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Don’t Miss “An Evening with Valerie Simpson in Honor of Nick Ashford” Coming to PBS Stations This Month

• February 18, 2012 • Comments Off

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The Ancestors Welcome Singer-Songwriter Nickolas Ashford, 70, of The Soul Duo Ashford & Simpson (w/Update)

• August 24, 2011 • 1 Comment

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Coronavirus Live Updates: As N.Y. Reports a Record Death Toll, Scientists Warn the Virus Might Not Fade in Summer April 8, 2020
New York State now has more confirmed cases than any single country in the world outside of the United States. Congress mulls billions in additional funding. A jail in Chicago is the largest-known source of U.S. infections.
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‘I’m in High School Again’: Virus Sends College Students Home to Parents, and Their Rules April 8, 2020
Their college campuses closed, crestfallen students have journeyed back to their childhood bedrooms — and to chores, revived sibling rivalries and curfews.
Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States April 8, 2020
Data on race and the coronavirus is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places.
Now Comes the Hard Part for Joe Biden April 8, 2020
Having become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, he and his allies are aiming to win over Bernie Sanders’s younger, more liberal voters and unify the party.
Body of Second Kennedy Family Member Is Recovered From Chesapeake Bay April 8, 2020
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Coronavirus Pandemic May Not Fade in Summer Weather April 8, 2020
A new report, sent to the White House’s science adviser, says research on how the coronavirus behaves in hot weather is too inconclusive to rely on for predicting a summer break from contagion.
Linda Tripp, Key Figure in Clinton Impeachment, Dies April 8, 2020
She gave over her secretly recorded conversations with Monica Lewinsky to an independent prosecutor, a pivot point in his investigation of the president.

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Coronavirus live news: global trade forecast to fall by up to a third as US sees highest one-day death toll April 8, 2020
Scientists predict UK will be worst-hit country in Europe; Trump threatens to stop WHO funding; global cases pass 1.4 millionUS sees highest one-day death tollSingapore surge raises fears of post-lockdown breakoutsUK lockdown ‘to be extended beyond next week’US coronavirus updates – liveSee all of our coronavirus coverage 11.08pm BST The World Health Organiz […]
Coronavirus US live: Trump holds briefing as 400,000 cases confirmed in America April 8, 2020
Bernie Sanders ends 2020 presidential runUS sees highest one-day death tollBlack Americans dying in greater numbers from Covid-19Live global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 11.09pm BST Fact check: hydroxychlor0quineTrump said the national stockpile is now equipped with 30m hydroxychlor […]
UK Covid-19 lockdown 'to be extended beyond next week' April 8, 2020
Ministers voice concern Easter weekend could see change in public behaviourCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDominic Raab is expected to signal that stringent lockdown measures must remain in place beyond next week, in the first key government decision to be taken while the prime minister remains in intensive care.The death toll fro […]
Influencers among 'key distributors' of coronavirus misinformation April 8, 2020
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Bernie Sanders, who reshaped US politics, ends 2020 presidential run April 8, 2020
Inspirational senator’s youth-led movement pushed for sweeping social change but fell far behind Joe Biden in bid for nominationBernie Sanders, the 78-year-old senator from Vermont who reshaped American politics with his youth-led movement for sweeping social change, on Wednesday ended his presidential campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination.His withdraw […]
Linda Tripp, key figure in Bill Clinton's impeachment, dies aged 70 April 8, 2020
Tripp, whose secret recordings of conversations with Monica Lewinsky blew the whistle on Clinton, was terminally illLinda Tripp, whose secretly recorded phone conversations with Monica Lewinsky led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the 1990s, has died.Thomas Foley, Tripp’s son-in-law, told the New York Post she had died from an illness that was not related to […]
Lockdown keeps casualty figure low as Italian bridge collapses April 8, 2020
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Syria war: Syrian air force behind 2017 chemical attacks, OPCW finds April 8, 2020
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Italy bridge collapse: Two drivers survive April 8, 2020
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Coronavirus: Marathon talks over EU virus rescue package stall April 8, 2020
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Coronavirus: EU top scientist forced out in political row April 8, 2020
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