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
Searing anthem on racism draws wide acclaim
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) – Best known for “Some Kind of Wonderful,” the feel-good hit he penned more than 50 years ago that put Grand Funk …
Trump’s payroll tax plan is bad policy — and even worse politics
WASHINGTON – In a desperate attempt to boost his flailing reelection campaign, Donald Trump signed a flurry of (potentially unconstitutional) executive actions over the weekend …
Business
Blue Cross raises rate hike sought on Affordable Care plans
By EMERY P. DALESIO and EMILY MASTERS RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ North Carolina’s largest health insurer says higher-than-anticipated costs after two years of selling federally …
Abercrombie & Fitch promises to stop on-call shifts in NY
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The retailer Abercrombie & Fitch plans to discontinue on-call shifts in New York this year, dropping a requirement …
Oreo-maker latest ‘Big Food’ company targeted for shakeup
By CANDICE CHOI and MICHELLE CHAPMAN NEW YORK (AP) _ The maker of Oreo cookies may again be the target for a shake-up as “Big …
Technology
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEINHAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have quietly linked thousands of computers into a hidden network that stretches miles across …
Microsoft to show off more Windows 10 features
By BRANDON BAILEYREDMOND, Washington — Microsoft will use an event Wednesday to offer a wider glimpse of the next version of Windows. The company is planning …
Education
Eastern Illinois U union skips pay raise to save 29 jobs
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) _ Eastern Illinois University President David Glassman says the members of a union that represents faculty and others on campus have agreed …
Boy Scouts come to East Lansing for honor society conference
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) _ Michigan State University’s campus is hosting 15,000 Boy Scouts and adult leaders as part of the 100th anniversary conference for …
School of rock: Plans set for pop music college in Woodstock
WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) _ One of the organizers of the original Woodstock concert is behind a venture to establish a pop music college in the …
Sports
LaMarcus Aldridge chooses the San Antonio Spurs
By TIM REYNOLDS and JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Basketball Writers LaMarcus Aldridge got the answers he needed from the San Antonio Spurs. And the Spurs apparently …
Steelers interested in hosting 2023 Super Bowl
PITTSBURGH (AP) _ The Pittsburgh Steelers are hoping to turn the 2023 Super Bowl into a home game. The franchise submitted an application at the …
Texans release rookie Ivory after burglary charges
HOUSTON (AP) _ The Houston Texans have released defensive lineman Brandon Ivory a day after he was charged in a residential burglary in Tuscaloosa. The …
