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Biden’s Lifetime Achievement Award

By Tyria Bourda - Staff Writer Durham, N.C. residents, local officials, pastors, and family and friends gathered at North Carolina Central's Student Center Hall for The Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award and Volunteer Service Award Ceremony. Lifetime achievement awards recognize the contributions Durham leaders who demonstrate extraordinary leadership and dedication. Furthermore, the awards are presented by various organizations offered on multiple levels and are designed to recognize key milestones

Teachers Shouldn’t Cave To Pressure To Restrict Lessons About U.S. Racial History

NC NEWSLINE - America's educators must not cower before lawmakers attempting to restrict what they teach students about America's racial history, author and education reformer Lisa Delpit told hundreds of teachers attending the annual Color of Education summit in Raleigh on Saturday. Delpit, the author of the groundbreaking book, "Multiplication Is for White People" said teachers must engage in the kind of "fugitive pedagogy" that educators used during the Jim

North Carolina state agent won’t face charges in fatal shooting of teen, prosecutor says

APEX, N.C. (AP) - A State Bureau of Investigation agent was justified when he shot and killed a North Carolina teenager accused of pointing a gun at him, a prosecutor has determined. The Wake County District Attorney's Office said on Tuesday it would not pursue criminal charges against Agent Denzel Ward, who fatally shot Dayve Rafael-Sanchez, 18, in April outside a sporting goods store in Apex, news outlets reported. Ward "reasonably believed

Rep. Santos faces new charges he stole donor IDs, made unauthorized charges to their credit cards

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Rep. George Santos stole the identities of donors to his campaign and then used their credit cards to ring up tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges, according to a new indictment. He then wired some of the money to his own personal bank account, prosecutors said, while using the rest to inflate his campaign coffers. The 23-count indictment filed Tuesday replaces one filed in

144 Unit Affordable Housing Coming To Raleigh

Tyria Bourda - Staff Writer A new affordable housing development has been approved for Southeast Raleigh's Parkside Apartments on Kent Road. Spearheaded by Blue Ridge Atlantic Development, the new apartments aim to provide much-needed housing opportunities for low-income families in the area. Developers expect to break ground on the project in June 2024.  Shinica Thomas, Chair of the Wake County Board of Commissioners, highlighted the project's role in improving community

IMF and World Bank pledge Africa focus at first meetings on the continent in 50 years

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) - In the shadow of a deadly earthquake in Morocco that caused nearly $12 billion in damage, the world's most powerful economic policymakers said they would focus on Africa as they work to grow and stabilizing the global economy during times of war, inequality and climate change. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are holding their annual meetings in Africa for the first time in 50 years as they face

An autopsy rules that an Atlanta church deacon’s death during his arrest was a homicide

ATLANTA (AP) - An autopsy has found that the Aug. 10 death of a 62-year-old church deacon who was electrically shocked by an Atlanta police officer was a homicide, although the medical examiner found that heart disease also contributed to his death. Johnny Hollman became unresponsive while being arrested after a minor car crash. The officer shocked Hollman with an electrical stun gun and handcuffed him after Hollman refused to sign a

How third-party and independent candidates could threaten Democrats and Republicans in 2024

NEW YORK (AP) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and scion of the storied Democratic dynasty, is expected to launch an independent or third-party presidential bid on Monday. Cornel West, a philosopher and Black social leader, made the same choice last week. And No Labels, a new political party, is intensifying candidate recruitment efforts. While the politics are murky, the fresh frenzy of outsider candidates threatens to weaken both major parties as

Got returns? Call Uber. The ride-hailing service is now offering to return parcels for a fee

(AP) Uber is adding a new task to its list of services: mailing consumers' return packages. The ride-hailing and delivery company said Wednesday that its drivers will collect up to five prepaid and sealed packages and drop them off at a local post office or at UPS or FedEx stores. Uber will charge a flat fee of $5 for the service or $3 for its Uber One members. The San

Microsoft CEO says unfair practices by Google led to its dominance as a search engine

WASHINGTON (AP) - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Monday that unfair tactics used by Google led to its dominance as a search engine, tactics that in turn have thwarted his company's rival program, Bing. Nadella testified in a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom as part of the government's landmark antitrust trial against Google's parent company, Alphabet. The Justice Department alleges Google has abused the dominance of its ubiquitous search engine to