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NNPA - The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) celebrated a historic milestone with its largest membership ever, as 62 Black lawmakers were sworn in ahead of the 119th United States Congress. Among them were groundbreaking figures, including two Black women Senators and two Black U.S. House members from Alabama serving simultaneously for the first time. Democrats Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware made history as the first

NC NEWSLINE BY: PHILLIP VANCE SMITH, II This story first appeared in Bolts, and is reprinted with permission.  "One doctor said I got two-to-four years left to live," drawled 64-year-old James Davis in a deep southern accent. "Another give me three-to-five. They don't really know. But one thing's for sure: If I don't get out, cancer'll kill me in prison." Davis, a tall white man with wispy brown hair and a chest-length

(AP)-Federal prosecutors told family members Tuesday they will not bring charges in the deadly 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, closing the books on a lengthy FBI investigation into the white troopers who stunned, punched and dragged Greene on a roadside and allegations of an attempted cover-up by the Louisiana State Police. The U.S. Justice Department informed Greene's family of the decision as officials were also preparing to release

  MarketWatch-The tax season is just around the corner. It's never too early to get started. January is a big month for the letter R, with resolutions, resets and tax returns demanding our attention. While it's undeniably early days, the Internal Revenue Service will tell you it's not too early to think about the income-tax returns for 2024 that will start to come due soon enough. The federal tax collector

NC NEWSLINE - In his college courses at Stanford University, Jehangir Amjad poses a curious question to his students: Was the 1969 moon landing a product of artificial intelligence? It might sound like a work of science fiction, or time travel, he said, but understanding the history of AI answers the question for them. "I would actually argue, yes, a lot of the algorithms that were part of what put

[caption id="attachment_10397" align="alignnone" width="1024"] cinematography class on stage 6[/caption] RALEIGH, N.C. - Film productions across the state generated more than $302 million in direct in-state spending in 2024. This year is the second highest year-end total since 2015, when the state's current film grant program began, and the third highest total since 2000, when the state began offering film incentives to support its film industry. "North Carolina's strong economic recovery

NC Newsline - The sensitive data of millions of American adults and children have been compromised after hackers targeted California-based education software company PowerSchool, the company confirmed this week. The breach happened at the end of December, and new information confirmed by TechCrunch Thursday morning says that hackers were able to access student addresses, Social Security numbers, grades and medical information on the platform, which schools use for student records, grades, attendance

WASHINGTON - This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded the City of Raleigh, North Carolina a $14.2 million loan guarantee under Section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, for the Section 108 Loan Pool project. The City will use the loan proceeds for Section 108 eligible activities that meet the low- and moderate-income and elimination of slum and blight

Originally published by The 19th The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on January 10 about the constitutionality of a federal law that would require TikTok - the wildly popular video-based social media platform - to either face a ban in the United States or have its Chinese parent company sell to non-Chinese owners. Without action by the high court, the ban would go into effect on January 19. During the arguments,

NC Newsline - Democracy advocates stood in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court from sunrise to sunset Tuesday reading the names of more than 60,000 voters whose ballots are being challenged by state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin, who has refused to concede despite falling 734 votes short of his opponent after a recount. The readers spoke the names aloud in shifts, county by county, beginning at 6 a.m.