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Starting at a Black Newspaper, Dana White Is the First Black Woman to Run Communications at a Major Automaker

August 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

As Hyundai North America’s first chief communications officer, Dana W. White knows what it is like to have two feet in two worlds. “Growing up I always knew about the power of communication, the power of words,” she said, talking […]

Love can blossom in the bleakest of places

August 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Engagement photos typically take place in such serene settings as a park or pedestrian plaza. But for a Palestinian couple, the perfect setting for their pre-wedding pix turned out to be the refugee camp where the bride-to-be grew up. The […]

Dutch company claims its ‘flying car’ will be the 1st to hit the road

August 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

A Dutch company’s effort to build what it calls the world’s first commercially marketed production model of a “flying car” could obtain permission to use it on roads in the Netherlands in August. The car, named the PAL-V Liberty, is […]

How new guidelines could affect retirement investing

August 5, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The U.S. Department of Labor proposed barring fiduciaries from investing in funds that prioritize certain values if the potential returns are lower than other funds. The proposed rule means the people who run private retirement funds may no longer have […]

Bernell Trammell supported Black Lives Matter and Trump. Police are looking for his killer

August 3, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Bernell Trammell, a local personality of Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood who was known for his political activism and religious proselytizing, was shot and killed in broad daylight. Trammell, a vocal Rastafarian sometimes nicknamed “Ras,” was best known to his neighbors as […]

Zimbabweans cashing in on car exhaust dust

August 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Parked behind 50 other cars in front of a gas station in Bulawayo’s Central Business District, early on a Friday morning, 30-year-old Henry Chinula flicks through a magazine he keeps in the car to kill time while waiting for his […]

Test your news knowledge with Zenger: An arrest warrant for Trump

July 14, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

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UDC quietly offers to remove Confederate monument as protesters clamor for statues to fall

July 7, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

RICHMOND, Virginia—A large crowd gathered in a heavy downpour to watch history being made: The removal of the monument celebrating Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Church bells rang in the distance as work crews took power tools to the feet of […]

Africa Development Bank blacklists Chinese company building Kenyan power project

June 25, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Kenyans in rural areas and a port city region who expected to get electricity next year might be disappointed. The African Development Bank Group suspended the China-based Sinotec company for three years for fraud — a move that will likely […]

Stars gather for online festival to combat hunger in Amazon rainforest

June 22, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

More than a million Brazilians have been diagnosed with COVID-19, many of them indigenous people in the Amazon rainforest. And to help them, a group of musicians and celebrities from around the world will come together for an online music […]

PHOTOS: Joyful Juneteenth marchers brave D.C rain as America enters a civil rights summer

June 20, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

After weeks of media coverage about rioters and looters who hijacked protests following George Floyd’s death, Washington D.C. held its breath as Juneteenth marches wound up their springs on Friday. No one needed to worry. It was festive, not angry. […]

Why Nintendo’s sales are skyrocketing during the global pandemic

June 15, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

While the U.S. economy faces the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression and many businesses are forced to close or reopen slowly, one industry is booming: video games. And not just any video games. The new Nintendo Switch came […]

‘Live Aid’ for gaming: How gamers came together to fight coronavirus

June 4, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

The coronavirus pandemic has been anything but fun and games. But video games — and people who play them — have had a key role in fighting COVID-19. Gamers are contributing with charity streams, organized virtual events and competitions to […]

VIDEO: Chaos as police clash with George Floyd protesters at White House

June 1, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Chaos ensued outside the White House Saturday night as anti-police brutality protesters fought with Secret Service, Parks Police, and Military Police. This is the second night of rioting in Washington D.C. in solidarity with protesters in Minneapolis. Full Livestream: Conflict […]

VIDEO: Tear gas flies as Minneapolis rioters protest death of George Floyd in police custody

May 27, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands of four law enforcement officers. George Floyd died Monday after his arrest outside […]

Protest against COVID-19 quarantine erupts at Ohio state capitol

May 16, 2020 zenger.news Comments Off

Nearly 100 protesters descended Thursday on the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio in defiance of Gov. Mike DeWine’s coronavirus stay-at-home order, claiming it violates their constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and freedom of religion during the Holy Week that precedes […]