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BREAKING: In this episode of BHN Talk Radio Show, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb, Cheryl Smith and Brigitte Jones states across the Southeastern U.S. started a massive cleanup and recovery effort on Sunday after winds, rain and storm surges from Hurricane Helene snuffed out power for millions, destroyed roads and bridges, and caused catastrophic flooding from Florida to Virginia.
The storm killed at least 90 people, according to state and local officials in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. Officials feared still more bodies would be discovered.
Damage estimates ranged from $15 billion to more than $100 billion, insurers and forecasters said over the weekend. Property damage and lost economic output will become clearer as officials assess the destruction.
Also Chicago gangbangers rage against newly arrived Venezuelan migrants as Tren de Aragua moves in: ‘City is going to go up in flames’
Many have been given money for rent, food stamp cards and even cars — and some landlords have pushed out local African-Americans because they can get more government money for housing migrants.
Some belong to the one-time Venezuelan prison gang turned vicious multinational crime syndicate Tren de Aragua who sources in Chicago told The Post are heavily armed, brazen and spilling into areas of the South Side. Those areas are traditionally controlled by hundreds of entrenched gangs from the Gangster Disciples and Black P Stones to the Vice Lords, Latin Kings and Satan Disciples.
GREEN TECH & CLIMATE WATCH: Surging sea levels are creating “a rising tide of misery” that threaten the future of nearly a billion people that live in low-lying coastal areas, the UN chief has warned, as they become increasingly vulnerable to storm surges, coastal erosion and flooding.
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the global mean sea level has risen faster than in any prior century over at least the past 3,000 years.
MORE NEWS: A bank manager called the police on a father of four who was trying to cash a check to buy school supplies for his children — after employees locked the doors upon seeing him, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit.
It was the man’s third attempt to cash the $1,500 check issued by his employer at an Amerant Bank branch in Delray Beach, Florida, on Aug. 9, 2022, a complaint says.
While waiting outside the bank, the man, who is Black, thought the employees might have locked the doors as part of a COVID-19 related protocol, but he noticed customers were inside, according to the complaint filed last month in Orange County Circuit Court.
He later learned the bank’s manager dialed 911, referring to him as “six feet tall with dreads and wearing a black hoodie,” repeatedly described him as Black, and accused him of having a fraudulent check, the complaint says.
The manager also mentioned an arrest record and “possible weapon” while speaking with dispatchers, according to the complaint.
SPOTLIGHT: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist is based on the acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast about the infamous story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” When a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin Hart) hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a guest list of the country’s wealthiest, the night ends with the most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta’s history.
Suspected of masterminding the crime, Chicken Man is hellbent on clearing his name but must convince his old adversary, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives in the city’s desegregated police force, who is tasked with bringing those responsible to justice.
Other key actors playing main characters include: Taraji P. Henson as Vivian 'Sweets' Thomas and Terrence Howard as Richard 'Cadillac Richie' Wheeler
FEATURE: Nike's new CEO started as an intern 30 years ago. But would a Black employee have been able to do the same?
Black Twitter launched a discussion around Nike’s recent appointment of Elliott Hill as the sports retail giant’s new CEO.
According to his LinkedIn page, Hill, 60, has a 30-year history with Nike dating back to 1988 when he started as an apparel sales representative intern. Since then, his only non-Nike role was as an assistant athletic trainer with the Dallas Cowboys in the ‘80s.
While Hill was able to work his way up from intern to CEO, many on Black Twitter think that wouldn’t be the case if Hill were Black.
On Thursday, Nike’s stock valuation jumped when the company announced that Hill would replace current CEO John Donahoe, who will step down next month. The news prompted sports and business journalist Joe Pompliano to share a screenshot of Hill’s LinkedIn profile highlighting his three-decade career at Nike.
“Nike’s new CEO may have the best LinkedIn profile ever—32 years with the same company, from intern to CEO!” Pompliano tweeted.
The tweet garnered a response from a Black Twitter user who shared what the “Black version” of Hill’s resume would look like.
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