By Minyvonne Burke and Kathryn Prociv Memorial Day weekend travelers are facing a wet and potentially disruptive start to the holiday, with storms expected to bring heavy rain, flash flooding and travel delays across large parts of the country. The storms were already affecting air travel Thursday morning, with more than 1,000 flights delayed within, into or out
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Paul Davis is leaving Bluefield State University after four seasons, and sources indicate to HBCU Gameday that he is likely to remain inside the CIAA. Davis announced his departure from Bluefield State this week after helping guide the program through one of the most important stretches in its history. His next move has not been
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By Nicole Acevedo and Will Ujek The Justice Department on Thursday announced criminal charges against 15 people in Minnesota accused of defrauding Medicaid and several other state-run social services programs of more than $90 million. “The fraud here in Minnesota is shocking,” said Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald during a press conference in Minneapolis. “This is not the end of our work.” Top
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By Kyle Stewart and Jennifer Jett House Republicans on Thursday delayed a vote on a war powers resolution that would restrict President Donald Trump’s ability to continue U.S. military operations in Iran after it became clear that the legislation would pass. Lawmakers will have to vote on the resolution in June, however, after they return from their Memorial Day recess. Congressional
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Howard University has turned the 2025-2026 school year into a statement about what an HBCU athletics department can become in modern Division I sports. The Bison did not simply have a good year. They built a year that touched nearly every corner of the athletic department. Howard captured 10 conference championships across the cycle, stacking titles in track
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In a move that could impact HBCU athletic recruiting, the NAACP is calling on Black athletes, recruits, families and fans to withhold athletic and financial support from major public universities in states it says are weakening Black voting representation. The organization announced its “Out of Bounds” campaign in response to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana
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By Minyvonne Burke A class action lawsuit has been filed against The Walt Disney Co. over Disneyland’s use of facial recognition technology at park entrances. The suit, filed Friday on behalf of lead plaintiff Summer Christine Duffield, alleges that the company does not adequately disclose its use of the technology and is not transparent about how the collected
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By Ryan J. Reilly Two officers who defended the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” money pool, describing it as a “taxpayer-funded slush fund to finance the insurrectionists and paramilitary groups” that they say committed violence in President Donald Trump’s name. The lawsuit — filed by
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By Doha Madani Wednesday is another sweltering day for those in the mid-Atlantic as temperatures soar into the mid-90s once again just before a storm front is set to take over the Eastern Seaboard. Residents from Boston down to Raleigh, North Carolina, are facing highs between 91 and 96 degrees after reaching record highs for the
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Shelton State Community College has become the first community college to contribute historical material to the HBCU Digital Collection. Selections from the C.A. Fredd State archival collection are now digitized and publicly available as part of the HBCU Digital Collection, hosted by the HBCU Digital Library Trust. “Expanding capacity for digitization, discovery and preservation of
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