Author: The Carolinian

NEW YORK-Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe gave American tennis a night to remember at the U.S. Open, meeting in a historic all-American semifinal that showcased two friends, two generations of African American tennis and a rivalry that has helped define the sport's next chapter. Shelton emerged from the Arthur Ashe Stadium showdown with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 7-5 victory Friday, earning his first Grand Slam final appearance. The match was

NC NEWSLINE - One month before early in-person voting begins in North Carolina, civil rights leader and Repairers of the Breach President Bishop William Barber said voters should not fall victim to the confusion surrounding voting in the midterms. The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to approve the president's executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of the midterm elections, directing the postal service to refuse to deliver mail

[caption id="attachment_19935" align="alignnone" width="780"] Striking aerial drone photo of a massive data center's cooling infrastructure. Highlights the immense scale, water usage, and energy consumption required for hyperscale computing.[/caption] LOS ANGELES (AP) - New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could escape human control and ultimately threaten humanity's survival, and whether the companies developing the technology are doing enough to prevent

CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Charlotte became a meeting place for African, American and diaspora business leaders last week as the Global Africa Summit brought together investors, entrepreneurs, government officials and economic development leaders focused on expanding trade and investment between Africa and the global diaspora. The three-day summit, held Sept. 8-10 at The Westin Charlotte, was organized by the Africa Investment Network in partnership with Black Wall Street Charlotte, the Global Africa

CAROLINA PUBLIC PRESS - North Carolina's 100 sheriffs have wide-ranging jobs. As part of their vow to maintain law and order, they oversee county detention facilities, investigate crimes, patrol the community, enforce traffic laws and serve court documents. But once sheriffs get elected, voters rarely remove them from office. Often, they face no serious competition. In North Carolina, primary elections decide most contests. This year, nearly a third of counties

RALEIGH, N.C. - Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt received the inaugural Vanguard Award for Public Leadership and Service during the first anniversary celebration of Women Executives Circle at the North Carolina Executive Mansion. Hunt also accepted an honor on behalf of Gov. Josh Stein as four North Carolina municipalities proclaimed Sept. 3 as Women Executives Circle Day. Women Executives Circle, or WEC, is a statewide network of senior women leaders founded

HOUSTON DEFENDER - A new report from Word In Black's Insights & Research Division reveals that Black Americans recognize the link between food and health but encounter economic and structural challenges impacting their dietary choices. Black Americans are intensely aware of the connection between food and health but face economic and structural barriers that limit what they can actually put on the table, according to a new report from Word

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A television game show in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a U.S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents' mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away in Zimbabwe, learning a language her parents feared she would never

  Victoria Bekiempis The Guardian A US appellate court has decided that the federal constitution does not guarantee a right to clean water. That legal opinion came in the form of a decision on Friday from the fifth circuit court of appeals to uphold a lower court's dismissal of a 2022 lawsuit from several Jackson, Mississippi, residents claiming that tainted drinking water violated their constitutional rights. Those residents of Mississippi's

RALEIGH, NC-North Carolina public school students marked another year of noteworthy academic progress in 2025-26, achieving a record-high graduation rate and improving performance on most standardized tests, according to data presented Wednesday to the State Board of Education. The four-year cohort graduation rate rose to 88.8% in 2025-26, up from a record 87.8% in the previous year, thereby marking a new historic high. This graduation rate moves North Carolina's public