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The Rev. Calvin Butts left behind a legacy of prayer and political activism

Butts died Friday at home New York of pancreatic cancer. He was 73. The pastor and powerbroker lived a life filled with prayer and political activism.

WEKU

The week in theatre: Blues for an Alabama Sky; The Crucible; Dido’s Bar – review

Thirties Harlem is vibrantly alive at the National, while mob rule meets Little House on the Prairie in an assured revival of The Crucible. Elsewhere, a night on the tiles in Carthage

The Guardian - UK

In brief: Harlem Shuffle; Two Brothers; The Queen of Dirt Island – reviews

Colson Whitehead on a heist gone wrong; a revisionary study of the footballing Charltons; and Donal Wilson’s latest fictional vignette of small-town Ireland

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Four joyous girls in Harlem: how Lorraine O’Grady showed that art is for everyone

In the second of our new series about artworks by women that have relevance to today’s news, our writer pays tribute to an artist who, like the England Women’s football team, set out to inspire young girls

The Guardian - UK

Parents 'thought three-year-old was playing safely' before fatal 29th floor tower fall

Jayce Garcia was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead after falling from the 29th floor balcony of the Taino Towers high-rise building in Harlem, New York

Daily Mirror

Boy, 3, dies after falling from 29th floor balcony as distraught mum screams 'my baby'

Witnesses in Harlem, New York City, heard the boy's mother scream "My baby, my baby” as he fell and landed on fifth-floor scaffolding of a high rise

Daily Mirror

‘Tremendous’ college basketball player dead in Harlem mass shooting that left eight injured

No arrests made after gunfire erupts at social gathering

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Algerian Rapper Soolking Plays Harlem's Apollo during Debut US Tour

As his merengue-inflected single "Suavemente" once again topped France's songs chart, Algerian rapper Soolking was stateside, delighting fans and wooing new followers with his blend of rap and Maghrebian folk music. Already acclaimed in the Francophone world, the Algerian rapper Soolking this year set his sights on North America, where…

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Joe Wicks breaks down in tears as he revisits school in touching moment

Joe Wicks broke down in tears after he recalled meeting an "amazing" school student when visiting a primary school in Harlem, New York.

Daily Mirror

Harlem Festival of Culture, inspired by Oscar-winning ‘Summer of Soul,’ planned for 2023

NEW YORK — It’ll be 1969 all over again, when that year’s Harlem Cultural Festival makes a comeback.

Tribune News Service

A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes audiobook review – vintage crooks and conmen

Samuel L Jackson’s narration does full justice to this grimly comic novel from the mid-century master of New York crime

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: The NYPD has an obligation to the city to release body-worn camera recordings from the deaths of Mora and Rivera

It has been 48 days since Lashawn McNeil gunned down NYPD cops Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora when they responded to a Harlem domestic violence call, killing Rivera almost instantly; 45 days since McNeil died from sustaining injuries when a third officer returned fire; and 44 days since Mora died.…

Tribune News Service

Black Opals: How a rare Black Philly literary journal is finding new life

PHILADELHPIA —They were a collective of Philadelphia writers — teachers, students, newcomers to Black literary circles, others well-acquainted with rising stars from Harlem’s artistic milieu. They decided to put out a literary journal themselves. They’d call it Black Opals.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

‘They know we’ll keep them alive’: Inside America’s first supervised drug-injection site

A bold new experiment in New York aims to turn the tide following a year of record overdose deaths in the US, Richard Hall writes

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‘They know we’ll keep them alive’: Inside America’s first supervised drug-injection site

A bold new experiment in New York aims to turn the tide following a year of record overdose deaths in the US, Richard Hall writes

The Independent UK

‘They know we’ll keep them alive’: Inside America’s first supervised drug-injection site

A bold new experiment in New York aims to turn the tide following a year of record overdose deaths in the US, Richard Hall writes

Tribune News Service

Black politicians, long shut out, ride wave of power in NYC and beyond

NEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton had never seen anything quite like it at his Harlem headquarters.

Daily Mirror

Rihanna fans convinced she's expecting a baby girl after spotting secret clue

Rihanna, 33, announced her first pregnancy on Monday, showing off her blossoming baby bump on a stunning photoshoot in Harlem as she posed alongside boyfriend A$AP Rocky

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The Guardian - UK

‘He was searching for beauty’: Roy DeCarava’s widow remembers a master photographer

He captured poets, jazz giants and everyday black America. As a new exhibition of the great Harlem-born photographer’s work opens, his widow Sherry Turner DeCarava remembers his craft

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: stepping towards the shadows in 1940s Harlem

Roy DeCarava’s picture of a woman all dressed up on a derelict street is rich in symbols and evocative of a troubled era

Tribune News Service

NYPD officer fatally shot, another wounded while responding to domestic violence call in Harlem

NEW YORK — An NYPD officer was fatally shot Friday and his partner was wounded after they responded to a tense domestic violence call at an apartment where a gunman who fired on police was also killed, officials said.

Tribune News Service

Television Q&A: What's next for 'Godfather of Harlem'?

You have questions. I have some answers.

Tribune News Service

Sparks fly in NY governor's race as Hochul, Williams and de Blasio attend same MLK Day event in Harlem

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul fielded thinly veiled political jabs from two of her likely gubernatorial race opponents Monday as they convened for an event in Harlem to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Restored 1930s New York City Video Shows Glamorous Cars Of The Era

See Harlem and cruise Fifth Avenue as it was 90 years ago.

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