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TECHNOLOGY
 
VENMO AND CASHAPP PROPOSE DELIVERING GOVERNMENT STIMULUS PAYMENTS
Apr 01, 2020 06:24pm
With the ability to pay and receive payments from the comforts of your mobile phone, online payment services Venmo and CashApp want to help stimulate the quickness of receiving the stimulus checks the government has just authorized, according to CNN....    

SPORTS
 
NBA LAUNCHING PLAYERS-ONLY NBA 2K TOURNAMENT
Apr 01, 2020 06:13pm
Professional basketball players are itching to play and most sports fans are going through basketball withdrawal since the NBA season was placed on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so it’s come down to this! The NBA announced that it will lau...    

EXTREPRENUER
 
THIS ENTREPRENEUR IS RUNNING THE ONLY BLACK FEMALE-OWNED TEQUILA BRAND
Apr 01, 2020 06:06pm
The spirits industry is not an easy field to enter as a female entrepreneur. As a woman of color, the barrier to entry becomes even more challenging. For Nayana Ferguson, those obstacles were only heightened by her lack of experience within the indus...    

HEALTH & WELLNESS
 
7-YEAR-OLD CREATES CORONAVIRUS CARE PACKAGES FOR THE ELDERLY IN MARYLAND
Apr 01, 2020 06:00pm
Cavanaugh Bell is living proof that giving back has no age limit. At just 7-years-old, Bell has a servant’s heart and has used $600 of his savings to put together COVID-19 care packages for senior citizens.

_Fox News DC originally report...    

MOVIES & TV
 
DOCUMENTARY PROFILES BLACK PROFESSOR’S FIGHT FOR HER HEALTH, CAREER, AND FREEDOMS
Apr 01, 2020 05:53pm
Desperate for something to talk about during your virtual happy hour other than quarantines, curfews, COVID-19, and Tiger King? Consider Same God, a timely documentary screening virtually on Sunday, April 5, with a talk-back featuring the film’...    

MUSIC
 
SOUL MAKOSSA’ SONGWRITER AND PIONEERING SAXOPHONIST MANU DIBANGO DEAD FROM COVID-19
Mar 26, 2020 10:33am
The musical artist best known for his 1972 hit “Soul Makossa,” has died of COVID-19, according to Music Times. One of the pioneers of Afro-funk music, saxophonist Manu Dibango died at the age of 86 in Paris.

A voice raises from fa...    

TRAVEL
 
US AIRLINES MAY SHUT DOWN ALL PASSENGER FLIGHTS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS
Mar 26, 2020 10:26am
A number of major domestic airline carriers in the U.S. are contemplating a complete shutdown of passenger service flights due to the coronavirus outbreak.

According to an article by The Street, more than 9,000 flights were canceled Tuesday an...    

MUSIC
 
MICHELLE OBAMA AND DJ D-NICE TO HOST ‘COUCH PARTY’ VOTER REGISTRATION LIVE ON INSTAGRAM
Mar 26, 2020 10:20am
Derrick Jones, better known as rapper-turned-celebrity DJ “D-Nice,” has taken his turntable skills online while millions of people are remaining indoors in wake of the coronavirus lockdown. Now, the popular DJ is using his digital parties...    

EXTREPRENUER
 
MEET THE ENTREPRENEUR CREATING AN INNOVATIVE ONLINE HAIR SCHOOL FOR LOCS
Mar 26, 2020 10:11am
Working from home has become the new reality for many people in the U.S. For one entrepreneur, that meant creating an innovative platform to teach them how to create new hairstyles through an online school.

Licensed social worker and entrepren...    

MOVIES & TV
 
Ava DuVernay, Netflix Snag a Win After Judge Dismisses Interrogation Firm’s Defamation Suit for ‘When They See Us
Mar 26, 2020 10:03am
A U.S. district judge in Illinois has dismissed a police training firm’s suit accusing Netflix and director Ava DuVernay of making “false and defamatory” remarks in the award-winning miniseries “When They See Us.”


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