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Baltimore jury awards survivors of heinous attack $21.5 million

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com On Sept. 19, 2023 April Hurley was spending time with a friend, Jonte Gilmore, in the room she was renting in a Baltimore boarding house when the maintenance man knocked on her door. He had discovered a leak.  What happened next changed her life forever.  After the maintenance […]
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Beloved journalist James L. Wright Jr., dies at 63

By Dr. Deborah BaileyAFRO Contributing Editor James L. Wright Jr., the internationally respected former AFRO reporter and editor, has died at age 63. Wright was a resolute and focused sports, political and public affairs reporter who also served as a city editor for the AFRO American Newspaper for many years. At the time of his […]
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D.C. Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George aims for mayoral seat as Bowser dashes hopes of fourth term

D.C. Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (D- Ward 4) is now officially running a campaign to become the next mayor of Washington, D.C. She announced that she was seeking to represent Washingtonians as mayor in a video posted to social media on Dec. 1.
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