Author: The Carolinian

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince, who came to the United States from an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone and performed on some of the world's biggest stages, has died, her family said in a statement. She was 29. "Michaela touched so many lives across the world, including ours. She was an unforgettable inspiration to everyone who knew her or heard her story," her family said

By: Adria R Walker The Guardian President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris spoke on Saturday at the Congressional Black Caucus's Phoenix Awards dinner, bringing a message that its members were in a "battle for the soul of the nation". Biden highlighted his relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and Black voters. "In 2020, I ran for president to redeem the soul of America, to restore decency and dignity

NC Newsline-As early as next year, North Carolina's public high school athletes could get paid for sponsorship deals. The state Board of Education advanced proposed rules Thursday to allow students to profit from their name, image, and likeness. NIL deals have been common in college athletics for some time and increasingly, more states have allowed high school athletes to get in on the action. The State Board of Education initially

(AP) Watching climbing at the Paris Olympics makes it seem as if it's a sport that would be completely out of the question for a weekend athlete. The speed, strength and dexterity with which the competitors scale the walls appear impossible to match. Think again. Climbing might look terrifying on television, with and without ropes. Whether it's watching "Free Solo" or roped climbers making an ascent on one of the

By Dr. Charles Modlin,MD blackdoctor.org Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men and African American men have the highest rate of prostate cancer in the world, with incidence rates and mortality rates twice that of Caucasian men. "Why do African American men have a higher incidence of prostate cancer?" Some have proposed that it may be a function of genetic or hereditary factors. African American men have

NC NEWSLINE - When state regulators ordered a nonprofit run by the wife of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson to repay $132,000 in disallowed expenses from a federal child care meal program in July, it marked the largest repayment request demanded from a "sponsoring organization" in the past five years. The amount also exceeds the total disallowed expenses in each of those fiscal years, according to NC Newsline's analysis of DHHS

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - The new Methodist University Cape Fear Valley Health School of Medicine officially broke ground on a $60-plus-million facility - a significant milestone in changing the future of healthcare in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, and the entire Southeastern North Carolina region. In front of hundreds of key members of the community - that included political leaders, donors, partners, community organizations, doctors, nurses, and media - leadership from Methodist University,

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A longtime advocate for Republican K-12 education policies in the North Carolina House is resigning from his seat a few months before his term was to end. Rep. Jeffrey Elmore of Wilkes County, who joined the House in 2013, will step down effective Friday afternoon, according to his resignation letter read Monday on the House floor. Instead of seeking a seventh two-year House term, Elmore ran

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Senate took the first step in clearing the state's waitlist for private school vouchers Monday after passing a supplemental spending plan that also includes more Medicaid money, rural broadband access and requirements for sheriffs to assist federal immigration agents. The Senate reconvened after Republican chamber leaders announced last week that they reached a spending plan agreement that includes $463 million for the state's

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, the first Black woman to hold statewide office in Virginia's long history, has officially set her sights on the state's top political office. The Virginia Department of Elections on Wednesday accepted the necessary documents for Earle-Sears to run for governor next year, WRIC was first to report. Earle-Sears is the first Republican to officially enter the race for the party's nomination in