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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago is launching a health campaign focused on the city’s black and brown communities, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday following a media report highlighting the disproportionate number of black residents among those who have died of COVID-19 complications in the city. Lightfoot called WBEZ’s finding that 70% of recorded…
Tyler Perry is doing his part to uplift spirits during the COVID-19 crisis by encouraging celebrities to join a new singing challenge. Perry posted a video for the #HesGotTheWholeWorldChallenge on Instagram Sunday, which sees him singing “He’s Got The Who World In His Hands,” in hopes that it will become a “prayer…
R. Kelly’s attorney, Steven Greenberg, filed a motion Thursday seeking to have the disgraced singer released from jail due to COVID-19 concerns. We previously reported… Kelly is practicing “social distancing” at Chicago’s federal jail to avoid the deadly coronavirus. “I think it’s fair to say that he’s trying to follow the…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns says his mother is hospitalized and in a medically-induced coma after contracting the coronavirus. Towns talked about the condition of his mother, Jacqueline Cruz, Wednesday on his Instagram page. He urged his followers to take COVID-19 seriously and practice social distancing. SIGN UP…
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials across the country curtailed many elements of American life to fight the coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, with health officials recommending that groups of 50 or more don’t get together and a government expert saying a 14-day national shutdown may be needed. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER….
As the coronavirus sweeps the globe, experts are wondering why Africa is relatively unscathed by […] …