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By: KDKA-TV News Staff PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday yesterday, one organization was helping local Black-owned businesses gain more exposure. READ MORE: Weather Blog: Pittsburgh Braces For Winter Storm Respect marketing held a Black-owned business expo at the Comfort Inn and Suites in the North Shore Saturday afternoon. READ MORE: Crews Struggle To Contain Flames At Hussey Copper In Leetsdale Due To Explosions, Falling Debris 17 total vendors were there, including food, cosmetic and clothing businesses. “I just want these brands to get as much exposure as possible,” said Tiara Smith, owner of Respect Marketing LLC. “Get in front of people they might not be able to get in front of. Let people know these brands do exist and they are here and they are from Pittsburgh.” MORE NEWS: Pittsburgh Weather: 5-10 Inches Of Snow Expected In Our Area; Snowfall Starts This Afternoon There will be another expo at the same location on February … [Read more...] about Black-Owned Business Expo Held On The North Shore

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for January 16 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. North Carolina authorities released a portion of the body camera footage capturing the aftermath of an off-duty deputy shooting and killing a Black man in the city of Fayetteville earlier this month. The Fayetteville Police Department on Friday released three clips capturing its officers responding to the scene where off-duty Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Lt. Jeffrey Hash admitted he shot Jason Walker on Jan. 8. Hash, who has since been placed on leave, claimed in a previously released 911 call that Walker had jumped onto his truck, ripped off a windshield wiper and attempted to break the glass. Amid claims that Hash struck Walker with his truck before shooting, Fayetteville Police Chief Gina Hawkins has insisted that a review of the black box technology of the truck, a computer that logs speed, braking, … [Read more...] about NC police releases partial bodycam footage after shooting death of Black man by off-duty deputy

It was while sitting in a jail cell in Birmingham, Ala., that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote one of the more searing texts of the civil rights era. What started as scribbles in the margins of a smuggled-in newspaper in response to white clergymen condemning civil rights protests, King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” warned that the “great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom” is the “white moderate.” This was true in August 1963. It remains true in January 2022, but with a 21st century twist. America is a lot more diverse than it was in the 1960s and the makeup of those stumbling, paternalistic moderates King excoriated for being “more devoted to order than justice,” and for living “by the myth of time” has expanded beyond just white people. We see this in San Francisco, where Mayor London Breed recently dusted off antiquated policing tactics in her call for more surveillance and arrests in the Tenderloin. Her answer to entrenched crises of homelessness, drug … [Read more...] about Martin Luther King Jr. warned of ‘the white moderate’ 60 years ago. His lesson holds true — with a twist

Joseph R. Biden Jr. laced into President Trump on Tuesday, calling him an “absolute fool” for refusing to wear a mask in public on Memorial Day and for appearing to scoff at the former vice president for wearing one . “He’s a fool, an absolute fool to talk that way,” Mr. Biden said in an interview with Dana Bash of CNN, his first in-person interview since the coronavirus crisis took him off the campaign trail. Castigating Mr. Trump for “this macho stuff,” Mr. Biden accused him of “stoking deaths” and aggravating cultural divisions over mask-wearing. The interview, conducted outside Mr. Biden’s home in Wilmington, Del., and with Mr. Biden and Ms. Bash seated 12 feet apart, occurred a day after he appeared in public for the first time in more than two months, visiting a veterans memorial in Delaware. He and his wife, Jill Biden, both wore black masks as they laid a wreath, cutting a stark visual contrast with Mr. Trump, who has largely declined to wear a mask in public despite … [Read more...] about Biden Calls Trump a ‘Fool’ for Not Wearing Mask in Coronavirus Crisis

2 WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump falsely declared in a weekend rally that public health authorities are denying the COVID-19 vaccine to white people because of their race. The former president seeded racial resentments in remarks that twisted the facts on public-health policy and exaggerated the effects of racially conscious antiviral treatment guidelines in New York. From his speech Saturday night in Florence, Arizona: TRUMP: “The left is now rationing lifesaving therapeutics based on race, discriminating against and denigrating ... white people to determine who lives and who dies. If you’re white you don’t get the vaccine or if you’re white you don’t get therapeutics. ... In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical health.” THE FACTS: No, white people are not being excluded from vaccines, of which there is a plentiful supply. And there is no evidence they being sent to the “back of the line” for COVID-19 … [Read more...] about AP FACT CHECK: Trump seeds race animus with COVID falsehood

Judging from heavy participation in the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, many Americans love lotteries. But when such randomized selection systems have been used lately to decide who gets into popular high schools, they have inspired bitter debates and lawsuits. Among the most controversial proposed lottery admission systems have been the ones for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Va., and Lowell High School in San Francisco. The debate over such systems is often confusing and misleading. Frequently overlooked is the fact that many long-used admissions processes, particularly in our most revered colleges, also are quite random but don't get as many complaints, in part because the schools involved are considered national treasures. Jefferson High was built in 1965 and became a magnet school admitting students on academic merit in 1985. It is often the most selective high school in the country, public or private, as measured by the … [Read more...] about Why not lottery admissions for great high schools? It’s not church bingo

3 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa football coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants. The Gazette reports that Ferentz’ decision to end the committee came shortly after its leader, former offensive lineman David Porter, suggested it was time for Iowa to part ways with Ferentz. But Ferentz said he had decided to overhaul the committee last fall before Porter made his comment to other committee members in a text message. “I have come to a decision that this is an appropriate time to dissolve our committee as it stands currently,” Ferentz wrote in an email to the 10-member committee on Tuesday. “As we start a new calendar year and prepare to move forward with our preparation for the 2022 season, I am giving thought to how we restructure the committee/board in a way that best … [Read more...] about Iowa coach disbands diversity group created after 2020 probe

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Eric Adams is backing a set of bills that would provide more funding to reduce maternal mortality. The rate of pregnancy-related deaths is especially high among Black women. “We are not going to ignore this. We’re not going to pretend as though it’s alright for children to die and mothers to die prematurely,” Adams said. “We are going to look at those periods when that child is being carried and give the mother the emotional support, the nutritional support and make sure that doctors are listening to their patients.” READ MORE: New Push To Take On Maternal Health Inequities: ‘It’s Time To Put An End To The Maternal Health Crisis’ According to the American Medical Association, Black women are three to four times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. … [Read more...] about Mayor Eric Adams Backs Bills Providing More Funding To Improve Maternal Mortality

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Healthcare inequities put more Black mothers at risk of death. Now there’s a new push at the federal level to change the trend. As CBS2’s Aundrea Cline-Thomas reports, for emergency physician Dr. Sandra Scott, Black maternal health is personal. Her son was born 15 weeks early. READ MORE: Snow, Ice Blast Through Southern US In Powerful Winter Storm “I was able to get the resources I needed to make decisions I needed to make around my child’s healthcare, but I’m imagining the people who didn’t have those resources,” Scott said. Black babies are more likely than any group to be born premature, and Black mothers are 2.5 times more likely than white mothers, and 3.5 times more likely than Hispanic women to die due to childbirth, despite income levels according to the CDC . As the executive director of the Brookdale Hospital, Scott says new partnerships with community organizations help provide more assistance to mothers, but there are financial … [Read more...] about New Push To Take On Maternal Health Inequities: ‘It’s Time To Put An End To The Maternal Health Crisis’

BEIRUT (AP) — Internet services were disrupted in Lebanon on Sunday because of diesel shortages, according to the state provider, adding another essential service to the list of casualties of the country’s snowballing economic crisis. Imad Kreidieh, the head of state internet provider Ogero, tweeted that starting early Sunday a major station in west Beirut, al-Mazraa, would run out of diesel and go offline. The outage affected over 26,000 subscribers, including the country’s Internal Security operation rooms, he told Al-Jadeed TV. By midday Sunday, a resident donated diesel, allowing the station to get back online, he said. Meanwhile, another neighborhood in east Beirut, Achrafieh, was out of diesel and briefly operated on batteries. “The situation is unbearable,” Kreidieh told the TV station. Lebanese live with only few hours of state electricity a day and rely on a network of private generators that also depend on diesel fuel. This often leaves neighborhoods in total … [Read more...] about Lebanon faces internet service interruption amid fuel crisis