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Heavy Rain Hampers Haiti
Detroit Native Becomes First Black Woman To Launch Weight Loss Supplement
In The Vitamin Shoppe
Rescue Efforts As
Earthquake Death Toll Rises
Tropical Storm Grace is still bringing heavy rain to the area of Haiti devastated by a 7.2- magnitude earthquake at the weekend.
The quake, which struck southwestern Haiti on Satur- day morning, killed at least 1,419 people and injured more than 6,900 others; the death toll is expected to rise as search and rescue efforts continue in the coming days.
But work to find trapped sur- vivors or to recover the bodies of victims from the wreckage is being hampered by a lack of re- sources and by heavy rains, which have caused mudslides that have blocked roads in the region.
As the storm passed along the southern coast of Haiti, up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rainfall were forecast for the country's southwest peninsula, with up to 15 inches (38 cen- timeters) in localized areas.
Grace restrengthens into a tropical storm as it threatens the Caribbean with flooding and mudslides
Haiti is prone to mudslides due to the topography of the is- land -- the country is home to mountains more than 10,000 feet tall -- and years of defor- estation that has created an ecological disaster, Guy said. Some 42 of the country's 50 highest mountain peaks are completely devoid of vegeta- tion, and only 1% of Haiti's pri- mary forest remains, he added.
Samia Gore reportedly be- came the first Black woman to launch a line in The Vitamin Shoppe’s weight loss category. The 40-year-old Detroit resi- dent launched her TRIM line, which includes plant-based metabolism drops, energy drops, and appetite suppres- sant capsules, in over 700 Vi- tamin Shoppes nationwide on August 1, MSN reports.
“I was not always interested in health and wellness,” she said, according to the news outlet. “This is an industry that I basically fell in based on my own personal journey.”
Prior to creating a multimil- lion-dollar business, Gore was a human resource man- ager for the U. S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
After having four children, Gore says she was deter-
SAMIA GORE
mined to lose the 80 pounds she gained during her preg- nancy. This caused her to begin researching healthy ways to lose weight and keep it off. She found that one of the
things she didn’t have was a good vitamin supplement.
Gore says she tried multi- ple products, but none of them worked for her. She then began taking a weight loss supplement and had a few cos- metic procedures done, in- cluding a tummy tuck.
After nothing seemed to work, she partnered with Dr. Ruby Lathan, a nutritionist who cured herself of thyroid cancer by eating a plant-based diet. Gore and Lathan sub- sequently created a plant- based product that helped her develop a healthy lifestyle.
"The products are plant- based and our brand is plant- based because I wanted to offer to our consumers a clean product," she said. "I wanted them to look at our products ... and know exactly what's in it."
Police Stand By Officers Who Detained Black Real Estate Agent, Clients Viewing Home
ERIC BROWN, SAMMY AND ROY THORNE
Four Men Charged In The Death Of Rep. Elijah Cummings’ Nephew
Police in Michigan are stand- ing by a group of officers who drew their guns on and hand- cuffed a real estate agent, a po- tential home buyer and his 15-year-old son, all three of whom are Black and were touring a home on recently.
Officials with the Wyoming Public Safety Department said in a statement that the officers acted appropriately when they surrounded the Wyoming home and demanded that the three come out after they received a call about a home invasion at the location.
“After a thorough internal re- view of the actions of each of our public safety officers who re- sponded to this incident, we have concluded race played no role in our officers’ treatment of the in- dividuals who were briefly de- tained, and our officers responded appropriately,” the statement said.
Eric Brown, 46, of Grand
Rapids Real Estate, was giving Roy Thorne and Thorne's son, Sammy, a tour of the two- story home in the early afternoon when he saw a police officer cir- cling the property with his gun drawn, Brown has told re- porters. Brown had access to a lockbox that held the house key and let himself in, as he usually does when he is working as a real estate agent, he said.
But Wyoming police said a re- view found that the officers did nothing wrong. Officials said their actions were in “accordance with department policy and training.”
Brown later told reporters that he believed the department's response was inappropriate. The police captain "released that statement without enough initial due diligence to substantiate it," he said. "Basically, she had to say something. She’s going to have to answer some really hard ques- tions here soon.”
CHRISTOPHER CUMMINGS Christopher S. Cum-
mings, the 20-year-old nephew of Rep. Elijah Cum- mings (D-Maryland), was fa- tally shot in 2011 at his off-campus apartment near Old Dominion University in Virginia. After over 10 years, four men have been charged.
According to PEOPLE, Kwaume L. Edwards, 32; Javon L. Doyle, 31; Ahmad R. Watson, 30; and Rashad D. Dooley, 28, have been in- dicted on 15 charges each in- cluding homicide, first-degree murder, use of a firearm in the
THE FOUR MEN CHARGED
commission of a robbery and conspiracy to commit first-de- gree murder.
“For more than a decade now Investigators have been relentless in their efforts to solve this case, they have fol- lowed up on every lead neces- sary to ensure the Norfolk Police Department was able to deliver justice to both the surviving victim and to the Cummings family,” said Chief Larry D. Boone of the Norfolk Police Depart- ment in a statement.
At the time of the shooting,
Cummings said in a state- ment that his family was , “in shock over the news of the random shooting that took the life of my nephew, Christopher,” calling him “an amazing young man who was loved and admired by so many people who had the honor of knowing him. An exceptional student with a 3.5 GPA, he had ambitious plans for his future after graduating from Old Dominion.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings
died in 2019 at the age of 68 years old.
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