Disasters pound North America in 2017; overall down globally
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) – North America couldn’t catch a break in 2017. Parts of the …
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Duo goes viral with photos of black girls’ natural hair
Their hair: Keeping it real. PHOTO COURTESY OF BAROQUE-PORTRAITS Associated Press ATLANTA – The kinks. The waves. The twists. The blooming afro. Atlanta photography duo …
Online game to players: Stop touching black people’s hair
At hairnah.com: Can’t touch this. PHOTO COURTESY OF HAIRNAH.COM WASHINGTON (AP) – Art director Momo Pixel moved to Portland, Oregon in 2016, and confronted a …
Urban killings cluster while cities grow safer
More concentrated violence, researchers say, can become easy for most people to ignore, can intensify the problem, and can create a sense of “Let’s wall …
Analysis: GOPs tea party promises dashed in tax cut embrace
GOP celebrating budget victory. PHOTO COURTESY OF WH.GOV By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – The tea party class of 2010 vowed to usher …
Black journalists celebrate CBS News VP Godwin, NBC’s Miley
Kimberly Godwin and Yvette Miley: Top media executives have South Florida roots. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CBS.COM AND NABJ.COM Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National …
NFL protests named top national sports story of 2017
Washington Redskins national anthem kneeling PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer DENVER (AP) – President Donald Trump couldn’t stand NFL …
Week In Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF TIMES UNION COLLEGE STUDENTS COME UP WITH PLUG-IN TO COMBAT FAKE NEWS NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) – A team of college students …
Pope’s Christmas message laments Trump-based tension
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA VATICAN CITY (AP) – Lamenting “the winds of war” blowing around the world, Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message called …
New leader of South Africa’s ANC Party has daunting task
Cyril Ramaphosa, is the new leader of the African National Congress in South Africa. PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION By KRISTA MAHR Associated Press …