N.C. A&T Ranks High Among U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Online Programs 2025”

  EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 29, 2025) - As online learning in higher education continues to grow at an exponential rate, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is among those leading the way with nine nationally recognized high-quality programs. Three of N.C. A&T's undergraduate programs and six of its graduate programs are included in U.S. News and World Report's 2025 Best Online Programs rankings, with two among the top

Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no evidence they played any role

[caption id="attachment_10563" align="alignnone" width="1440"] (AP PHOTO/ALEX BRANDON)[/caption] NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump wasted little time this week trying to assign blame for the nation's deadliest air disaster in more than two decades. Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity hiring initiative he suggested had undermined the agency's effectiveness. "But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest, the smartest, the sharpest. We want somebody that's psychologically superior," Trump said at

Black History Day 1: The Growth of Slavery in North Carolina

Orginal Source: NCPedia.org Colonial legacies Slavery has been part of North Carolina's history since its colonization by Europeans in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Many of the first enslaved people in North Carolina were brought to the colony from the West Indies or other surrounding colonies, but a significant number were brought from Africa. Records were not kept of the tribes and homelands of enslaved African people, so it

North Carolina Settles On 15% Increase in Home Owner Rates

  RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) - Base rates for North Carolina homeowners' insurance premiums will increase on average by about 15% by mid-2026 as part of a settlement reached by the state Insurance Department and the industry. The agreement announced Friday by state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey contrasts with the January 2024 request by the North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies, seeking a 42.2% overall average increase. Causey, an

A New Approach To Managing Difficult Blood Pressure

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity's dangerously high blood pressure - until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys. If that sounds weird, well, kidneys help regulate blood pressure in part through signals from certain nerves. The new treatment disrupts overactive renal nerves. "My blood pressure would spike and I'd run out of breath and feel tired, and that doesn't happen anymore," said Garrity, 62, of

No Day-One Tariffs From Trump, But It May Happen By February 1, 2025

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="768"] Humpty Dumpty slips from the wall; Humpty's due for an awful fall / K. Udo J. Keepler's 1913 political cartoon depicts the impending end of tariffs used to protect U.S. domestic monopolies. (Composite: Letty Avila. Image source: Library of Congress.)[/caption] WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on Monday as previously promised but said he was thinking about imposing 25%

Red 3 Dye Banned

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink. The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications decades ago because a study showed it caused cancer when eaten by rats. But it kept appearing on the ingredient lists of popular snack foods and other grocery products because it remained approved for use

Kentucky police probe KKK flyers telling immigrants to ‘leave now’

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="980"] Neighborhoods in Kentucky reported they've received flyers filled with KKK propaganda in their front yards.(WKYT viewer via WKYT)[/caption] The Guardian - Authorities in Kentucky are investigating racist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) flyers telling immigrants to "leave now" and "avoid deportation" that were discovered in multiple cities over the past few days. The flyers, which were found in Ludlow, Fort Wright and Fort Mitchell, depict a cartoon

Biden Pardons The Late Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA  In one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden posthumously pardoned Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr., a seminal figure in the civil rights movement, whose advocacy for Black nationalism and self-reliance left an indelible mark on leaders like Malcolm X and movements across the Black diaspora. Born on August 17, 1887, in Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica, Garvey was the son of a stonemason and