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
Scott will retain lawsuit against feds
By KELLI KENNEDY FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott is withdrawing his injunction against the Obama administration over federal health money, but there’s no …
‘Doctor, we have an emergency’
“Doctor Bland, we have an emergency!” Words I hear all too often. I drop what I am doing and proceed to the treatment area. As …
Business
Yelp and Nokia are big market movers
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Yelp …
GM Canada to cut assembly workforce by 1,000 jobs this year
OSHAWA, Ontario (AP) _ General Motors Canada says it will cut about 1,000 positions from its Oshawa manufacturing operations this year. GM Canada said Thursday …
Partners HealthCare notifies 3,300 patients of email breach
BOSTON (AP) _ Boston-based nonprofit health care system Partners HealthCare is notifying about 3,300 patients about a security breach. Partners says in November it learned …
Education
Black professor regrets comments critical of white students
By PHILIP MARCELO BOSTON (AP) _ An incoming Boston University professor who called “white college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the …
Syracuse U. fraternity suspended during investigation
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) _ A Syracuse University fraternity has been ordered to suspend activities while authorities investigate an alleged assault. According to court records, 22-year-old …
GlaxoSmithKline, UNC form company aiming to find AIDS cure
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) _ GlaxoSmithKline and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are teaming up to form a company which will look …
Sports
Snubbed teen wows in tennis
When Georgia-based up-and-coming tennis star Taylor Townsend tried to play in the 2012 U.S. Open Junior tournament, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) tried to …
Sterling rejects pressure to sell team; NBA to decide Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling responded Tuesday to the NBA’s attempt to oust him, arguing that there is no basis …
Shane Battier voted as NBA’s top teammate
MIAMI (AP) — Shane Battier called it one of the biggest honors of his life. The Miami Heat forward was announced Saturday as the winner …