Idris Elba (Photo credit: Bang Media) The Harder They Fall has paused filming after a member of the production team tested positive for coronavirus. Shooting on the Western motion picture, which features Idris Elba, got underway in Mexico five weeks ago,…
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Google Donates $2.35 Million To Black-Owned Tech Companies In Atlanta
Amid the global health crisis, several initiatives have been unveiled to support Black-owned businesses that have been significantly impacted. Among the efforts is one being led by Google. The technology company announced it will donate $2.35 million to Black-owned, Atlanta-based…
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Atlanta Falcons shut down facility temporarily due to COVID-19
Falcons helmet (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com / Jeff Bukowski) The Atlanta Falcons have shut down all in-person operations at the NFL team’s practice facility after personnel reportedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus. ESPN’s “First Take” morning show and investigative reporter…
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Positive COVID-19 Tests Halt Kamala Harris’ In-Person Campaigning, For Now
Source: Ethan Miller / Getty Sen. Kamala Harris won’t be traveling for the next few days after a couple of staffers associated with her campaign have tested positive for COVID-19. The campaign manager for Biden for President said they learned…
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Getting the Flu & COVID at the Same Time: How Can You Tell?
As if being in the coronavirus pandemic was enough, we are coming out of the allergy season, and into flu season. All of which have some of the same symptoms. While it was initially thought that getting the flu and…
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Tennessee city’s 1st Black mayor dies from COVID-19
Lonnie J. Norman, former mayor of Manchester, Tennessee. (Photo source: City of Manchester, Tennessee) Lonnie J. Norman, the first Black mayor of the small city of Manchester, Tennessee, died from complications associated with the novel coronavirus on Monday, Oct. 12,…
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Boxer Gervonta Davis willing to catch COVID-19 so he can fight (video)
Gervonta Davis (Image source: YouTube.com / TMZ) Boxer Gervonta Davis said he’d be “okay” with contracting the novel coronavirus if it meant he was able to get in the ring and put on a good show for the fans. Davis…
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VIDEO: How Alexia Grant and other chefs beat out Disney in feeding NBA Players
In July, the National Basketball Association launched the NBA bubble, a COVID-free isolation zone at Walt Disney World. To feed the teams, the NBA brought in 10 Chefs, including one of the best Chefs, Alexia Grant, aka Chef Lex, who has previously cooked for…
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Ed Gordon to Host Medical Roundtables on COVID Vaccines
Ed Gordon, veteran television journalist best known for his four decade association with BET, is set to host Making It Plain, a series of roundtable discussions to be streamed live via Facebook Live on the BlackDoctor.org page. Mr. Gordon will…
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Trump Further Emboldens His Base After COVID-19 Diagnosis
Science and reason be damned. After a whirlwind 72-hours that saw Donald Trump affirming his diagnosis for the coronavirus, to his incredulous release from Walter Reed Medical Center, his base has yet to withdraw its support even as the future…
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