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He urged residents Wednesday to use the free water filters and run water for 5 minutes a day to flush contaminants. In an effort to assuage fears and instill hope, President Barack Obama on Wednesday visited the beleaguered city of Flint, Michigan amid a towering crisis involving lead in the city’s water supply. He also toured a […]

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Sasha Bell and Sacorya Reed were both shot to death in Bell’s townhouse. Police have a suspect in custody. https://twitter.com/blicqer/status/724027916669964290 Sasha Bell, the 19-year-old mother who was the first person from Flint to sue the city for poisoning thousands of its residents, was found dead in her apartment, New York Daily News reports. Bell, along with a second woman, Sacorya […]

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  #‎MistysWaterMission‬ – – We need your help!! We’re sure you’ve heard about the catastrophic circumstances going on in Flint, Michigan regarding the water crisis…well now YOU CAN HELP! We’re sending Misty Jordan to FLINT along with Radio One Cleveland and Detroit to donate bottled water to residents THIS Thursday, Jan. 28th! Our goal: 100,000 bottles […]

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Exposed pipes, mushrooms, and dead rats were discovered across Detroit’s disenfranchised public schools.   Michigan’s water crisis in Flint has also opened up concern for…

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*Lamar Odom’s kidneys are failing and he may be in need of a transplant, according to TMZ. The website reported that most of the organs…

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According to Fox 28, Impact Community Action has started its Winter Crisis Program to make sure people can pay their electricity bill. It’s a program that came just in the nick of time for a West Columbus woman. Tosha Moye lost her job last year after she badly injured her shoulder. She then learned she […]

  CBS News reports that President Obama will name former White House official Ron Klain to serve as a so-called “Ebola czar” to oversee the…

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  CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson held a press conference after it was discovered that a nurse from Dallas, Texas traveled to…

He’s a good-looking chocolate cutie but he’s more than just a pretty face. Actor Lance Gross is starring in the new ABC series Crisis, a show…

Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved as a Day of Unity in October 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In October 1981, the first…

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Is today’s black man afraid of marriage?  Are we running away from family and commitment?  Is there is a Black male marriage crisis and does something need to be done?  Check it out. VIA THEFRESHXPRESS.COM We are always reminded that for all the debate over interracial dating, that while MORE brothers marry out than sisters, […]