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
Doctors’ unease puts medical marijuana patients in a bind
By KYLE POTTER ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Patients hoping to access medical marijuana may struggle to register for the medicine as doctors and hospitals …
Northern Ireland leader blames heart attack on bad lifestyle
NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) _ Northern Ireland’s leader says he suffered a heart attack this week because he lives on junk food, gets too little …
Business
SantaCon kicks off with hopes of less naughtiness
NEW YORK — The annual costumed pub crawl featuring a horde of inebriated Santas on the streets of Manhattan got underway Saturday with a lesson on …
Courthouse monument repair effort gets large donation
CHARLESTON, Ill. — An effort to repair two war monuments at the Coles County Courthouse has been aided by a large anonymous donation. The (Mattoon) Journal-Gazette …
Business booming for berry growers
By IAN FOLEY KENAI, Alaska (AP) _ Alaska Berries, which started out as a hobby for Brian Olson and his wife Laurie Olson, has expanded …
Education
Bryant vetoes bill he calls weak on ditching Common Core
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on Thursday vetoed a bill that some lawmakers said would move Mississippi away …
14 students receive international travel scholarship at USD
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) _ Fourteen students at the University of South Dakota are the first to receive scholarships to study abroad through a new international …
How to Get an A-Plus in Student Identity Theft Prevention
(NewsUSA) – There are many things parents teach their kids before sending them off to college. Protecting their personal information and being aware of identity …