By Aamer Madhani, Julia Frankel, Michael Biesecker And Eric Tucker Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings
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The SWAC Tournament semifinals will feature one of the weekend’s most anticipated matchups as Southern University faces Florida A&M on Friday at Gateway Center Arena in College Park. With two of the largest HBCU alumni bases in the Atlanta metro area, the game should draw one of the biggest crowds of the tournament. FAMU reached
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A development inside an HBCU basketball arena last week has now revealed a much larger administrative decision that had quietly unfolded behind the scenes. The disappearance of a retired jersey banner honoring Kevin Granger sparked renewed attention around the status of the former Texas Southern University athletic director. The university has now confirmed that Granger was formally
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By Minyvonne Burke, Ryan J. Reilly, Gary Grumbach and Emmy Beck-Aden Authorities are investigating a shooting at a Virginia college Thursday that left one victim dead and two injured as an act of terrorism, FBI Director Kash Patel said. The gunfire erupted shortly before 11 a.m. in an ROTC classroom at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, officials said. The victim,
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By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. About 1 in 3 U.S. adults say they’ve made trade-offs to afford health care in the past year, including rationing or skipping medications or borrowing money, according to a poll from West Health-Gallup. A second survey from the group found nearly 1 in 10 adults say they’ve postponed retirement because of health care costs.
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By Jane C. Timm As a Republican push to pass the SAVE America Act has stalled in Congress, even amid escalating pressure from President Donald Trump, efforts are underway at the state level to fill in the gaps. Lawmakers in a dozen states have advanced legislation this year that would require residents to prove their U.S. citizenship
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By Sahil Kapur, Melanie Zanona, Ryan Nobles and Julie Tsirkin WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a bill Thursday aimed at boosting the supply of housing and bringing down prices, marking a rare bipartisan breakthrough on a major issue. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, written by Sens. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., won 89 votes. Ten senators
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Since 1998, Grambling State University has been embroiled in a legal fight over its iconic black-and-gold “G” logo. On Monday (Mar. 2), the school revealed a decades-long triumph had finally come. According to KNOE, the school finalized the federal trademark registration for the “G” under U.S. Trademark Registration No. 8148992. Since the days of Eddie Robinson walking down the sidelines
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Two former HBCU men’s basketball players who the NCAA wanted to speak with regarding a federal gambling investigation have been ruled ineligible to play. Former North Carolina A&T athletes Landon Glasper and Ryan Forrest refused to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation, a violation of the organization’s rules, making them ineligible for further participation in NCAA basketball.
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By Bridget Bowman Nearly 6 in 10 voters say the economic and political systems are stacked against people like them, tying a record high over roughly 40 years of national NBC News polling. According to the latest NBC News survey, 59% of registered voters agreed that those systems are stacked against them, while 38% disagreed with that
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