Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
By A. Bruce Crawley Following that recognition, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) announced a goal in 1970 to increase the enrollment of Black medical students in its schools to 12%. However, over the past 50 years, that enrollment goal has not been met, and as of 2019 the percent...
by Toter - 8 months ago
Tim Anderson and his wife Bria Anderson recently welcomed their third child-a baby boy! Fans caught a glimpse of Bria and kids, including the newest addition, cheering Tim on from the stands during the home opener for the Miami Marlins on March 28th. In an Instagram Live session, Bria shared the ne...
by Toter - 8 months ago
Immigrants, refugees, allies march against anti-immigrant legislation, for democracy. NASHVILLE— More than 500 immigrants, refugees, and their allies took to the streets today in protest of recently passed anti-immigrant legislation HB2124/SB2576 and the current climate of fear and discriminatio...
News / Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs - 8 months ago
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man found guilty but mentally ill in the killing of an Indianapolis police officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting his then-girlfriend but to time served for killing the officer.Elliahs Dorsey, 31, of Indianapolis, was found guilty but mentally ill of reck...
by Toter - 8 months ago
On Friday, Saint Lucia’s sprint sensation Julien Alfred triumphantly returned home to a grand welcome where she was hailed as a legend. Alfred’s arrival at the Hewanorra International Airport was her first trip home after winning the world indoor 60-metre championship in Scotland last mo...
Entertainment / Music - 8 months ago
The owner of Valencia Street art gallery Rossi and Mediterranean restaurant Yasmin has declared a hunger strike to protest the center-running bike lane on that corridor, and his graffiti declaration is quite a mouthful. Valencia Street small business owners have been bellyaching about that street’s...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 8 months ago
Tonight, an NCAA National Mens Basketball champion will be crowned. The champion will definitely be either Purdue or UConn. It will definitely NOT be the Memphis Tigers — much to everyone’s disappointment. A season that started with sizzle (an early season 10-game win streak) eventually faded...
Entertainment / Music - 8 months ago
Puerto Rican rapper Tempo (real name David Sánchez Badillo) is a free man, according to a spokesperson for the wordsmith. After a 22-year stint of incarceration and parole, the hip-hop, reggaetón and trap artist “returns to full freedom,” stated a press release shared with Billboard on Friday...
Entertainment / Music - 8 months ago
Cop Your XXL Merch Now YNW Melly has been moved to a different jail for the first time in five years. YNW Melly Relocated Ahead of Retrial The rapper has been behind bars since February of 2019 after he was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection to the 2018 killings of his friends C...
Entertainment / Music - 8 months ago
For fans of quality hip hop, “Highs Never Last” by T-Bruin really comes through with transparent and thought provoking music. Entailed with seven tracks, T-Bruin heart, pen, and talent is on full display painting a picture of trails he encountered in life through audio From an empowering intro to...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 8 months ago
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The city of Columbia is tackling an important issue that some say may not be getting the attention it deserves. The city is partnering with the Black Maternal Health Collective to host a health fair on Saturday, April 6. Called the “Mom’s Market” by organizers, the fa...
by Toter - 8 months ago
On April 5, the Community Relations Branch of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force in collaboration with the Gros-Islet Minibus Association, acknowledged the services of Mr. Paul Hyacinth, affectionately known as “Tracker”, a minibus operator for the Gros-Islet to Castries route. Mr. Hyacinth has dili...
by Toter - 8 months ago
New York (CNN) — A 4.8 magnitude earthquake rattled buildings across parts of the Northeast Friday morning, according to the US Geological Survey, with tremors felt from Washington, DC to New York City to Maine.It was the third largest earthquake recorded in the area in the last five decades and the...
Entertainment / Music - 8 months ago
Before Ponorak “Pon” Nuth started dancing, all he knew how to do was a handstand. He was 12 years old when his older sister brought him to a kids’ camp run by Royal Impact, a dance team at Lynnwood High School where she served as captain. On the floor of the school gym, he tried his hand at bre...
Lifestyle / Hot Topics Talk - 8 months ago
The legal fate of four Memphis Police Department officers accused of killing Tyre Nichols will decided by Memphians, after motions to relocate the upcoming trial of were denied by a federal judge on Thursday, April 4. U.S. Federal Judge Mark Norris rejected defense counsel arguments that abundant me...
