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• COLON CANCER — THE ‘SILENT KILLER’… Black men urged to get a colonoscopy sooner than later

  22-04-2023 15:55
  
  PITTSBURGH NATIVE GREGORY E. WOODS, 66, URGES BLACK MEN TO GET A COLONOSCOPY.
  by Marcia Liggett, For New Pittsburgh Courier
  Chadwick Boseman became the face of Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther,” a character widely recognized for symbolizing racial pride and empowerment for Black America. On screen, Boseman’s character embodied unparalleled strength and seeming immortality. Off the screen, his unexpected death at age 43 from colon cancer drew national attention to the import
  
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• Former News Anchor Darlene Hill Joins WVON Radio

  22-04-2023 15:30
  
  Midway Broadcasting, the parent company of WVON Radio, announced recently that veteran journalist Darlene Hill, former anchor at Chicago’s Fox Affiliate will become the permanent co-host of AVON’s afternoon Drive Show, Afternoons with Buchanan & Hill. 
  The show airs weekdays from 3-6 p.m. and is co-hosted by Atiba Buchanan.
  Hill is replacing former co-host Kimberley Egonmwan and has worked as a fill-in co-host for the past three months after Egonmwan left to seek political o
  
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• Oklahoma Commissioner Caught Talking About Lynching Black People Resigns

  22-04-2023 15:00
  
  An Oklahoma county commissioner has stepped down after he and three other officials were caught discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people.
  According to NBC News, McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings handed in his resignation letter in the wake of a local newspaper releasing secretly-recorded audio of his discussion with Sheriff Kevin Clardy, investigator Alicia Manning, and jail administrator Larry Hendrix, the office for Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt confirmed on Wednesday (Apr
  
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• Yellow Banana Closes $26.5 Million Transformative Investment in Six Grocery Stores on Chicago’s South and West Sides

  22-04-2023 14:00
  
  Project will expand local access to quality, affordable, healthy food options for deserving Chicago residents as other food retailers depart from the City
  Yellow Banana, the owner and operator of eight Save A Lot locations in the Chicagoland area, recently announced the March 31, 2023 closing of a $26.5 million investment into grocery stores on the South and West Sides of Chicago.
  This transaction marks the next step in Yellow Banana’s ongoing commitment to underserved communities througho
  
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• Illinois Payroll Jobs Up, Unemployment Rate Down in March

  22-04-2023 14:00
  
  The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate fell -0.1 percentage point to 4.4 percent, while nonfarm payrolls increased by +7,900 in March, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and released by IDES.
  The February monthly change in payrolls was revised from the preliminary report, from +10,700 to +8,100 jobs. The February revised unemployment rate was 4.5 percent, unchanged from the preliminary February
  
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• ‘Ain’t Always Fun’: Michelle Obama Believes Society ‘Glamorizes Marriage’

  22-04-2023 00:02
  
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  Former first lady Michelle Obama believes that marriage is more difficult than what society makes it out to be.
  On Thursday (April 20), Obama sat down with Gayle King on CBS Mornings to discuss the ups and downs of her own marriage with former President Barack Obama, per The Hill.
  “We’ve been married for 30 years,” Obama said during the interview. “If I fell out with him for 10 [years,] and we had a great 20 years, I’d take those odds anytime.&rd
  
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