Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 7 months ago
Photo: Getty Images An Oakland, California high school student has raked in over 100 college acceptances. According to NBC Bay Area, Helms Ategeka, a Head-Royce School student, garnered $5.3 million in scholarships from 122 colleges. “I feel really lucky that there are people out there, that...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 7 months ago
by& Laura Onyeneho Houston Defender Today’s Millennials face all kinds of financial woes. Still, this particular problem has people wondering if they’ll have to survive off ramen noodles like in their college days, that is the skyrocketing grocery prices. A U.S.& Bureau of Labor Statistics r...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 7 months ago
Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen wore a face mask to protect against smoke in the air during a Pirates-Padres game on June 29, 2023, in Pittsburgh. Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images by Charles O. Stanier, University of Iowa; Gregory Carmichael, University of Iowa, and Pe...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 7 months ago
Major stock indexes were hitting or nearing records in February 2024, as they were in early 2020 when this TV chyron appeared. AP Photo/Richard Drew The Dow Jones Industrial Average topped 40,000 for the first time on May 16, 2024. It spent the next few hours hovering around that mark, occasionally...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 7 months ago
“Cause me to HEAR Your LOVINGKINDNESS IN THE MORNING; for in YOU do I TRUST: cause me to know the WAY wherein I should WALK; for I lift my SOUL unto YOU.” – Psalms 143:8 REV. WALKER SAYS: Start everyday with the Lord, Thanking the Lord for a new day, be grateful and pray for direction. The pos...
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The unveiling of a statue honoring civil rights icon Daisy Bates at the National Statuary Hall garners bipartisan praise, commemorating her pivotal role in desegregating Arkansas public schools and advancing the civil rights movement. #DaisyBates #CivilRightsIcon #StatueUnveiling #NationalStatuaryHa...
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By Sneha Dey, The Texas TribuneMay 14, 2024 “Under scrutiny from legislators, Texas university leaders attest to how they’re complying with the state’s DEI ban” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages wit...
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The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in an incredible Game 6 to go to the Western Conference Finals. Kyrie Irving was overpowered by the team’s rise to this point in the playoffs despite their rivalry. This caused the 32-year-old to unexpectedly admit that, following the gam...
by Toter - 7 months ago
Tom Brady has developed and thrived in ways that are genuinely exceptional, going from a young man who was selected 199th overall in a draft to a seven-time Super Bowl champion. In addition, the quarterback’s perspective on the game has changed throughout time, which has improved him as a play...
by Toter - 7 months ago
In the NBA, talk about Anthony Edwards‘ explosive ascension this season has continued to happen off the court. As a result, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett recently focused their conversation on the 22-year-old. The latter went one step farther in the process, insisting that the league create an...
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Former Batman spotted sans a wedding band; rumors have claimed that he and Jennifer Lopez are “different pages”. Ben Affleck fuelled the circulating suspicions that he and Jennifer Lopez are headed for Splitsville on Friday by leaving his wedding band behind. Exclusive images of the 51-y...
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Chicago-Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church has unshackled itself from the burden of debt.Leaders of the 180-year-old Near South Side church, 2401 S. Wabash Ave., celebrated paying off the church’s $510,000 debt with a special mortgage burning ceremony earlier this month. Scores of membe...
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The Kansas City Star recently sparked controversy by recommending that Harrison Butker, the kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, be replaced in light of his graduating speech at Benedictine College that was based on religion. Butker implied in his speech that many of the female graduates were probably...
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NASHVILLE, TN – TN Tribune – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced today the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline for the Tennessee Promise scholarship program will be extended to Friday, May 31. The new deadline provides high school seniors and their famil...
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On Friday, May 17, Kansas City Currents co-owner Brittany Mahomes, who is also married to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, gave her Instagram fans a charming look inside the nursery of her 17-month-old son, Patrick “Bronze” Lavon III. With its exposed brick wallpaper and l...
