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As hundreds of federal and local agents scoured the Arizona desert and chased down potential leads in the nearly two weeks since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her affluent…
Read more Hundreds of agents search for Nancy Guthrie as her case spotlights other families left behindElon Musk’s AI company, xAI, plans to spend $20 billion on a data center in Southaven, Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI is set…
Read more Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in MississippiANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently…
Read more Maryland to consider slavery reparations after Gov. Wes Moore’s veto is overriddenIn a packed room at library in a downtown Boston, Rep. Ayanna Pressley posed a blunt question: Why are Black women, who have some of the highest labor…
Read more As Black women face unemployment challenges, policymaker roundtable seeks solutionsBUTNER, N.C. — H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence…
Read more Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82WASHINGTON (AP) — For a day, at least, beleaguered Democrats are hopeful again. But just beneath the party’s relief at securing its first big electoral wins since last…
Read more Democrats are hopeful again. But unresolved questions remain about party’s path forwardJamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan re-teaming as the body-swapping mother and daughter duo in “Freakier Friday” and albums from 5 Seconds of Summer and the rapper NF…
Read more What to Stream: ‘Freakier Friday,’ NF, ‘Landman,’ ‘Palm Royale’ and Black Ops 7SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The short, handwritten note is a typical letter of reference for a man seeking a job. But the author is the president of the United…
Read more Abraham Lincoln letter seeking job for Black friend and valet now on display at presidential museumWASHINGTON — For a day, at least, beleaguered Democrats are hopeful again. But just beneath the party’s relief at securing its first big electoral wins since last November’s…
Read more Democrats are hopeful again. But unresolved questions remain about party’s path forwardAuthorities said at least seven people were injured at a shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University Saturday night. The Chester County District Attorney’s Office said law enforcement had responded…
Read more Shooting at historically Black university in Pennsylvania leaves at least 7 injured, authorities sayBATON ROUGE, La. — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For nearly three decades, the small town of Mansfield was represented in Louisiana’s congressional delegation by white Republicans, even…
Read more Black residents worry new congressional district could be lost in Supreme Court caseWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme…
Read more Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representationPresident Donald Trump’s administration renewed its request Sunday for a federal appeals court to let him fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, a move…
Read more Trump administration renews push to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook ahead of key voteBATON ROUGE, La. — A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. on Thursday led to lockdown orders, canceled classes and heightened…
Read more Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders, cancel classes after receiving threatsCHICAGO — The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family and protest as the…
Read more Chicago churches urge calm resistance ahead of federal interventionCHICAGO — The Rev. Marshall Hatch urged congregants of a prominent Black church on Chicago’s West Side to carry identification, stay connected to family and protest as the…
Read more Chicago churches urge calm resistance to expected federal interventionNEW YORK — The Rev. Al Sharpton will lead a protest march on Wall Street to urge corporate America to resist the Trump administration’s campaign to roll back…
Read more Al Sharpton to lead pro-DEI march through Wall Street on anniversary of the 1963 March on WashingtonWASHINGTON — A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a…
Read more Harris and Trump will both make a furious last-day push before Election DayToday is Monday, Nov. 4, the 309th day of 2024. There are 57 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 4, 2008, Democratic Sen. Barack…
Read more Today in History: November 4, Obama wins presidency in historic electionPHILADELPHIA — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris told a Philadelphia church congregation that the United States is “determined to turn the page on hatred and division” as she…
Read more Harris calls on the US ‘to turn the page on hatred and division’ as she crisscrosses Philadelphia
