Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Ben Finley | The Associated Press FRANKTOWN, Va. (AP) — Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup helped invent rock ‘n’ roll. His 1946 song “That’s All Right,” an easygoing shrug to a lover, would become the first single Elvis Presley ever released. Rod Ste...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Lisa Thibodeau | Solving Sacramento Channel 24 is a planned 2,150-person capacity venue, projected to open in early 2025 in Sacramento. (Digital rendering courtesy Another Planet Entertainment) Sacramento is gaining a new live music venue c...
6 months ago
Originally published in Word In Black by Joseph Williams and Liz Courquet-Lesaulnier Back when he played, baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson was a great hitter in pressure situations. He was especially clutch in the World Series, so much that...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
Poland’s renunciation of war reparations in 1953 has no validity, Interia argues: “It was forced by the Soviet authorities, and Poland was not a sovereign state at that time. Moreover, the renunciation was supposed to be a gesture of friends...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
By Kelsi JonesAfro Intern Baltimore, Maryland — The Big3 basketball series made its way to Baltimore June 29 at the CFG Bank Arena. The 3-on-3 basketball league was created by renowned rapper, songwriter, actor and film producer Ice Cube, and has evo...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
A Bay of Plenty man who exploited multiple migrants and attempted to pervert the course of justice has been sentenced to 12 months home detention and ordered to pay his victims $80,000 in reparations. Jafar Kurisi, 60, was charged in late 2020 after...
6 months ago
(CNN) —& A left-wing alliance& has won the most seats in the French parliament after tactical voting in Sunday’s& second round election& thwarted Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, but France will be left in political limbo after no pa...
6 months ago
(CNN) —& Lewis Hamilton& won his home race at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, battling to a thrilling, record-extending victory as the lead changed hands several times on a rain-slicked track at Silverstone. The seven-time world champio...
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(CNN) —& Angel Reese& had a dominant performance on Friday, extending her WNBA single-season record streak for double doubles to 12 and matching the all-time record, in a big 88-84 road win for the Chicago Sky over the Seattle Storm. Fres...
Lifestyle / Parenting/ Health - 6 months ago
(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images) “Every time you put on one of his songs, it reminds you of fun-filled family reunion where you see your all your aunts and uncles two step to the smooth grooves.” That’s how some people describ...
Lifestyle / Latest Current Topics - 6 months ago
NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace hosted his 2nd annual Bubba’s Block Party at Douglass Park (Photos by Tacuma Roeback). In 2021, Bubba Wallace made history as the first African-American driver to win a NASCAR Cup Series race in over 50 years, follow...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman July 7, 2024 The African American Redress Network consists of lawyers, historians, and experts dedicated to racial justice. As conversations su...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: In 2020, California’s legislature did something no state has ever done. It created a task force to look at the legacy of slavery in the U.S. and at the history of racism in California and how those histories have harmed th...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Mark Haynes | OBSERVER Correspondent There was a lot of excitement in Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center on the opening night of the California Classic — not because of what happened on the court, but in the front office. Sacramento Kings fans were...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 6 months ago
By Mark Haynes | OBSERVER Correspondent There was a lot of excitement in Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center on the opening night of the California Classic — not because of what happened on the court, but in the front office. Sacramento Kings fans were...
