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• Body Of Missing Nurse Found At Airport, Suspect Escapes To Kenya

  04-11-2023 15:58
  
  Photo: Twitter
  A missing Massachusetts woman has been found dead in a car at a Logan Airport garage, CBS News reports.
  Margaret “Maggie” Mbitu was last seen on Monday (Oct. 30) leaving her nursing job at BAMSI in Halifax.
  On Thursday (November 2), Mbitu was found dead in a car at Logan Airport. According to WBZ-TV, the woman was stabbed and left in the passenger seat of the car.
  “She was warm, caring, and loved by everyone she worked with, both staff and the people she cared fo
  
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• Don’t Let Diabetes Get in the Way of Your Life

  04-11-2023 15:37
  
  (NewsUSA) – Paul Reid’s proclivity for pushing the boundaries in the wilderness extends to embracing what technology can do for people with diabetes.
  Paul lives life to the fullest—and the highest. An avid outdoor adventurer, climber, and backpacker, Paul has completed a 5-day ascent of Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the United States, including a grueling 24-hour technical ascent of its notoriously tricky eastern faces. What’s more, he did it while successfully
  
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• A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball − today, no Black majority owners remain

  04-11-2023 15:00
  
  The New York Rens played from 1923 to 1948.Black History Heroes/Twitter
  by Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder
  For the first time in 20 years, the NBA began its season with no Black-owned franchises.
  In fact, there’s been only one Black majority-owned team in league history.
  In late 2002, the NBA awarded an expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, to Black Entertainment Television co-founder Bob Johnson. Four years later, former NBA star Michael Jordan bought a minority stake
  
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