Prairie View SHOCKS Jackson State; wins the SWAC Championship
Prairie View A&M claimed a 23-21 win over Jackson State. PHOTO COURTESY OF SWAC.ORG Prairie View A&M claimed the 2025 Pepsi SWAC Football Championship with …
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National Park Service drops free admission on MLK Day, Juneteenth while adding Trump’s birthday
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A nation in freefall while the powerful feast: Trump calls affordability a ‘con job’
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Art Basel presents Black Art
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Chaos, neglect, and abuse: Inside Trump’s ICE machine
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Florida starts redistricting talks in GOP’s battle for House control in 2026 elections
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ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension
Jimmy Kimmel Live PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK.COM/JIMMYKIMMELLIVE President Donald Trump won’t be getting his wish. ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel …
Health and Wellness
Health advocates in Africa worry Trump will reimpose abortion ‘gag rule’ governing US aid
Epworth, Zimbabwe (AP) — Carrying her infant daughter, 19-year-old Sithulisiwe Moyo waited two hours to get birth-control pills from a tent pitched in a poor …
From the Amazon rainforest, Biden declares clean energy progress, irreversible
Biden declares nobody can reverse U.S. progress on clean energy. PHOTO COURTESY OF YOITUBE.COM Manaus, Brazil (AP) — Speaking from the Amazon rainforest, President Joe …
Business
Some states are seeking to restrict TikTok despite its use by governors
STOCK PHOTO Harrisburg, Pa. (AP) — POV: You’re on TikTok, and so is your governor — even as your Legislature considers banning the app from …
IRS claws back money given to businesses under fraud-ridden COVID-era tax credit program
New York (AP) — The IRS says it’s making progress with initiatives to claw back money improperly distributed under the Employee Retention Credit. The ERC …
States shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards
Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion. PHOTO COURTESY OF FACEBOOK St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — An appeals court ruling that weakened a key part of …
Technology
5 Tips for Balancing Family, Work and Education
StatePoint It’s an age-old conundrum. To advance professionally, often one must go back to school. However, earning a degree might seem like an insurmountable challenge …
Apple CEO to MIT grads: Tech without values is worthless
Apple CEO Tim Cook. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Science is worthless if it isn’t motivated by basic human values and the …
Education
St. Thomas University renames law school Benjamin L. Crump College of Law
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – St. Thomas University’s College of Law now bears the name of a prominent civil rights attorney. As part of Black History …
College halts diversity training to comply with DeSantis law
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – An optional training class on diversity for faculty at a central Florida public college has been canceled so administrators can ensure …
Deion Sanders: HBCUs a path to NFL for top players
Jackson State coach Deion Sanders says historically Black college football programs can be a path to the NFL for top recruits, but it is difficult …
Sports
Poised, confident, Mahomes has KC back in title game
Kansas City, Mo. (AP) – You could spend about a year describing the frantic two minutes that led to overtime between the Bills and Chiefs …
Miami rookies coming up big during Dolphins surge
Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP) – The current class of Miami Dolphins rookies all tend to hang out together. They often go to dinner together. When …
Dolphins head into season’s 2nd half with renewed belief
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – First, the bad news. The Miami Dolphins are 2-7. Only three teams in franchise history have had a worse record …
