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Written by KATHY GANNON Associated Press

Published: 05 September 2021

 

At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days

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Written by ASHRAF KHALIL and LISA MASCARO Associated Press

Published: 05 September 2021

 

As two anchors of COVID safety net end millions of Americans will face Labor Day with a suddenly shrunken social safety net

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Published: 03 September 2021

 

Historically, FEMA relied on deeds to prove that land belonged to disaster victims before it sent relief funds to individuals.The guidelines denied aid to many African American applicants whose homes or land were inherited informally without written wills

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Written by By KATHY GANNON Associated Press

Published: 03 September 2021

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A small group of Afghan women protested near the presidential palace in Kabul on Friday, demanding equal rights from the Taliban

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Written by By ROXANA HEGEMAN and ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press

Published: 02 September 2021

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Just two generations out of slavery, by 1910 Black farmers had amassed more than 16 million acres of land and made up about 14 percent of farmers. The fruit of their labors fed much of America.

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Written by Breonna Randall, Howard University News Service

Published: 02 September 2021

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Parents have many concerns and questions, so Howard University News Service reached out to five physicians for answers

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia

Published: 02 September 2021

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Hurricane Ida continues to leave destruction and devastation in its wake as residents from New Orleans and Mississippi realize just how much they’ve lost.

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Written by By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, PETER SMITH and MARIAM FAM Associated Press

Published: 02 September 2021

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America’s major religions and denominations, often divided on other big issues, have united behind the effort to help receive an influx of refugees from Afghanistan following the end of the United States’ longest war and one of the largest airlifts in history.

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Written by ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press

Published: 30 August 2021

President Joe Biden holds a presidential challenge coin as he speaks with Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Air Force Col. Chip Hollinger and others after participating in a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) 

Taliban fighters watched the last U.S. planes disappear into the sky over Afghanistan around midnight Monday and then fired their guns into the air, celebrating victory.

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Written by By REBECCA SANTANA, JAY REEVES and KEVIN McGILL Associated Press

Published: 30 August 2021

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More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi were left without power as Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early Monday before weakening into a tropical storm.