Category : News

Newly minted VP nominee Vance coming to Fort Wayne

GOP Vice Presidential nominee J.D. Vance is coming to Fort Wayne next week for a fundraiser, Allen County Republican Party Chairman Steve Shine confirmed Thursday. Details for the Wednesday event are still being worked out, but Third District Con...

Biden Refused to Meet with Democrat Leaders

The following article, Biden Refused to Meet with Democrat Leaders, was first published on The Black Sphere. Joe Biden has thrown down the gauntlet with the “elites” in his party. He even called them out by name on Morning Joe. Then it go...

Fielding Graduate University Honors Ronald Mason for Lifetime Achievements in HBCU Leadership

Ronald Mason, Jr., former president of three historically Black universities, has received the Maria Fielder Medal for Social Transformation from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. The annual award honors an individual’s...

Marion County becomes majority non-white

But non-white population increases aren’t the biggest factor in the new designation. Marion County, Indiana’s most populous county, became majority non-white between 2020 and 2023, according to recently released U.S. Census Bureau& data. T...

NBA agrees to terms on a record 11-year, $76 billion media rights deal, AP source says

By TIM RENOYLDS The NBA has agreed to terms on its new media deals, a record 11-year agreement worth $76 billion that would assure player salaries will continue rising for the foreseeable future and one that will surely change how some viewers ac...

What’s next for the proposed new Indiana high school diplomas that focus on workplace readiness

Hoosiers still have time to weigh in on the state’s proposals for new high school diploma requirements as the Indiana State Board of Education will likely vote on changes slightly later than expected. The diploma proposals by the state board of e...

Accurate Accusations

I lead 6 a.m. prayer call, and one of the scriptures Holy Spirit illuminated last week has ignited me. Though I’m sure I’ve heard and likely read the text before, it just hit different this time around. In my preacher voice, go with me to Acts 17:1-...

President Biden authorizes additional federal assistance to help individuals and families jumpstart recovery following Hurricane Beryl

(White House Press) – WASHINGTON – President Joseph R. Biden Jr. amended the Major Disaster Declaration for Texas on July 12, authorizing additional federal assistance to disaster survivors to help aid in their recovery from Hurricane Beryl – which...

Dallas Animal Services expands community cat program

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – Dallas Animal Services is partnering with the Texas Coalition for Animal Protection and Spay Neuter Network to expand the city of Dallas’ subsidized Community Cat Program.& Through the 311 system, the resid...

Home repair applications for homeowners open in August

(Special to The Dallas Examiner) – The Home Improvement and Preservation Major Systems Repair Program provides home repair assistance up to $24,000 in the form of a forgivable loan to eligible households for major systems repair. This can include th...

RSLPF Holds Commissioner’s Church Parade

On Sunday, July 14, 2024, the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) hosted a Commissioner’s Church Parade at the Sacred Heart Parish Catholic Church in Marchand, Castries. This parade was convened as part of the RSLPF’s community policin...

Fik Fameica and Ray G Confirmed for Rolex Festival 2024 Performance

By BigEyeUg Team Top singers Fik Fameica and Ray G have been confirmed to perform at the Rolex Festival 2024. The event will take place on Sunday, August 18, 2024, at Zoe Grounds in Lugogo. The festival will start at 9 AM and end at 8 PM....

Antigua Gov’t confident new LIAT will take to the skies in August

The Antigua and Barbuda government says it remains confident that the new regional airline, LIAT 2020 will begin commercial operations early next month. But the government says it is still awaiting a response from the Barbados-based Caribbean Develop...

Tuskegee Partners with UTHealth Houston for Accelerated Graduate Program in Biomedical Informatics

Tuskegee University, a historically Black institution in Alabama, has recently partnered with the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston (UTHealth Houston) to establish an accelerated pathway program for Tuskegee students to earn a mast...

Eight African Americans Selected for Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Jaynelle Hazard has been named director and chief curator of the Georgetown University Art Galleries. She previously served as executive director and chief curator of the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art in Reston, Virginia, and director of exhib...