Florida Sentinel Bulletin

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Donald Driver rewrote the Green Bay Packers record books and on Wednesday morning, the wildly popular wide receiver might’ve rewritten the book on how a player should call it a career. Officially retiring after 14 seasons – all with the Packers, something that was extremely important to him – the franchise’s […]

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WASHINGTON  — As he prepares to announce a new wave of Cabinet and other senior posts, President Barack Obama is aiming to put a more diverse face on his administration — an image that was missing as he filled the first round of vacancies of his second term with a parade of white men. Pres. […]

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Have you ever wondered why when you search for Black-related news using Google, several ads selling access to criminal history and arrest records pop up? According to Harvard professor Latanya Sweeney, that happens more often than we think and may expose society’s racial bias. Prof Sweeney’s investigation suggests that names linked with Black people – […]

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WASHINGTON — The American job market improved modestly in October, and economists looking deeper into the numbers found real reasons for optimism — or at least what counts for optimism in this agonizingly slow economic recovery. The nation added 80,000 jobs. That was fewer than the 100,000 that economists expected, but it was the 13th […]

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An argument between two women at Chuck E Cheese in Newington, a restaurant that caters to children, ended in an arrest on Monday night after a woman allegedly pulled a loaded semi-automatic handgun out in front of another woman who was there with a child, according to Newington police. Police said Tawana Bourne, 30, of […]

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COLUMBIA, SC — The Black daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career has died. Essie Mae Washington-Williams was 87. Vann Dozier of Leevy’s Funeral Home in Columbia said Washington-Williams died Monday. A cause of death wasn’t given. Washington-Williams […]

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Beyoncé is officially back. After a stunning performance at this year’s Super Bowl, the R&B and Pop singer announces ‘The Mrs. Carter Show’ world tour. The European leg of the tour kicks off April 15 in Belgrade, Serbi at the Kombank Arena before going on to countires like Holland, Croatia, France and Germany before closing […]

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R&B singer Cecil Womack and one half of the famed singing ’80s duo Womack and Womack, passed away at 65 years old on Friday from an undisclosed cause. Cecil, who was also the brother of famed soul singer Bobby Womack, was living in Africa with his wife, Linda (pictured above) when he passed away.  The couple, […]

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On Saturday night, the highly anticipated Betty and Coretta debuted on the Lifetime Movie Network, which was somewhat of a biographical film that highlighted the unique friendship between the widows of  Human and Civil Rights activists Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. However, Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X, is urging […]

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