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One Man Dead, Five In Custody After Police-Involved Shooting

About 2:00 a.m. officers attached to the Anse La Raye Police Station responded to information regarding a suspected Robbery in the village. Officers pursued a motorcar, having confirmed the particulars of the suspects and their getaway vehicle. In an...

THE GOP MOB MENTALITY

Donald J. Trump transformed the governance mentality of the GOP into a MOB mentality. Th us, the GOP’s Project 2025 Platform is proof positive, because it gives institutional political cover to malnutrition of the brain Trumpsters who desire White Pr...

BOB BEAMON BEAT THE ODDS

By:Andrew Lawrence Lot number 11 in Christie’s “Exceptional Sale” earlier this year lived up to its billing. Th is was the holy grail for the well-heeled sports fan or history buff – Olympic glory in the palm of your hand. In an auction that included...

WHY PROJECT 2025 POSES A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY

By Sharon C. Jenkins In the intricate landscape of American politics, new initiatives frequently emerge, each promising to reshape the future. One such initiative, Project 2025, has recently sparked significant concern among political analysts, schol...

Congressman Kweisi Mfume Statement on the Passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee

BALTIMORE – Today, Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07) issued the following statement regarding the passing of Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18). “I am very much saddened by the loss of Sheila Jackson Lee, a friend and colleague of 30 ye...

Kamala Harris: Tragic Call to Assure Donors

The following article, Kamala Harris: Tragic Call to Assure Donors, was first published on The Black Sphere. Holy Mother of Mayhem, I would hate to be a Democrat. If Biden goes and Harris assumes the throne, talk about out of the frying pan and into...

audaCITY Tours’ ‘Family Reunion’ show brings together Pittsburgh’s creatives

CRYSTAL WAMALWA, FOUNDER AND CEO OF AUDACITY TOURS. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO) & Pittsburgh has no shortage of creative talent. Crystal Wamalwa, who is originally from Baltimore, found that out when she threw an event spotlighting talent in Pittsbu...

81-year-old legendary fashion model Bethann Hardison shares her 10 tips for aging gracefully

Photo Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images BOTWC She hasn’t missed a beat! Bethann Hardison is a pioneering& & fashion model& who broke barriers in the 1960s as one of few Black runway& models& to reach the highest heights of the...

Saint Lucia To Host OECS Boxing Championships

By Robertson Henry Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Guyana, Martinique, Sint Marteen, Trinidad and Tobago, and host nation Saint Lucia are the countries confirmed to compete at the 2024 Organisation of Eastern Caribbea...

Ordinary White South Africans and apartheid – bound to a racist system they helped prop up

A 1982 Afrikaner cultural festival in Pretoria.& Paul Weinberg/Wits University Press by Neil Roos, University of Fort Hare In South Africa, apartheid was a divisive political system entrenched by a White minority who regarded other ethnic groups...

Shapiro administration awards more than $1 million to expand adult literacy programs across the Commonwealth

DR. KHALID N. MUMIN Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Thursday awarded more than $1 million to five school entities to train and support volunteer adult literacy education instructors, or tutors, who instruct students in...

Over 12,000 Rounds Of Ammunition Seized From April To June

The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) seized 12 319 rounds of ammunition and twenty-one illegal firearms between April and June 2024. The RSLPF official Facebook page described the seizures as ‘impressive.’ In April, officers recover...

Birmingham Mayor Names Accounting Veteran as Chief Financial Officer

City of Birmingham Diana L. Bolden Mayor Randall L. Woodfin has named Diana L. Bolden, a 26-year accounting professional, as Chief Financial Officer in the City of Birmingham’s Department of Finance. Bolden, who has served the city for a decade, mov...

UAB Offers Tips to Shop on a Budget When Going Back to School This Fall

By Adam Pope | UAB News Back-to-school season is right around the corner, and it is a time when many parents are left scrambling to buy classroom supplies and an updated wardrobe for a growing kid along with paying registration and sports fees....

Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74

U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has died.She was 74.Jackson Lee, who has represented Texas’ 18th Congressional District for nearly three decades, revealed her battle with pancreatic cancer in June.The Queens, New York native and daughter of a c...