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Cleveland's own U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown poses national security question at impeachment trial of President Trump regarding the Ukraine scandal, Brown a Cleveland Democrat, and Cleveland a largely Black major American city....Senator Brown says that any acquittal of the president in the Senate has "implications on our national security"....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest

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United States Sherrod Brown of Cleveland Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- U.S Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, said earlier this week that he cannot imagine an impeachment conviction trial, such as the pending one against embattled incumbent President Donald Trump, that would proceed in the absence of impeachment witnesses like John Bolton, the Senate poised to decide possibly as early as today if the motion to call witnesses will be granted by the Republican-dominated Senate. And it is unlikely that any such motion will be granted or that the Republican president will be convicted on charges leveled by a majority Democratic House of Representatives, Trum

Cleveland City Council adopts new law introduced by Councilman Griffin that decriminalizes marijuana in the largely Black major American city, the new law of which is applicable to up to seven ounces of marijuana....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest and in alternative digital news in northeast Ohio

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Pictured at left is Cleveland Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cleveland City Council at its meeting on Monday passed historic legislation introduced by Ward 6 Councilman Blaine Griffin that decriminalizes marijuana possession up to 200 grams, or seven ounces, a new city law that mirrors similar laws currently in other cities in Ohio, including Cincinnati, and Columbus. The new law effectively eliminates prosecution for low level marijuana offenses. Those convicted would face a minor misdemeanor similar to a traffic ticket, and a fine, no criminal record, and no requirement to report it on applications for employment and licen

Kobe Bryant dead at 41: The country, LeBron James, other fellow Black NBA greats mourn the passing of Kobe Bryant, an NBA basketball legend....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest

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NBA basketball legend Kobe Bryant By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CALABASAS, California- Former NBA megastar Kobe Bryant, who spent his entire 20 years in the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers as a shooting guard, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday in the hills of Calabasas, California, his 13 year-old daughter Gianna, the pilot and six others, including a college baseball coach and his wife and daughter, dying too. In short, all nine people aboard the helicopter en route to a AAU basketball game on Jan 26 perished, a life cut short of a legendary athlete who is being mourned across the country, Bryant, 41, leaving behind his wife of 19 years, Vanessa Bryant, and three other da

Spectrum TV News Cleveland covers Women's March Cleveland 2020 and interviews organizer Kathy Wray Coleman, the annual event drawing some 400 people....Coleman has been a key organizer of Women's March Cleveland since 2018....By Karlynn Wells of Spectrum News 1- Cleveland

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Women's March Cleveland 2020 head organizer Kathy Wray Coleman leads the annual rally on Jan., 18 on the steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland, which was followed by a noon march to Public Square.  Photo by Cleveland.com photojournalist David Petkiewicz.  Coleman has been a key organizer of Women's March Cleveland since 2018, the first march originating nationally in 2017 across the nation following the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Cleveland held a sister march relative to hundreds of marches that day nationally, including in Washington, D.C. Coleman also leads the grassroots Cleveland women's rights group Imperial Women Coalition Women and their supporters march in Cleveland for Women's March Cleveland 2020 on Jan 18, 2020, some 400 people of whom attended the event on the outside front steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Hundreds gather on Jan 18, 2020 outside of Cleveland City Hall for a rally relative to the annual women'

Congressman Joe Kennedy III to headline ODP's annual Legacy Dinner in Ohio, Kennedy a grand-nephew of the late president John F. Kennedy and a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy...Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper said that "as is happening across the nation, Democrats are energized, formerly Republican suburbs are trending blue and voters across the state are waking up to Donald Trump’s many broken promises"....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenenwsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

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Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-4), a grandson of the late Robert F. Kennedy and a grand nephew of the the late U.S. president John F. Kennedy Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .   By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-COLUMBUS, Ohio- Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III (D-4), a Democrat and member of the famous Kennedy clan who effectively delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's 2018 State of the Un

Grammy award winner Gladys Knight to perform at MGM Northfield Park near Cleveland, with tickets now on sale.... Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest

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Gladys Knight Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio- Grammy award winner Gladys Knight will perform at  MGM Northfield Park — Center Stage  on Thursday, May 7. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Knight, 75 and also an actress, is a seven-time Grammy award winner. Tickets are on sale now. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips) in 199

Cleveland.com continues to lie about Women's March Cleveland as to the number of people attending the annual event, and Black women organizers believe its coverage is racist, the 2019 march drawing nearly 2500 people and the 2020 march 400....Since the first women's march in Cleveland in 2017, no Black reporters have covered the event for Cleveland.com or the Plain Dealer, Cleveland.com the online affiliate of Ohio's largest newspaper....By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest

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Women and their supporters march in Cleveland for Women's March Cleveland 2019 on Jan 16, 2019, some 2500 people of whom attended the event on Public Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Women and their supporters march in Cleveland for Women's March Cleveland 2020 on Jan 18, 2020, some 400 people of whom attended the event on the outside front steps of City Hall in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also at the top in Black digital news in the Midwest. Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama  CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DI