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Shelly Finkel: Deontay Wilder Will Knock Out WBC Champion Tyson Fury Within Six Rounds On Oct. 9

By Lem Satterfield Deontay Wilder will stop Tyson Fury in the first half of their third fight on Oct. 9, according to Wilder’s manager, Shelly Finkel. Wilder will “conclusively” regain his WBC heavyweight title from Fury said Finkel, who considers “The Bronze Bomber” to be “on that level” with four other champions he’s guided — […]

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Life Expectancy Gap Between Black And White Americans Closes By Nearly 50 Percent In 30 Years

By Martin M Barillas Improved health among black Americans has narrowed the life expectancy gap between white and black Americans by 50 percent over the last 30 years. Even so, a reversal in both groups’ mortality rates since 2012 remains unresolved. Researchers at Princeton University analyzed data from 1990 to 2018, comparing mortality rates between […]

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s Speech At UN General Assembly Triggers Intense Criticism

By Luciano NagelBrazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro gave the opening speech at the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session on Sept. 21. His remarks triggered strong criticism back home. Critics said he embarrassed the country before an international audience. Various Brazilian politicians, analysts and environmentalists accused Bolsonaro of distorting Brazil’s domestic reality. They say the president gave misleading […]

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Good Bacteria May Eliminate Bad Bacteria Better Than Antibiotics

By Brian Blum The bacteria wars are coming. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have pitted “good” bacteria against “bad” bacteria and the good guys, it appears, are winning. If the system can be scaled, this new approach could potentially replace antibiotics, which are increasingly struggling against antibiotic-resistant “superbugs.” For the university study, the researchers used […]

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Immersive Virtual Reality May Hamper Coordination In Young Children

By Martin M Barillas Children’s nervous systems mature over two years later than previously believed, according to a new study that found children are at risk of being overwhelmed within virtual reality (VR) environments. Researchers are challenging assumptions about the development of children’s upper-body coordination while studying the effect of VR headsets on children. Little […]

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From Tormentor To Mentor: Larry Simmons’ Journey From A Life Of Chaos To One Of Service   

By Lem Satterfield Once a man who brought chaos to his own household, Larry Simmons now channels his energies to peace and restoration in his community. A father of five with seven grandchildren who is married for 17 years to his third wife, Edna, Simmons said his “two former wives were the recipients of a […]

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En-Tea-Preneur: How One Business Consultant Became A Tea Tycoon

By Kevin Michael Briscoe For more than a decade, Stephanie Synclair ran a successful consulting firm, helping potential African-American women entrepreneurs develop marketing strategies to achieve their dream of business ownership. Using what she says is a neuroscientific approach that involves changing her clients’ “programming” about money, she transformed her House of Icons into a […]

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Deontay Wilder Eyes Victories Over Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Heavyweight Title Unification

By Lem Satterfield Deontay Wilder has a reminder for the heavyweight division. “I’ve always wanted to be the unified undisputed heavyweight champion of the world,” Wilder said. “That’s my mission, and I won’t rest or retire until I accomplish that.” Wilder wants to regain his WBC heavyweight crown from England’s Tyson Fury in their third […]

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Darwin Price Initially Ran Into Trouble; Now He’s Winning In The Ring

By Lem Satterfield Darwin Price ran into trouble early in life, but the 32-year-old has overcome a rough upbringing in the St. Louis, Missouri area to become an entrepreneur as well as an altruist. D’Anthony Smotherman isn’t surprised that Price owns a company that provides security to residential and commercial properties, trains high-profile executives and […]

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China’s COVID Crooks: U.S. Customs Seizes Fake Vaccine Card Shipments

By Joseph Golder The latest import from the Far East can’t be found on a shelf at WalMart. It’s a counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination card, complete with clumsy typos, and the federal government is confiscating them as fast as they can find them. U.S. customs officials in four U.S. cities recently seized shipments of more than […]

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Higher-Rated Dialysis Centers More Likely To Put Patients On Kidney Waitlist

By Martin M Barillas The better rated a kidney dialysis center is, the more likely it is to add a patient to the transplant waitlist, according to researchers, though black patients are the least likely to secure a spot on that waitlist. Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospitals investigated connections between patients, dialysis centers and […]

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Aplicación ofrece un espacio seguro para que los jóvenes hablen de temas difíciles

By Evan T. Henerson A veces es más fácil dejar que la tecnología hable. Una nueva e innovadora aplicación está ayudando a los adolescentes a comunicarse sobre las dificultades que enfrentan, mediante mensajes de texto. La aplicación para teléfono celular Teen Talk, desarrollada por Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters de Los Ángeles, ofrece a los […]