2020-05-18 16:54:47 {widget1} Tropical Storm Arthur inched closer to the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, although its impact was expected to be limited to some minor flooding and rough seas along the North Carolina coast. Arthur formed off the coast of Florida on Saturday, making

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2020-05-17 22:44:07 {widget1} Former President Barack Obama delivered a rousing commencement speech on Saturday to graduates of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) urging them to “have a vision that isn’t clouded by cynicism or fear.” Obama’s

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2020-05-18 14:44:59 {widget1} The cracked main highway between Las Vegas and Reno reopened Friday, 10 hours after a predawn magnitude 6.5 earthquake that a researcher called the largest to strike the remote area of western Nevada in 65 years. No injuries were reported, but

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2020-05-17 22:52:44 {widget1} May 17, 2020 | : Over the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted the lives of people around the world. Dr. Patrice Harris In the United States, the death rate has reached an upwards of 90,000 and the unemployment rate increased to

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2020-05-18 06:09:14 {widget1} Restaurants serving takeout and delivery orders in Louisiana during the coronavirus outbreak and businesses providing protective gear should be largely shielded from lawsuits for injuries, the state Senate decided on May 14. Senators

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2020-05-17 23:32:52 {widget1} While the barriers are steep for Black women in law, supportive networks and opportunities exist to turn obstacles into societal change. Attorney Paula T. Edgar knows that barriers stand in the paths of Black attorneys, but she thrives on

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2020-05-18 05:00:55 {widget1} The most important data for the U.S. economy right now are the “medical metrics” around the coronavirus pandemic, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Sunday night in broadcast remarks where he outlined the likely need for three to six

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2020-05-15 05:00:09 {widget1} The U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday published new rules for truck drivers that will allow short-haul drivers to work a longer day and revising rules for longer trips, saying the changes will save the industry $2.8 billion over 10

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2020-05-15 12:15:31 {widget1} Cities and counties across the country may have handed plaintiff’s attorneys an argument to use in lawsuits against insurers that seek business-interruption coverage for losses caused by coronavirus closure orders. Jurisdictions as far asunder

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2020-05-15 12:54:52 {widget1} Businesses are urging U.S. lawmakers to shield companies from what they fear could be a flood of lawsuits by workers and consumers blaming employers for exposing them to the new coronavirus. But so far, court records show few such cases have

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