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Delta Air Lines: cancellations and delays could persist through the weekend

MIAMI — Friday afternoon, Delta Air Lines admits cancellations due to an outage related to Microsoft information technology systems could last through the weekend. Delta acknowledged more than 1,200 Delta mainline and Delta Connection flights were ca...

A faulty software update causes havoc worldwide for airlines, hospitals and governments

NEW YORK (AP) — A faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, grounding flights, knocking down some financial companies and news outlets, and disrupting hospitals, small businesses and government offices. The breadth of...

Tech glitch strands Black travelers, disrupts medical and emergency services

By Tierra Stone and Lizzie SuberAFRO Internstierrastone@afro.comlizziesuber@afro.comBanks, emergency service operations, airports and more were impacted July 19, after cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike released a faulty update to Microsoft Windows syste...

Justice40 DOE Architect Shalanda Baker Set to Speak at RECESS24

The RECESS24: National Black and Brown Clean Energy Conference is pleased to announce that Shalanda H. Baker, a distinguished expert in energy justice and equity, will be a featured speaker at this year’s event. Baker recently served as the Senate-co...

Annual Cricket MEAC-SWAC Challenge is back in Atlanta

College football season is just around the corner. “The smell of football is in the air”, Cricket MEAC-SWAC Challenge Executive Director John Grant said. To kick the season off Atlanta will once again be the host city for the 7th consecutive year. T...

House Dems continue to warn of the dangers of Project 2025

By Ashlee BanksSpecial to the AFROCongressional Democrats warn that if former President Donald Trump is reelected, he will enact the 2025 Presidential Transition Project, also known as Project 2025.Republican presidential candidate and former preside...

Engendering climate resilient societies for sustainable development

By Wayne CampbellWayne Campbell is an educator and social commentator with an interest in development policies as they affect culture and or gender issues. Photo: Courtesy photoHurricane Beryl has gone but we are left to pick up the pieces. Those Ca...

Common’s Renaissance: A New Album and Upcoming Millennium Park Show

With over 30 years in Hip-hop, Common’s illustrious career continues to shine. The release of “The Auditorium Vol. 1” with Pete Rock, his performance with the Grant Park Orchestra, and his role in the Apple TV show “Silo” mark a season of gratitude a...

Maryland leaders celebrate graduation of first cohort of Gov. Moore’s service year program

By Tashi McQueen AFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.comGov. Wes Moore (D) and Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) spoke at the commencement for the first cohort of the Maryland Corps Service Year Option, the fulfillment of a promise made by Moore during his c...

Appeals court won’t hear arguments on Fani Willis’ role in Georgia Trump case until after election

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has set a December hearing for arguments on the appeal of a lower court ruling allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against fo...

Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Unjustly Punished After 1944 Explosion

Photo: Getty Images The Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly punished following a deadly California port explosion in 1944. On Wednesday (July 17), the Navy announced the exonerations exactly 80 years after an explosion at Port C...

Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false claims in RNC acceptance speech

(CNN) —& Former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday with the most dishonest speech of the four-day Republican National Convention, making more than 20 false claims by CNN’s count. Many of the fal...

What is CrowdStrike, the company linked to the global outage?

(CNN) —& The& global& computer outage& affecting airports, banks and other businesses on Friday appears to stem at least partly from a software update issued by major US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, experts told CNN. CrowdStrik...

Biden proposes a rule to help outdoor workers battle extreme heat

Aleisha RobinsonAFRO Internarobinson@afro.com Across the country Americans from all walks of life are lamenting the hot temperatures. Nearly every industry has been impacted by the heat in some way, but no group has been hit with the scorching sun ra...

Climate change: What Maryland leaders are doing about it

By Tashi McQueen AFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.comAs weather patterns drastically shift and rising sea levels threaten whole communities and cities, climate change policies are becoming more crucial throughout America.Maryland legislators and le...