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6-YEAR-OLD GIRL MAKES HISTORY AS GEORGIA’S YOUNGEST CERTIFIED FARMER

Published 15 October 2021

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6-YEAR-OLD GIRL MAKES HISTORY AS GEORGIA’S YOUNGEST CERTIFIED FARMER

by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors

Who said kids don’t like their veggies?

Well, little Kendall Rae Johnson is using her love for produce to produce a garden and make history as Georgia’s youngest grower.

At just 6 years old, Kendall Rae has claimed the title as the youngest certified farmer in the state of Georgia.

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Beating Breast Cancer Twice, Emerging Stronger

Published 15 October 2021

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When Yu Zheng was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer in China, she was terrified and unsure she would survive. Following a single mastectomy and chemotherapy, she moved to New York to live with her daughter.

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“I BEAT CANCER!!!💜🎗

Published 15 October 2021

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“I BEAT CANCER!!!💜🎗

In November of 2020, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma—a type of blood cancer that attacks the lymphatic system. After 8 months, 3 surgeries, 4 cycles of chemotherapy, and 3 rounds of radiation, I am so blessed and happy to say that I am cancer free!!! This journey was definitely crazy, to say the least, but I thank God that I made it through. Now, I want to take the time to tell my story in hopes that it will educate and help others.

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Facebook’s services start coming back online after outage

Published 4 October 2021

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Facebook’s services start coming back online after outage

By Clare Duffy and Sean LyngaasCNN Business

New York (CNN Business)Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online, though coverage was still spotty.Facebook (FB), Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services. 

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America to ease Covid travel entry rules will require vaccinations for foreign visitors

Published 21 September 2021

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By Shannon Pettypiece

The new system opens up air travel to vaccinated foreign nationals from dozens of countries for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.

Travelers walk through the departures hall in El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 2.Angel Garcia / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will require all international travelers coming into the United States to be fully vaccinated and tested for Covid-19 under a new system that will open up air travel to vaccinated foreign nationals from dozens of countries for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.

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