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Corey Oct 28, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 28, 2023

#Podcast: This #Black teen is helping to treat skin #cancer with a bar of soap he created over the summer. His innovation earned him the title "America's Top Young #Scientist" and a $25K prize at a competition hosted by 3M. #BlackExcellence

https://blknewsnow.com/podcast-14-year-old-black-student-invents-skin-cancer-fighting-soap-named-americas-top-young-scientist-at-competition/

Podcast: 14-year-old Black student invents skin cancer-fighting soap, named ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ at competition - BLK News Now!

A 14-year-old Black student named Heman Bekele, who is a freshman at Woodson High School in Northern Virginia, earned an amazing distinction when he was named “America’s Top Young Scientist” earlier this month for inventing a bar of soap capable of fighting low-grade skin cancer. Heman earned the $25,000 top prize at the annual competition

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Corey Oct 28, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 28, 2023

#UPDATE: Black model’s body found bound and gagged in her refrigerator, autopsy report reveals

https://blknewsnow.com/maleesa-mooney-black-models-body-found-bound-and-gagged-in-her-refrigerator-autopsy-report-reveals/

Maleesa Mooney: Black model’s body found bound and gagged in her refrigerator, autopsy report reveals - BLK News Now!

LOS ANGELES -- Investigators have released disturbing new details about the death of Maleesa Mooney, a Black model who was found dead last month inside of her apartment in Downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers found 31-year-old Mooney dead on Sept. 12 after conducting

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Corey Oct 28, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 28, 2023

The #Maine mass shooting suspect is confirmed dead, and now political leaders are asking "why" the mass shooting in #Lewiston happened. Really? It's insulting to pretend Americans haven't begged for a ban on the handheld weapons of mass destruction that #Republicans oversimplify as simply "#guns." #Democrats look more like the #GOP every time this conversation disingenuously rears its head -- at the expense of all of our lives.

https://apnews.com/article/maine-mass-shooting-lewiston-a13d50cfcda2d7ce19e7bfb1b64a5cb3

Maine shooting suspect purchased guns legally: Authorities

The residents of Lewiston, Maine, are embarking on a path to healing after a man suspected of killing 18 people earlier this week was found dead. Authorities say the body of 40-year-old Robert Card of Bowdoin was found late Friday at a recycling center. Police teams had searched the facility twice before eventually finding Card's body. The worst mass shooting in the state's history occurred on Wednesday night, when Card allegedly opened fire at a bowling alley and then a bar and killed 18 people. Another 13 were injured. Maine Department of Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck said Saturday that Card died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Corey Oct 28, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 28, 2023

#Fascism is at #America's doorstep -- and it's hard not imagine that the right-wing "#Christian" zealot #Republicans have chosen to fill the third most important role in the U.S. is going to come knocking on #LGBT doors with asinine policies rooted in "#religion". Stay ready.🌈
https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-mike-johnson-conservatives-republicans-92b118abced14e4b221f3ab0daf4e757

New Speaker Mike Johnson holds favor with conservatives. Can he unite the GOP where others failed?

New House Speaker Mike Johnson has inherited many of the same problems that bedeviled Republican leaders with far more experience. But at least for now he holds favor with the ultra-conservative wing of his party that toppled previous House speakers. The big question is whether the Louisiana congressman can unite House Republicans where others failed. Johnson emerged this past week from the lower-ranks of the House GOP leadership to ascend to speaker. A faction of hard-liners had ousted Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the job and then rejected two more top-ranked Republicans in leadership as well as conservative favorite Rep. Jim Jordan before electing Johnson. But the new speaker is facing some of the challenges that waylaid McCarthy.

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Corey Oct 28, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 28, 2023

#ICYMI Apparently, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a #Democrat who's been in #Congress for nearly three decades, has quite the potty mouth -- giving credence to a rumors she is difficult to work with. In a leaked audio recording, she can "allegedly" be heard berating one of her staffers. In just over 90 seconds, the congresswoman dropped 17 curse words in a profanity-laced rant at a male staffer. Jackson Lee now wants to be the next mayor of #Houston #Texas. Good luck.

https://blknewsnow.com/leaked-audio-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee-berates-staffer-using-profanity/

Leaked Audio: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee berates staffer using profanity - BLK News Now!

HOUSTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who is currently running to become the next mayor of Houston, was allegedly heard in an audio recording leaked over the weekend using profanity as she berated one of her staffers. In the leaked audio, a woman believed to be Jackson Lee, can be heard using profane words more

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Corey Oct 28, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 28, 2023

When did #America become the country that didn't advocate for #peace? #Biden seems to be doing his best to lose support for the #2024 election by not advocating for a #ceasefire -- #Gaza is being relentlessly bombed, and #Palestinians are PLEADING for it to end. Every day is seems increasingly like the U.S. is embracing #fascism instead of fighting it with "American values."

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-un-gaza-hamas-resolution-vote-bfc73c06ca0336a887a8c579b4cc91c0

Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated'

“Stop the bombs and save lives!” the Palestinian ambassador pleaded at an emotional U.N. meeting on the war in Gaza. But Israel’s envoy was adamant, declaring again, “We will not rest until Hamas is obliterated.” The war sparked by Gaza’s Hamas rulers’ surprise attacks on Israel on Oct. 7 played out Thursday in the vast hall of the 193-nation General Assembly, where Arab nations are expecting to adopt a resolution Friday calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. They went to the assembly after the Security Council’s four failed attempts to agree on a resolution. At the emergency special session, speaker after speaker backed the Arab resolution’s cease-fire call — except for Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan.

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Corey Oct 27, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 27, 2023

Statue of #Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee melted down by #BlackHistory #museum

https://blknewsnow.com/confederate-statue-of-gen-robert-e-lee-melted-down-by-black-history-museum/

Confederate statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee melted down by Black history museum - BLK News Now!

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- The statue of a Confederate army general, which was the center of the deadly protest in Charlottesville in 2017, has been melted down after years of contention. On Thursday, The Jefferson

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Corey Oct 27, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 27, 2023

The killing of #BreonnaTaylor still reverberates in #Kentucky #politics

https://blknewsnow.com/the-killing-of-breonna-taylor-still-reverberates-in-kentucky-politics/

The killing of Breonna Taylor still reverberates in Kentucky politics - BLK News Now!

Attorney General Daniel Cameron, the GOP nominee for governor, didn’t prosecute the officers who fatally shot Taylor. Activists haven’t forgotten. This story was originally published by The 19th By Grace Panetta, The 19th The economy, abortion and education: They’re the big issues in the ads and debates in the Kentucky governor’s race, just as in

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Corey Oct 27, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 27, 2023

#ElonMusk revealed he wants #Twitter (because "X" should not be taken seriously) to replace #banks in #2024. This comes after also saying the platform will offer video and "phone" calls. Last year, before digging a ditch for #Twitter, he pledged he would turn it into the "everything" app. Any #Twitter user who has not wised up yet and chooses to hop in bed with #Musk truly has nothing left upstairs. We left #Twitter because we refuse to get f--ked. #Fediverse for life

https://blknewsnow.com/the-birds-the-word-let-twitter-die

The bird’s the word — Let Twitter die - BLK News Now!

Yes, I’m flipping off the bird millions once heralded as a Phoenix of the digital age. Ever since Elon Musk’s ostensible rescue attempt of the once-venerable social media platform known as Twitter, or Twatter as I often refer to it, it has appeared as if the feathered god of

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Corey Oct 27, 2023

BLK News Now!Oct 27, 2023

#Podcast: 14-year-old #Black student invents skin #cancer fighting soap, named ‘America’s Top Young #Scientist’ at competition (Re-uploaded #icymi)

https://blknewsnow.com/podcast-14-year-old-black-student-invents-skin-cancer-fighting-soap-named-americas-top-young-scientist-at-competition/

Podcast: 14-year-old Black student invents skin cancer-fighting soap, named ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’ at competition - BLK News Now!

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