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​Shreveport to pick up recyclables every other week

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9 companies hiring in Shreveport-Bossier

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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:


1. DEADLY CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES COULD GAIN MOMENTUM
Gusty winds and low humidity are forecast for areas north of San Francisco where at least 23 people have died and at least 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed.
2. WHAT IS GETTING SCRUTINY AFTER CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRES
California fire officials will assess the effectiveness of emergency alert  systems after some evacuees say they were never warned.
3. TRUMP PUTTING OWN STAMP ON HEALTH CARE REFORM 
The president will sign an executive order that aims to make lower-premium insurance plans available to more consumers.
4. SPAIN CELEBRATES NATIONAL DAY AMID SECESSION CRISIS
Spain’s prime minister gives Catalan’s regional leader until Monday to say whether the powerful northeastern region will declare independence.
5. QUESTIONS REMAIN ABOUT POLICE RESPONSE TO VEGAS MASSACRE
Police say Stephen Paddock fired off 200 rounds through his hotel room door into the hallway six minutes before killing 58 people at an outdoor country music concert... MORE

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​New Study: African Americans who exercise may be less likely to develop high blood pressure

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HIV is still an epidemic within the gay and bisexual African American men population​

Alcohol is associated with higher risk of breast cancer in African-American women

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Addressing mental health in the black community: Don't ignore warning signs of distress

This is why a depressed person can’t just ‘get over it’

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​​Jesse Williams: ‘Just Because We’re Magic, Does Not Mean We’re Not Real’
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​Shreveport HIV/AIDS Call to Action: 
Half of black, quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime. Heterosexuals not immune.
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​​The Beatings Paradigm: A carryover from our slavery past? Is there a correlation between planta-tion coding, and black parenting and discipline?
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Community Mourns the Loss of Radio Personality ‘Cat Daddy'
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Hillary Clinton: The Secretary Wears Nada​
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REVIEW: Shreveport's Ology Jazz Sextet
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   REVIEW: "United Shades        of America" with With.
​   Kamau Bell
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​REVIEW: Larry Wilmore's Set on the White House Correspondent's Dinner

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​​National Museum of African American Music to open on Lower Broadway
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​TAMIR RICE: Settlement of $6 Million, No Culpability
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​Maryland’s Largest Historically Black College Named a National    
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• "Why There is a Black History Month at All" 
• "A Trophy: Well-Earned" #OscarsSoWhite "
​•  MLK’s Dream Fulfilled, Deferred, or Done?
•  COSBY:  "Who Could Blame Camille?"
•  300,000 Low-Income Louisianians Gained  
    Healthcare As Bobby Jindal Is Replaced By
    Democratic Governor
•  MYKEL JENKINS: Actor, "The Masked Saint"    Movie 
•  BLACK MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA
​•  SPD promotes first African-American      
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•  SHV YOUNG PEOPLE: Marnitta Demming:  
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​•  SHV YOUNG PEOPLE: Amber Smith,
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​   At 5-Years Old Tells His Story [Video]
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​NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO ARTHUR LEWIS

​Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Arthur Lewis from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. He was the first Black recipient in a category other than peace.
SOURCE: http://blackhistorydaily.com/

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