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Colonel Lorna Mahlock will become the first Black female Brigadier General in the Marine Corps. PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACK AMERICA WEB By K. BARRETT BILALI …

Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to add …

Rev. Dr. Samuel B. McKinney, a friend of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. passed away at the age of 91. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE …

Jazz pianist, Cecil Taylor, has died at age 89 PHOTO COURTESY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES BLOGS STAFF REPORT NEW YORK (AP) – Cecil Taylor, the …

Yolanda Renee King, Martin Luther King Jr. Granddaughter ATLANTA – Martin Luther King Jr.’s granddaughter hosted an inspiring group of children who called on their …

F.D. Reese PHOTOS COURTESY OF ALABAMA STATE Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Funeral services to honor the life of civil rights icon Frederick D. Reese …

PHOTO COURTESY OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. Sixteen Democratic attorneys general pushed back Monday against a Texas lawsuit …

FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb PHOTO COURTESY OF UNDARK.ORG By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON – U.S. health officials on Monday placed new restrictions on …

Synthetic marijuana PHOTO COURTESY OF HEALTHTPS.INFO ALBANY, N.Y. – Officials in New York are warning hospital emergency rooms about a new form of synthetic marijuana …

HOWARD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS END SIT-IN PROTEST WASHINGTON (AP) – The occupation of a university administration building in Washington, D.C. by students making demands to school …