HOUSTON — Selection Sunday delivered electrifying news for HBCU women’s basketball as Howard University captured a No. 14 seed and Southern University charged into the First Four, propelling these storied programs onto the sport’s brightest stage and igniting excitement across HBCU communities. Howard invited to the Big Dance | HBCU Legends THE OUTLOOK FOR HOWARD
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Tuskegee University is making history by launching the first nursing apprenticeship program at a Historically Black College and University in Alabama. Tuskegee University, in partnership with Baptist Health System, will now offer the Registered Nursing Apprenticeship Program. This program, through the Alabama Department of Workforce, establishes a pathway using classroom instruction, paid on-the-job learning and
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By Aaron Gilchrist, Dan Gallo and Doha Madani ATLANTA — Long security lines snaked through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, frustrating some weary travelers as they waited to reach their checkpoints. The crowds formed just days after TSA agents missed their first full paycheck as the Department of Homeland Security continues to go without
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By Rebecca Cohen Michael B. Jordan, who rose from a child actor into one of Hollywood’s leading men, won his first Oscar on Sunday, taking home the coveted best actor prize. Jordan starred in a double role as the twin brothers Smoke and Stack in “Sinners,” a favorite at the box office and among Oscar voters. The film won
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By The Associated Press CHICAGO — A broad and erratic patchwork of severe weather rumbled across much of the U.S. on Sunday, dumping heavy snow and making roads impassable in the Upper Midwest while damaging high winds swept across the Plains. Hawaii continued to be affected by severe flooding. And portions of the mid-South readied for late-day thunderstorms.
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By Kristen Welker and Alexandra Marquez President Donald Trump said Saturday that he’s not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran despite the country’s willingness to do so “because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” but declined to say what those terms would be. In a wide-ranging, nearly 30-minute telephone interview with NBC News,
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By Rohan Nadkarni With four minutes and 35 seconds left in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 110-97 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday, Luka Dončić — upset over what he considered a missed call — made a gesture with his hands that indicated the referees were receiving money for slanted officiating.
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The fallout from a widening sports betting scandal tied to North Carolina A&T has taken another step forward. It adds a troubling new chapter to a story that has shaken the HBCU and college basketball world. Jalen Smith is a Charlotte, North Carolina man accused of helping orchestrate a point-shaving scheme involving multiple NCAA men’s
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Courtesy of Spelman College Over 85 Students from 10 HBCUs Competed in 24-Hour Hackathon for $10,000 in Prizes (Black PR Wire) ATLANTA – Spelman College welcomed over 85 students from 10 HBCUs to compete in the fourth annual HBCU Game Jam, a 24-hour hackathon competition where students work in teams to create original video games from scratch. Hosted
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ATLANTA, Ga. | Alabama A&M University guard Kalia Walker earned her second award in as many weeks on Tuesday afternoon as she was named the HBCU GO Women’s Basketball National Player of the Year. Walker, who was selected the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Player of the Year, is averaging 14.0 points and shooting 40.4 percent
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