Miami Beach mayor says spring breakers not welcomed here
Miami Beach, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren’t interested in couples counseling. Officials recently …
BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control
A cargo ship goes through the Panama Canal’s Cocoli locks in Panama City. PHOTO COURTESY OF MILITARY.COM A Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell …
Their mosque burned down in LA-area wildfire, determined congregation seeks Ramadan
MASJID AL-TAQWA: The mosque, which began in the 1970s as a meeting place for Nation of Islam members, evolved into a mainstream, multicultural Muslim community …
Roberta Flack, 88, ‘Killing Me Softly’ singer with intimate style, five Grammy wins, dies
ROBERTA FLACK: Classically trained pianist so gifted she received a full scholarship at age 15 to historically Black Howard University, she later wrote that "her …
Jerry ‘Ice Man’ Butler, ‘Strong Survive’ singer, passes at 85
New York (AP) – Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as "For Your …
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s fiery freedom fighter, first president
SAM NUJOMA: Leader of Namibian independence from apartheid South Africa dies at 95. "We started the armed struggle with only two sub-machine guns and two …
Without congressional action, Musk’s DOGE is mostly just a distraction
Whenever the insanely high level of federal government spending comes up – which is every time federal government spending comes up -– federal government spenders …
Promise finally fulfilled for Black neighborhoods in Mich.
HAMTRAMCK HOMES: Extraordinary legal settlement required the city to build 200 homes for the victims of discrimination or their families. PHOTO COURTESY OF REALTOR.COM Hamtramck, …
Decorated pilot Harry Stewart, Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
RETIRED LT. COL. HARRY STEWART JR.: “It was just the ballet in the sky and a feeling of belonging to something that was really big," …
Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA.ORG Montgomery, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state …