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Unions, Black Community Rallies to Save Ralphs Jobs Details JOBS POLITICS--Faced with the closing of five stores in the Los Angeles area, including South Los Angeles in predominantly Black neighborhoods and two in Long Beach, unions, community groups, seniors and shoppers rallied April 3 at the Slauson Avenue Ralphs grocery store. Kroger, the parent company of Ralphs, Food 4 Less and other stories around the country, took this drastic step in reaction to the mandated $5 hour hazard pay increase by the Los Angeles City Council ($4 increase in cities elsewhere).  Mo...

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou leaves the British Columbia Supreme Court following a Sept. 30, 2020, hearing on motions in the U.S. extradition case against her. (Courthouse News photo / Darryl Greer) (CN) — The United States is not attempting an unlawful “territorial power grab” by trying to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou for fraud, since her alleged conduct has an “overwhelming” connection to the country and therefore should be tried in a U.S. court, Canadian prosecutors said Thursday in British Columbia Supreme Court. Hitting back at Meng’s defense team’s claims that the U.S. ext...

Canada was obliged to arrest Meng Wanzhou at Vancouver’s airport more than two years ago, but her detention had now been revealed as unlawful, the Huawei Technologies executive’s lawyer told her extradition hearing in Vancouver on Wednesday. Lawyer Gib van Ert said Meng’s detention on a US fraud warrant was not arbitrary, a position in contrast to repeated assertions otherwise by China’s government. “Canada had to detain Ms Meng, having received what was, on its face, a bona fide extradition request. We were bound by our treaty obligations to take seriously the US claims, to take th...

Black Clergy Honor Bass and Lee on International Women’s Day By Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion Editor Published March 10, 2021 Congresswoman Karen Bass (Courtesy photo) The California Black Women’s Collective united with faith leaders throughout the state to recognize the achievements of U.S. Congresswomen Karen Bass and Barbara Lee. More than 200 people logged-in on International Women’s Day, March 8, to pay tribute to the political trailblazers.     Congresswoman Barbara Lee (Courtesy photo) The virtual event, billed as “A Conversation with Black Clergy and Faith Leaders,” was ...

What happened to the four teenage boys sent to prison for their roles in the murder of Winnacunnet High School media coordinator Pamela Smart's husband Gregg? What about Gregg's parents? Here's what we know now about eight people, the murder weapon and a dog that became well-known through media coverage of Pamela Smart's 1991 trial in Rockingham County Superior Court in Exeter, New Hampshire: Is William “Billy” Flynn still in prison? William Flynn, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for shooting Greggory Smart in the head, was released from prison on June 4, 2015, after serving ...