Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) is proud to announce that Regina Benjamin, MD, MBA, 18th United States Surgeon General, will deliver the keynote address at MSM’s 41st Commencement Exercises, which will take place on Saturday, May 17, 2025. “We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Benjamin back to MSM as our Commencement Speaker,” said MSM President and
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By Raquel Coronell Uribe and Ryan J. Reilly The Justice Department has filed charges against a Democratic member of Congress, alleging that she assaulted law enforcement officers during a protest outside an immigration detention facility in New Jersey earlier this month. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., faces two counts of assaulting, resisting, and impeding law enforcement
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By Lexx Thornton EV charging (Electric Vehicle charging) is the process of supplying electric power to recharge the battery of an electric vehicle (EV), similar to how you’d refuel a gas-powered car—but with electricity instead of gasoline or diesel. Car charging stations at colleges and universities can help improve the economy in several meaningful ways,
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By Bo Erickson and David Morgan President Donald Trump‘s tax cut and spending bill faces a critical stress test on Wednesday as Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives try to overcome internal divisions about cuts to the Medicaid health program and tax breaks in high-cost coastal states. The gate-keeping House Rules Committee has scheduled
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By Lexx Thornton FAMU alum and former Atlanta, GA mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has confirmed that she will be running for Georgia governor. Keisha Lance Bottoms, who served as Atlanta’s 60th mayor from 2018 to 2022, achieved several notable accomplishments during her tenure. While in office she established Atlanta’s first fully staffed office dedicated to
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