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Anderson and the Memphis Tigers roll past Troy

On a beautiful day for football, the University of Memphis hosted the Troy Trojans. Memphis honored the 1993 football team, which featured Danton Barto and NFL Hall of Famer Isaac Bruce. The Tigers continued to improve and defeated the Trojans 38-17...

CPR: Under Mayor Eric Adams Stop-And-Frisk “Abuses Are At…Highest Rate In Almost Ten Years”

The Independent Federal Monitor of the New York City Police Department released a report finding that the NYPD has failed to comply with court-ordered mandates to end its unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices. In response to this report, Communit...

Commissioners consider $15 million emergency funding for 201 Poplar

Shelby County Commission members were presented with a $15.5 million list of repairs to the aging Shelby County Jail during the Wednesday, September 4, Budget and Finance Committee meeting. The amendment seeks to draw from ARPA funding allotted for t...

FBI Raids Homes Of Mayor Adams’ Top Aides As Legal Problems Mount For Administration

By Gothamist News Photos: YouTube ScreenshotsFederal agents raided the homes of three top aides of Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday, according to an administration official familiar with the matter.The FBI searched the Manhattan home of the first deputy m...

Drama Swirls around Tiger Basketball as Hardaway blows up coaching staff

“As The World Turns” was once a great soap opera. The University of Memphis Basketball program may have surpassed that level of drama over the last few years. In a statement released earlier this week by the university, head coach Penny H...

María Magdalena Campos-Pons: “Procession Of Angels For Radical Love And Unity” Takes Place From September 7 To September 20

Procession of Angels for Radical Love and Unity is a collaborative initiative that brings together a multigenerational procession of people throughout New York City to envision how communities can gather as a collective force with a common purpose i...

THE ‘BEST’ IS BACK! Best In Black Awards Nominations now open!

“Whoops of joy, straight forward expressions of appreciation and tears associated with precious memories meshed with myriad other sights and sounds at the 2020 Best In Black Awards presented at the new Central Station Hotel Thursday Night.” That litt...

GloRilla seizes 901 Day as Memphis Celebrates with Food, Fun, and Culture

This past Sunday, Memphis came alive in celebration of 901 Day, the unofficial holiday that honors all things Memphis. From energetic dance performances to mouth-watering food festivals, the city was buzzing with excitement, showcasing its creativity...

NDG Book Review: ‘The Fallen Fruit’ is a feast for fiction fans

By Terri Schlichenmeyer You’re lucky you didn’t hit your head! The damage you did to yourself was bad enough, you didn’t need a head wound to lay you low, too. You haven’t skinned your knees like that since you were ten years old. Your elbow still hu...

Comedy Central’s highly anticipated adult animated series ‘Everybody Still Hates Chris’ to premiere Sept. 25

(Black PR Wire) New York, NY – Comedy Central today announced the premiere date of its highly anticipated adult animated series, Everybody Still Hates Chris. The reimagined series starring and executive produced by Chris Rock premieres Wednesday, Sep...

Film Review: ‘Blink Twice’ has great visuals, not such a great storyline

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic (**1/2) She sold her soul to the devil. Now she wants it back. It was too good to be true. Frida (Naomi Ackie), a clumsy cocktail waitress at a classy fundraiser for rich folks eyes the main attraction. It’s tech bill...

Americans face post-pandemic Medicaid disenrollment and new coverage gaps

By Lori Lee NDG Contributing Writer During the pandemic, 83 million Americans were protected by Medicaid, preserved by a freeze on redetermination checks. This was so no one would lose coverage during the national emergency, explained Katherine Hamps...

Unearthed letters and research notes expose journalist’s role in distorting Emmett Till’s story

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent Newly unearthed research notes and letters from William Bradford Huie, the journalist whose reporting on the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till helped shape the public’s understanding of the crime, revea...

Finding love: Study reveals where love lives in the brain

(Newswise) — We use the word ‘love’ in a bewildering range of contexts — from sexual adoration to parental love or the love of nature. Now, more comprehensive imaging of the brain may shed light on why we use the same word for such a diverse collecti...

Vanessa Wyche

The Frontiers of Flight Museum, Texas’ premier air, flight and space museum, announced its “Women Take Flight: Fashion to Fission,” luncheon keynote speaker, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center who leads the Space Center’s role in...