By Aya Elamroussi, Amid the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, a dozen Broadway shows have shuttered their doors this week as cast or crew members test positive for Covid-19 — an unfortunate event during what is usually a busy holiday season for the industry. Since Broadway returned following an 18-month hiatus due to
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By Donald Judd, President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged more than 250,000 treatment courses of Pfizer’s antiviral pill will be available starting in January after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized it to treat Covid-19. “With today’s action, we add the first-ever oral treatment to our nation’s medicine cabinet and take a significant step forward
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By Jasmine Wright and Allie Malloy, CNN White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris would be President Joe Biden’s running mate should he run for reelection. “Yes, he does,” Jean-Pierre told reporters when asked if Biden would keep Harris as his running mate, adding: “There’s no change.”
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Courtesy of Delaware State University Delaware State University has been enlisted by the First State to play a major role in ensuring that Black History instruction is included in the education programming in all school districts and charter schools in Delaware. With the state enactment of House Bill 198, the University’s Department of History, Political Science
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Courtesy of University of the District of Columbia University of the District of Columbia (UDC) received a collective $2.3 million private gift from an anonymous donor to support Black, Brown and economically disadvantaged UDC students in their academic pursuits. Earlier this year, UDC received $300,000 from the donor to support the DAWN (Developing America’s Workforce
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By Jill Martin, Because of Covid-19 issues, the National Hockey League and NHL Players Association have announced updated plans and now will pause operations leaguewide beginning Wednesday and lasting through Christmas, with team facilities reopening December 26. The two Tuesday games that have remained on the schedule — the Washington Capitals at the Philadelphia Flyers and
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Written by Howard University Newsroom Washington, D.C., television viewers can now experience the future of broadcast television as Howard University’s WHUT and four local affiliates of national broadcast networks have launched NEXTGEN TV, a revolutionary new digital broadcast technology based on the same fundamental technology as the internet and digital apps. Viewers in the Washington
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Courtesy of Texas Southern University President Joe Biden announced his intent this week to appoint individuals to serve in key regional roles, including TSU’s Dr. Earthea Nance, associate professor of urban planning and environmental policy, as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator for Region 6. Regional Administrators lead the EPA’s 10 regional offices around
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By Emmanuel Freeman Tennessee State University is making sure children in the area have something to cheer about, as the holiday season takes hold. On Saturday, Dec. 18, nearly 500 parents walked away with at least two toys each for their children during a Toys for Tots distribution organized by TSU and Simply United Together, a nonprofit that
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By Travis Caldwell, With the potentially more transmissible Omicron now the most widely detected variant in the US, hospitals are preparing for additional Covid-19 cases as millions of Americans face infection. And for the second year in a row, many doctors and nurses on the frontlines of the pandemic will be treating these patients over the Christmas holiday. Haleigh
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