Salt threatens the drinking water in the Mississippi River

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The Department of Homeland Security is working to slow a mass inflow of salt water that is threatening drinking water in the Mississippi River in the southern part of the state because of drought in Louisiana. According to a news release from the White House, President Joseph Biden’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the…

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Police arrest 18-year for Morgan State University shooting as they search for a second perpetrator

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Police have arrested  Jovan Williams, 18, for shooting 5 people at Morgan State University in Baltimore. Investigators now say Williams and a 17-year-old cohort opened fire on the University’s campus on October 3 outside Thurgood Marshall Hall. Police charged Williams with attempted murder during last week’s shooting at Morgan State University that left five wounded.…

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Q&A: Will Violence in the Middle East Fuel Further Hate in the U.S.

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The Ethnic Media Weekly By Peter Schurmann Last Saturday Israel experienced an unprecedented attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas members along its southern border.  The invasion targeted civilians in areas surrounding Gaza, where 2.3 million Palestinians live in what many describe as apartheid conditions.  Over 1,000 Israelis have been killed, with women and children among them,…

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Court blocks sending Kenyan police to Haiti

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The Kenyan High Court has temporarily blocked the deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti or any other country pending the hearing of a petition filed by the Thirdway Alliance Kenya and two other groups.  The petitioners argue that the constitution does not envisage the deployment of the police service outside Kenya, adding that deployment of…

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Cornel West and Robert Kennedy, Jr. are running as Independents

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Progressive activist Cornel West and maverick Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they won’t seek their respective party’s nominations for president. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he will run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid, likely pitting him against President Joe Biden, who is running for reelection. He is the third of eleven…

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Black man takes over as Canada’s speaker

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The Honorable Greg Fergus was elected Canada’s Speaker of the House of Commons on October 3.  The former Speaker, Anthony Rota, was forced to resign as Speaker of the House after honoring a man who fought for a Nazi unit during the Second World War. Fergus, who is 54, is the 38th speaker.  The speaker manages…

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The world record is his

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Kelvin Kipturn set a world record in Sunday’s Bank of America Chicago Marathon, running the 26. 219 mile course in 2:00.35. Kipturn, a 23-year-old from Kenya, defeated last year’s winner, Benson Kiputo, who ran the course at 2:04:02. Kipturn said he always felt in control as he broke the record once held by Eluide Kipchoge,…

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