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Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW21) will take place this year from April 11-17, aimed at disseminating information and uplifting the voices of Black mother's who have suffered disproportionately due to systemic racism.

The rapper passed away on Friday after being hospitalized at White Plains Hospital in New York.

During a news segment that aired after the Duke of Edinburgh's death, Fox Host Brian Kilmeade insinuated that Prince Philip's health deteriorated further after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's viral interview with Oprah in March.

NABJ previously called on CBS to release employees from nondisclosure agreements so that they could share a full account of their experiences.

Fairfax comparing his experience to the definitive state sanctioned killings of two Black men whose deaths heightened the social justice movement is troubling.

Dr. Martin Tobin, a pulmonary specialist, used graphics and detailed descriptions to back up his medical assessment that Chauvin's use of force resulted in low oxygen levels that damaged Floyd's brain, causing his heart to stop.

The gunman who killed five people, including a prominent doctor in South Carolina, his wife, and two grandchildren, was former NFL player Phillip Adams, according to the AP.

Jones was the first woman elected as St. Louis Treasurer in 2012. After her narrow loss in the 2017 mayoral election, Jones continued to work with the movement that embraced her.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis decided against impaneling a grand jury after reviewing the evidence and considers the case closed.

Crime

A Dallas County judge ordered the release of Bryan Riser, a former Dallas cop accused of capital murder.

The newly hired men's basketball coach made history as the program's first Black head coach, but his Tuesday press conference left after he proclaimed he was "proud" to have a white wife.

On April 6, Tishaura Jones became the first Black woman elected mayor of St. Louis.