Author: The Carolinian

NEW YORK (AP) - Immanuel Wilkins was riding the Amtrak from New York to Philadelphia when he got a call from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. But he said he had to wait to deboard the train to find out if it was life-changing news or not. The Brooklyn-based saxophonist, bandleader and composer hesitated to believe they were calling to say he was part of their prestigious

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan bill on Monday that would regulate college sports, an attempt to end "chaos" in an industry that has been upended by skyrocketing athlete payments and near-unrestricted transfers between schools. The overwhelming 77-22 vote to pass the legislation is the strongest effort yet by Congress to set national regulations governing payments to college athletes for their name, image and likeness and how

Star Meat Delivery Inc., located in Lucama, N.C., is recalling approximately 167,639 pounds of raw pork, beef, and goat products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, bearing labels with a false USDA mark of inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. As more information becomes available, FSIS may update the product list and labels with additional items. Any product bearing

By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer The Perilous Fight paints a vivid picture of Colin Kaepernick's rise to notoriety in American culture. The painting would appear to be American Gothic meets Strange Fruit, but on a field of perfectly manicured game-day grass from the very first page. Colin Kaepernick wastes no energy on pleasantries or political correctness; he delivers facts, dates, names, and hard-earned truths with surgical precision just like his

HONG KONG (AP) - The United States and China on Monday released reciprocal lists of nonsensitive products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to help bolster bilateral trade. The details came days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington in his first state visit to the U.S. since 2015.

WUNC - Rocky Mount's water and sewer system could pass into private hands, under a proposal offered to the city council this week. American Water, based in Pennsylvania, will offer the city $174.6 million and retain all water and sewer employees. "From there, we would take ownership and responsibility for investing in those assets," said Brooks Crislip, Vice President of Business Development at American Water. He said the company has

ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA - North Carolina Wesleyan University is expanding its athletic offerings with the addition of NCAA Women's Flag Football, with the Battling Bishops set to begin competition in Spring 2028 as a member of the USA South Conference. Kenny Inge has been named the inaugural coach of the Women's Flag Football program. Wesleyan will begin recruiting student-athletes for the new program in Fall 2027, allowing the inaugural

WASHINGTON (AP) - A nonprofit run by Black federal lawmakers launched a multimillion-dollar effort Tuesday to engage lower-propensity voters in key districts in the midterm elections, following years of dissatisfaction over traditional efforts to reach such voters. The Congressional Black Caucus Institute's "SO VOTE" campaign will seek to register and mobilize young voters, as well as voters in majority-Black and rural communities, across the South, Midwest and West. The campaign

The topic of increasing civic engagement in the current political landscape was one of several topics discussed during a non-partisan forum, recently hosted by the Wake County chapters of Omega Phi Fraternity Incorporated, at the Omega Multipurpose Center, in Garner. The Omegas of Raleigh co-hosted the forum representing the fraternity's Sixth District Political Action, Voter, Registration, Education & Mobilization (VREM), and NAACP's committees. The fraternity's Sixth District consists of chapters

INSIDE HIGHER ED - oncerns about enrollment plague college leaders across the country, who fear what will happen to their institutions as fewer 18-year-olds graduate from high school and fading faith in higher education deters others. But even as many predominantly white, regional and private colleges struggle to fill seats, some historically Black colleges and universities are seeing heightened-in some cases record-interest, applications and enrollment. As one expert put it,