Author: The Carolinian

Application period now open for home repair forgivable loans Qualifying homeowners in Wake County can get up to $90,000 to address urgent repairs that threaten the safety and stability of their homes. The Major Repair Program is a pilot available to low-income homeowners, regardless of age, on a first-come, first-served basis. At least 15 homeowners will be able to benefit from $1.35 million allocated by the Wake County Board of

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - There was one major deciding factor in Cierra Gilliam's decision about where to go to college. When she toured the University of Alabama's flagship campus in Tuscaloosa, her guide took her to the Black Student Union office on the first floor of the student center. Gilliam said there were Black students there offering resources for trips to and from the airport, as well as hair salons

EXPECTATIONS: The Panthers have no grand illusions of being a Super Bowl contender following a 2-15 season in which they never held a lead for a single play in the fourth quarter. This season is all about the development of second-year quarterback Bryce Young, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft who struggled as a rookie going 2-14 as a starter with just 11 touchdown passes. He was

NEW YORK (AP) - It started a couple of years ago when Juliana Pache was doing a crossword puzzle and got stuck. She was unfamiliar with the reference that the clue made. It made her think about what a crossword puzzle would look like if the clues and answers included more of some subjects that she WAS familiar with, thanks to her own identity and interests - Black history and

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Commissioner Martin E. Moore of Buncombe County calls on state Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger, Jr. to recuse himself from cases involving his father, Senator Phil Berger, Sr. at a Thursday press conference. (Photo: Ahmed Jallow)[/caption] NC Newsline-Democrats are again calling for Justice Phil Berger Jr. to recuse himself from two high-profile cases involving his father, state Senate leader Phil Berger. Their calls follow a ruling

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1024"] (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen)[/caption] Sept 1 (Reuters) - California lawmakers passed just one part of a three-bill package addressing reparations for slavery and racism in the waning days of their state house session, amid reports the governor had raised concerns. Dozens of demonstrators arrived to support the measures proposed by Senator Steven Bradford late Saturday, the last day of the State Assembly session. The bills were moved

NEW YORK (AP) - Frances Tiafoe and Taylor Fritz set up an all-American semifinal at the U.S. Open with victories Tuesday, guaranteeing the United States a man in the title match at the country's Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 18 years. The 20th-seeded Tiafoe made it to the final four at Flushing Meadows for the second time in three years when his quarterfinal opponent, Grigor Dimitrov, stopped

ATLANTA, GA - More than 3,000 attendees gathered at The National Business League's 124th National Black Business Conference in Atlanta to hear a powerful keynote address by President Joseph Nyumah Boakai, the 26th President of the Republic of Liberia. This landmark event, co-hosted in partnership with the National Alliance for Black Business and its co-founders-the National Black Chamber of Commerce, The World Conference of Mayors, and their hundreds of Black-led

NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's West Indian American Day Parade kicked off Monday with thousands of revelers dancing and marching through Brooklyn in one of the world's largest celebrations of Caribbean culture. The annual Labor Day event, now in its 57th year, turns the borough's Eastern Parkway into a kaleidoscope of feather-covered costumes and colorful flags as participants make their way down the thoroughfare alongside floats stacked high

GRAYLING, Mich. - Clairene Jorella was furious. In the northern stretches of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, the Crawford County Board of Canvassers had just opened its meeting to certify the August primary when Jorella, 83 years old and one of two Democrats on the panel, laid into her Republican counterparts. Glaring, she said she was gobsmacked by the partisan opinions they'd recently aired publicly. "We are an impartial board," she told