KiKi Shepard, the longtime to-host of Showtime at the Apollo, has died at 74. She suffered a massive heart attack in Los Angeles on Monday, according to her representative, LaShirl Smith. Her death was reported as sudden and unexpected. (TMZ) Born Chiquita Renee Shepard in Tyler, Texas, Shepard built a career that stretched across television, film,
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By Bridget Bowman, Ben Kamisar and Natasha Korecki Virtually all of the different battles simmering inside the Democratic Party this year are on display in Tuesday’s primaries in Illinois, where retirements by key House Democrats and the state’s senior senator opened new theaters for intraparty hostilities. Deep disagreements over issues like immigration and Israel policy, tactical battles over how
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By Sahil Kapur WASHINGTON — Republicans are aggressively touting a popular provision in their sweeping SAVE America Act to overhaul elections nationwide: requiring photo identification to vote. It’s a policy long opposed by Democrats in Congress, who liken it to nefarious Jim Crow-era laws aimed at preventing African Americans from voting. But that message is increasingly falling flat with
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By Agence France-Presse TEHRAN — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that US allies help secure the Strait of Hormuz, but European powers pushed back on a possible mission to reopen the vital waterway shut by Iran in response to US-Israeli attacks. Trump criticized the lukewarm response to his call for world powers to send
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK — The WNBA and its players’ union had another marathon negotiating session that lasted into the early morning hours Monday as they try to reach a deal on new collective bargaining agreement. WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert had said Friday night that the two sides need to get a deal done
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Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a transformative $42 million donation to Elizabeth City State University, a historically Black college and university in northeastern North Carolina, marking one of the largest gifts in the institution’s 135-year history. At a naturalization ceremony on June 14, 2016 (center in the back) Chancellor S. Keith Hargrove Sr. revealed the
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When a student faces an unexpected crisis—a housing emergency, broken laptop, or an inability to afford textbooks—the path to graduation can suddenly seem insurmountable. For thousands of students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), FanDuel’s partnership with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has become a lifeline in these critical moments. What began as a $1
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Triathlon, along with Kentucky State University, today announced the HBCU institution based in Frankfort, Kentucky, has become the latest NCAA program to add women’s collegiate triathlon to its varsity sport offerings. Kentucky State will be the third HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) to offer women’s collegiate triathlon for student-athletes, joining
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Howard men’s basketball is a MEAC dynasty after claiming a third conference championship in four seasons. The Bison, which won the regular season championship, beat up on North Carolina Central 70-63 on Saturday at the Scope Arena to earn another NCAA Tournament trip. It was easy for Howard at first. The game stayed tight early, with five lead
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The first female head drum major of the Florida A&M University (FAMU) Marching “100” recently appeared on the stage of the 98th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California. To say that Oluwamodupe “Dupe” Oloyede is having a remarkable year would be an understatement. While audiences around the world waited to see how the film Sinners would perform
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