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Environmentalists cheer as Atlantic Coast Pipeline canceled

September 16, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Dominion Energy will sell off its gas assets for $9.7 billion in the cancellation’s wake.
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Dolores Huerta: Sí, Se Puede, Together We Can Build a Better Future

September 12, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Americans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote.
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Black Voters: We Are Top Targets of Voter Suppression ‘Information Warfare’

September 10, 2020 admin 0

By Ben Jealous, President, People For the American Way Black voters have a powerful role to play in this year’s elections. That’s why we are being targeted by disinformation campaigns that are meant to discourage and suppress our turnout. We […]

800 Americans Stranded in Venezuela

September 4, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The Maduro regime offered to send Americans home — but only on the country’s sanctioned state airline.
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Texas City Manager Payouts Topped US President’s Salary

August 31, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Despite the Hispanic-majority city’s poverty, one city manager received an eye-popping $880,486 payout in 2019.
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California Wildfires Burn 1M Acres and Counting

August 27, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

State residents are also contending with rolling blackouts.
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India Goes Wild for Kamala’s Family Roots

August 26, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

One word of Tamil wins over a nation and now the U.S. presidential election is next.
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VIDEO: California Cop in Wild Shootout

August 26, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A police officer in Lodi, California, found himself in a gun battle that ended with a suspect shot several times and taken into custody. Footage of the 5 a.m. shootout, caught on the bodycam of Lodi Police Department officer Joravar […]

Endangered snow leopard poaching, conservation efforts continue

August 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Visitors to the Bronx Zoo in New York might meet Leo the snow leopard, but they will hardly know he came all the way from Pakistan. “I raised him like a child,” said Kamaluddin Rummi, an official of the wildlife […]

Kamala Harris Wins Backing of ‘Divine Nine’

August 23, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

In her historic speech accepting the vice presidential nomination for the Democratic party, Sen. Kamala Harris introduced her family — among them her beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, “The Divine Nine” and others from historically Black colleges and universities. The […]

Abolish the Police? Some Minneapolis Residents Call That a Punishment

August 21, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Defunding or abolishing police departments has become a national debate in the wake of George Floyd’s death, but Minneapolis residents say abolishment isn’t necessarily a clear-cut answer. Some even view abolishment as punitive — a unilateral response to their speaking […]

VIDEO: Howard University President Offers Rx for Treating Covid-19

August 19, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick, who is also a physician, has a preliminary diagnosis for America’s condition while fighting the coronavirus. “I would say the patient is critically ill, but it is a treatable disease if you follow […]

Jobless claims plummet 19% as Donald Trump dares Congress to block new unemployment benefits

August 17, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

New unemployment claims fell below one million for the first time since March last week, a sign of a national revival after months of COVID-19 related joblessness for tens of millions of Americans. During the week ending August 8, about […]

VP hopeful Kamala Harris isn’t making history, she’s fighting it

August 17, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Is the fourth time the charm? Sen. Kamala Harris isn’t the first woman to be named for a vice presidential slot by a major political party leader. Each of the three women previously nominated received initial press and public […]

Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

August 12, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked [Kamala Harris] — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as […]

VPN use expected to rise after Donald Trump threatens TikTok and WeChat

August 10, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The use of virtual private networks is projected to grow in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order effectively banning the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat. The federal government is reacting to reports that the apps harvest vast amounts of […]