Democrats are rallying around Harris as she vows to ‘earn and win’ party nomination for president
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden’s ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race, a volatile fast-moving political situation just months before the November election. Shortly after Biden stepped […]
Read MoreSAU Reinstated as SACSCOC Member with Unanimous Reversal Decision
2024 brings another development involving one of North Carolina’s historically black colleges/universities (HBCUs). Saint Augustine’s University (SAU) celebrates a triumph as the arbitration committee appointed by The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) decided to reverse […]
Read MoreSale and use of marijuana permitted under ordinance
CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) – The recreational sale and use of marijuana for adults on western North Carolina tribal land could begin this summer after the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians governing board voted for an ordinance expanding approved use […]
Read More‘I Can’t Breathe’: The 10th Anniversary Of Eric Garner Death By Police Chokehold
NEW YORK (AP) – Wednesday marks 10 years since the death of Eric Garner at the hands of New York City police officers made “I can’t breathe” a rallying cry. Bystander video showed Garner gasping the phrase while locked in […]
Read MoreDecades After Billie Holiday’s Death, ‘Strange Fruit’ Is Still a Searing Testament to Injustice
By: Tracy Fessenden Professor of Religious Studies, Arizona State University Sixty-five years ago, on July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. The 44-year-old singer arrived after being turned away from a nearby charity hospital on […]
Read MoreGene Therapy May Cure Rare Diseases. Drugmakers Have Few Incentives leaving families desperate
(AP)-Robin Alderman faces an agonizing reality: Gene therapy might cure her son Camden’s rare, inherited immune deficiency. But it’s not available to him. In 2022, London-based Orchard Therapeutics stopped investing in an experimental treatment for the condition, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. And […]
Read MoreSoccer-Euro-Spain and Russia face UEFA racism charges
By Justin Palmer Reuters WARSAW, June 26 (Reuters) – UEFA has charged the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Russian Football Union (RFS) for racist behaviour and racist chanting by their national teams’ fans during Euro 2012 matches. “UEFA has opened […]
Read MoreDozens of immigrant and US-born small business owners face eviction as Mebane continues to grow
MEBANE, NC – The Buckhorn Road Flea Market off of Interstate 85 near Mebane in Alamance County was mostly empty Tuesday morning, a day after the Mebane City Council approved annexation and rezoning requests to pave the way for a […]
Read MoreRent inflation remains an issue for small businesses
NEW YORK (AP) – Cost pressures continue to hurt small businesses. In particular, rent inflation is a pressure point for small businesses, according to new data from the Bank of America Institute. The average monthly share of rent in total […]
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