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July 25, 2024

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Census Bureau Report Finds Black Americans Represent Notable Share of Older Adults Living in Poverty

The United States Census Bureau has recently released a new report analyzing the demographic differences of older Americans who were living in poverty in 2021. According to the report, the share of elder Black Americans over the age of 65 was signifi...

City Police Arrest Marchand Labourer For Illegal Gun Possession

A Marchand labourer was in City Police custody on Monday after an early morning arrest for possession of an illegal gun. The City Police were due to hand him over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). At about 4:30 am, City Police officers...

Ugandans get a taste of Mexico luxury for World Tequila Day

By Our Reporter Last week, Don Julio marked World Tequila Day with a two-phased celebration that began with an internal do at Uganda Breweries Ltd, and later at Silo 15 in Bugolobi, for Tequila enthusiasts and Kampala’s gregarious lot. The festiviti...

Maduro Declared Winner In Disputed Presidential Election

Partial results announced by the electoral council in Venezuela indicate that President Nicolás Maduro has won the presidential election. The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoros, said that with 80% of ballots counted, President...

Florida A&M University Appoints Two African American Scholars to Dean Positions

Shannon Smith has been appointed dean of the School of Nursing at Florida A&M University. Dr. Smith comes to her new role from Claflin University in South Carolina, where she has served as associate dean of nursing for the past eight years. In th...

Lower Hill developers get land for music venue — but not yet for parking garage

Hill Community Development Corporation President and CEO Marimba Milliones, center, speaks to reporters after the July 25, 2024 meeting of the Urban Redevelopment Authority board meeting. (Photo by Eric Jankiewicz/PublicSource) The Pittsburgh Penguin...

Kamala Harris’s run for president is getting ugly, but Republican misogyny may backfire this time

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to board Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on July 24, 2024, escorted by a U.S. Air Force official.& (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) by Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University United Sta...

Oprah Winfrey & Gayle King address speculation about their sexuality

Photo: Getty Images Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King are opening up about their decades-long relationship. During an appearance on “Moments That Make Us” with Melinda French Gates, Winfrey and King, who’ve been close for decades after...

Kamala Harris: The Poll Numbers Are In

The following article, Kamala Harris: The Poll Numbers Are In, was first published on The Black Sphere. Forget how Kamala Harris does against Donald Trump. Because her first hurdle is how she does inside her own party. Remember that Kamala Harris wou...