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
Stay indoors during US heat wave
High temperatures STOCK PHOTO Farmington Hills, Mich. (AP) — It’s hot and getting hotter for workers and everyone else outdoors as the first significant heat …
Florida Sen. Rick Scott will vote against recreational pot after brother’s death
Florida Sen. Rick Scott PHOTO COURTESY OF RICKSCOTT.SENATE.GOV West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP) — Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida says he’ll be voting in …
Business
Is Mar-a-Lago worth $1 billion? Trump’s valuations at the core of his fraud trial
Mar-a-Lago, the resort Trump bought, not built, in the Town of Palm Beach, Fla. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRITANNICA.COM FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) – How much …
Karikó, Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
STOCKHOLM (AP) Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 that were …
Biden administration expands funding for railway projects throughout U.S.
Amtrak train arrives at Union Station STOCK PHOTO WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration announced Monday that it has awarded more than $1.4 billion to projects …
Technology
Conway man turns old radios into modern treasures
By HILARY ANDREWS The Log Cabin Democrat CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – One Conway resident is transforming old AM/ FM radios and giving them uplifts with …
Spacewalking astronauts upgrade orbiting lab’s power grid
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – Astronauts took another spacewalk Friday to plug in new and better batteries outside the …
Education
How and why to keep kids on a schedule during school closures
(StatePoint) – School closures have forced families nationwide to readjust to the current reality. However, a sense of structure is important for children’s developmental growth. …
Broward schools to remain closed through May 1
PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWARDSCHOOLS.COM Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) Superintendent Robert W. Runcie announced today, District school campuses will remain closed through Friday, May 1, …
School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students
WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) – Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week with the arrival of six …
Sports
Unfamiliar rivals Florida, Virginia headed to Orange Bowl
The schools met in the College World Series in 2015, the Cavaliers ousting the Gators on the way to the national championship. They’ve played in …
Joke as playing captain turns into reality for Tiger
PHOTO COURTESY OF PGATOUR.COM Nassau, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods meant it as a joke. And it was accompanied by laughter. Woods was introduced as …
Rugby’s Springboks are exactly what Mandela envisioned
PHOTOS COURTESY OF @SPRINGBOKS / TWITTER SOMERSET WEST, South Africa (AP) Black and white, they sat together on the edge of the dusty township street …
