By Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio- Led by head coach J.B. Bickerstaff, the Cleveland Cavaliers lost the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs series on Wednesday night in Boston to the Boston Celtics 113-98 in Game 5 of the best of seven series, bringing an end to their 2023-2024 season.

Cavs stars Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen remained injured and unable to play Wednesday as did Caris LeVert, the team's star player off the bench. Darius Garland and Evan Mobley carried the Cavs throughout the series. All of them are Black, and so is coach Bickerstaff.

The series final was 4-1 with the Cavs unable to mount a comeback from a Game 4 loss last week against the No 1 seed.

The Celtics will now face the winner of the series between the Knicks and the Pacers, which New York leads 3-2. Game 6 will be played Friday in Indiana.

Cavs stars Donovan Mitchell and Jarrett Allen remained injured and unable to play Wednesday as did Caris LeVert, the team's star player off the bench

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Staff article by Kathy Wray Coleman, associated publisher, editor-in-chief

WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Akron Democrat and the youngest of Ohio's five-member Democratic Congressional Delegation, Congresswoman Emilia Sykes (OH-13) (pictured) on Wednesday was among federal lawmakers who voted  against a controversial motion to remove Mike Johnson as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the congresswoman said in a news release to Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader.

A Republican, Speaker Johnson survived the motion to oust him put on the table by MAGA Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as  Democrats joined Republicans to save his top leadership position. Lawmakers, in turn, collectively booed Greene.

The House vote to summarily dismiss Greene's motion was 359-43 with seven lawmakers voting present. Cheering broke out in the House chamber after the motion was dismissed or tabled. Only 10 House Republicans supported the motion.

Greene has accused Johnson of fraternizing with Democrats and pushing their agendas to the point of crippling public policy sought by Republicans. Johnson's congressional supporters across partisan lines who helped to save his job as speaker say its time to put aside  partisan bickering for the benefit of their constituents and to work together to move the country in a forward direction. Sykes agrees.

"Political games distract from the real issues that our constituents face," said Rep Sykes as she seeks reelection in November for another two-year term. "The people of Ohio's 13th district sent me to Congress to lower costs, keep our communities safe, and grow the middle class, and that's exactly what I'll continue to do. I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will join me in putting people first. Enough is enough. Stop playing games and let's get to work."

Republicans have a razor thin majority in the House and Democrats have a razor thin majority in the U.S.Senate.

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief

WASHINGTON, D.C.-First Lady Dr. Jill Biden (pictured) will host an event on Tues., May 7 at 3:30 pm in the East Room of the White House to honor the men and women who served during World War I and recognize the contributions of those who made the National World War I Memorial possible.

The event is part of her annual Joining Forces initiative to support military and veteran families, the first lady said in a news release to Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader. Her remarks will be pooled for TV.

World War I[ or the First World War (July, 28, 1914 –  Nov., 11, 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Central Powers. Fighting took place throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. One of the deadliest wars in history, it resulted in an estimated nine million soldiers dead and 23 million wounded, plus up to eight million civilian deaths from numerous causes including genocide. The movement of large numbers of troops and civilians during the war was a major factor in spreading the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.

In early 1917 the United States entered the war on the Allies' side, more than two years after the war began in Europe.

The Allies were an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.

Overall, Black soldiers from the 92nd and 93rd combat divisions accounted for 773 of the 52,947 battlefield deaths sustained by the American Expeditionary Force in France during the war. Of American soldiers wounded, some 4,408 were Black and 198,220 were White.

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