Perry is doing his part to uplift spirits during the COVID-19 crisis by encouraging celebrities to join a new singing challenge. Perry posted a video for the #HesGotTheWholeWorldChallenge on Instagram Sunday, which sees him singing “He’s Got The Who World In His Hands,” in hopes that it will become a “prayer for our whole world.” […]

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R. Kelly’s attorney, Steven Greenberg, filed a motion Thursday seeking to have the disgraced singer released from jail due to COVID-19 concerns. We previously reported… Kelly is practicing “social distancing” at Chicago’s federal jail to avoid the deadly coronavirus. “I think it’s fair to say that he’s trying to follow the same advice as the […]

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Celebrities such as Tom Hanks and Idris Elba are causing confusion amid the COVID-19 crisis by claiming to have tested positive for the deadly virus but showing no symptoms. Which is why Cardi B previously suggested that actors are being paid to say they have contracted the virus in order to assist the media in rewriting the narrative about the “face” […]