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The residents of Southern Mexico were left petrified after experiencing a magnitude 7.4 Earthquake early yesterday morning. The Earthquake was centered twenty miles below the Earth’s surface, where the Mexico resort of Huatulco in Huatulco, Oaxaca is located. The resort came crashing down during the great quake, resulting in one …
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George Floyd, the death that ignited a movement, buried
HOUSTON (mocsnews.com) – George Floyd’s body arrived in Houston on Monday June 8th, 2020. The 46-year-old’s death sparked a nationwide movement against systematic racism and police brutality. On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Video footage captured by a bystander showed evidence …
Read More »Democrats reject defunding the police after Trump’s response
By Farin Cloyd WASHINGTON (AP) – In response to George Floyd’s murder, protesters across the country have called for the government to “defund the police” in an effort to abolish police brutality. Along with Trump’s rejection, notable Democrats, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, also disagree with the movement. “I don’t …
Read More »Why Absentee Votes should be expanded
NASVHILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Fiona Welhan, wife of John Prine, recommended that the absentee ballots be expanded in Tennessee. John Prine died from COVID-19 recently and his wife has now contracted it. FILE – In this June 20, 2017 file photo, John Prine poses in his office in Nashville, Tenn. …
Read More »London To Tear Down Racially Conflicted Statues
By Haley Bartlett LONDON (AP)— The mayor of London announced that the city may begin to remove more imperial statues as the George Floyd protests progress around the world eliciting change. The death of Floyd, a Minneapolis resident who was killed by former police officers after being detained for an …
Read More »AN OCEAN FULL OF MEMORIES
By Chris Milligan Santa Monica, Calif. (AP) – Before the era of Civil Rights, a beach shore was nicknamed “The Ink Well” for its popularity among the black community. It is here many surfers come pay tribute to George Floyd and other members of the black community that have …
Read More »Buffalo Police Department in disarray after hospitalization of 75-year-old man
By Madison Gilliam Buffalo, NY (AP) — All 57 members of the Buffalo Police Department emergency response team quit in opposition to the suspension of two officers involved in the hospitalization of a 75-year-old activist during a Black Lives Matter protest. Following George Floyd’s death in Michigan, various cities have …
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