2+ week, 5+ day ago   (234+ words) Advocacy to advance reparations in Maryland garnered major traction over the last few years. Former Delegate Wanika Fisher (D-Md.-47B); former state Sen. Jill P. Carter (D-Md.-41); Delegate Marlon Amprey (D-Md.-40), Delegate Gabriel Acevero (D-Md.-39) and Delegate Aletheia R. McCaskill (D-Md.-44B) have all…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (314+ words) Bradford Hobbs was born in Charleston, Missouri, and later moved to Detroit. She was introduced in the late 1950s to Motown founder Berry Gordy by neighbor and singer Jackie Wilson. She joined Motown as a receptionist in 1958 and like many of…...

3+ week, 19+ hour ago   (617+ words) Thousands of Lake County residents remain without electricity as communities across Northwest Indiana continue assessing widespread damage from powerful storms that toppled trees and utility lines, blocked roads and trails and left large portions of the region in the dark…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (705+ words) That agreement is at the center of whether a judge will order a retrial for Anthony, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison over the killing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf last year during a confrontation in the bleachers of a…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago   (933+ words) Nikiyah Clark had five boxes and a backpack when she ultimately received the keys to her Howard University dorm. Weeks earlier, the school had told her this moment would never come. When Howard administrators informed Clark — and hundreds of others…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (362+ words) Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (352+ words) Dozens of mourners, including cabinet ministers, gathered at Kariba's Nyamhunga Stadium, where coffins were laid out in the middle of the field under tents. State broadcaster ZBC News reported that some families lost several members in the disaster. The ferry…...