June 23, 2025 - Page 2

$9.1M Grant Boosts AI & Jobs at Mississippi HBCUs

A $9.1 million higher education grant awarded to the state of Mississippi will help three HBCUs to increase entrepreneurship, job training, and artificial intelligence (AI) education. Jackson State University, Tougaloo College, and Alcorn State University will benefit from the multi-million-dollar grant. Governor Tate Reeves announced the funds through the Mississippi AI Talent Accelerator Program (MAI-TAP) on June

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FBI Warns Governors of Elevated Threat After Iran Strikes

By Mike Levine Senior FBI and Homeland Security officials hosted conference calls with some of the nation’s governors and top law enforcement officials on Sunday to discuss how the U.S. missile strikes in Iran impact an already dangerous threat environment, sources told ABC News. The calls included one with hundreds of state and local law

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NATO Faces Tensions Over Defense Spending at 2025 Summit

By Lorne Cook U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts are due to gather Tuesday for a summit that could unite the world’s biggest security organization around a new defense spending pledge or widen divisions among the 32 allies. Just a week ago, things had seemed rosy. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte was optimistic the European members

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Leads Thunder to NBA Title

By Elizabeth Hudson Shai Gilgeous-Alexander capped a dominant season as he led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA Championship after beating the Indiana Pacers in game seven of the play-off finals. The Canadian, 26, scored 29 points and had 12 assists in their 103-91 success over the Indiana Pacers in Oklahoma to clinch the

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Marva Johnson Named President of Florida A&M University

Florida A&M University entered a new era Wednesday as the Florida Board of Governors unanimously confirmed Marva Johnson, J.D., as the institution’s 13th president, marking a pivotal moment for the state’s only public historically Black university. Johnson, a telecommunications executive and veteran education policy leader, was selected by the FAMU Board of Trustees last month after a

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