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Instead, "the office of mayor was 'inherited' by a hand-picked successor," and that mayor then chose town council members, again without an election.

All prior mayors have been White residents, the lawsuit said, even though about 85% of Newbern's population is Black.

Braxton was elected mayor by default, making him the first Black mayor of Newbern in the 165 years since the town was founded. »

These reservists are joining more than 1,000 Air Force reservists who made the same announcement in a letter on Friday.

"We represent some 10,000 reservists who are telling the government, the defense minister and the prime minister the responsibility is on you!

"I've served om the Air Force for 35 years," said a former fighter pilot. »

When the speaker was asked about climate change and forest fires, he was ready with a response: Plant a trillion trees.

A 2019 study suggested that planting trees to suck up heat-trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere could be one of the most effective ways to fight climate change.

Planting one trillion trees would also require a massive amount of space — roughly the size of the continental United States. »

Sharks may be consuming cocaine dumped in the waters off Florida and it could be making them act in "crazy" ways, scientists have said.

Marine biologist, Tom 'The Blowfish' Hird, and University of Florida environmental scientist, Tracy Fanara, studied sharks off the Florida Keys to see if the drugs were having any impact on them.

The biologist admitted many different factors could be responsible for the odd behaviour and the results don't necessarily show that sharks in Florida are consuming cocaine. »