Getting busy college students to engage in discussion of healthy dining, let alone in participate in healthy culinary creations, can be a challenge. Elior Collegiate Dining found a way to get foodservice teams and students on college campuses to buy in and get excited, by combining wellness with culture and competition. Throughout October, Elior embarked
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HBCU basketball has produced few better stories this season than the rise of WSSU women’s basketball, and Wednesday night felt like the moment it all crystallized. Inside the C.E. Gaines Center, WSSU handled business on the floor with an 81–64 win over Bluefield State. But it was what happened after the game — away from the cameras, away from
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By Lexx Thornton A new statewide flash poll conducted by the John Mercer Langston Institute for African American Political Leadership (JMLI) at Virginia State University reveals that Black Virginians continue to strongly support Democratic candidates ahead of the 2025 statewide elections, scheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The JMLI surveyed 817 respondents statewide for its Black Virginia
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By David E. SangerTyler PagerKatie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs President Trump said on Wednesday evening that he expected the United States would be running Venezuela and extracting oil from its huge reserves for years, and insisted that the interim government of the country — all former loyalists to the now-imprisoned Nicolás Maduro — is “giving us everything that
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LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey says that playing HBCUs isn’t just a scheduling choice — it’s a way to give back to programs with fewer resources while fostering growth across women’s basketball. Asked about the significance of facing HBCU opponents after the Tigers played Alabama State on Sunday, Mulkey explained that scheduling goes beyond filling
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One phenomenon that we often talk about when it comes to HBCU athletics is the former professional athlete turned coach. It’s not a new trend as we’ve seen it often before the new millennium. But, Deion Sanders’s arrival at Jackson State in 2020 caused a contemporary wave of professional athletes expressing interest or becoming coaches at HBCUs.
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By Minyvonne Burke, Julia Ainsley and Suzanne Gamboa An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday during an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis in which she did not appear to be the target, local and federal officials said. The shooting victim has been named as Renee Nicole Good, 37, a mother and U.S. citizen. Dueling narratives emerged
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The 3rd Annual HBCU Honors Presented by BET continued its ascent as one of the network’s most culturally resonant specials, delivering strong year-over-year growth among young-adult viewers while generating significant digital, social, and earned-media visibility. Airing Thanksgiving weekend and hosted by Emmy-nominated actress and Fisk University alumna Kym Whitley, the one-hour telecast reached nearly 800,000
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By The Associated Press ATLANTA — President Donald Trump is seeking more than $6.2 million in attorney fees and costs from the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office after the election interference case brought against him and others was recently dismissed. Georgia state legislators last year passed a law that says that if a prosecutor is disqualified from a case because of
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By Steve Kopack Oil prices swung overnight Sunday, as investors and traders weighed the market forces that could be unleashed by President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela and his comments about what could be next for the country and its massive oil reserves. The price of U.S. crude oil, known by traders as West Texas Intermediate, initially fell
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