By Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin and Brennan Leach WASHINGTON — It’s official: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month. That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year. The
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By Monica Lewis WASHINGTON, DC — Howard University Vice President and Director of Athletics Kery Davis announced today that Head Football Coach Larry Scott has accepted an opportunity at Auburn University and will depart the program following a historic tenure leading the Bison. “Coach Scott’s leadership helped elevate Howard Football on both the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and national
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By The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore — currently the nation’s only Black governor — that disappointed many fellow Democrats. Moore said in his veto letter in May that it was a difficult
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By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the U.S. The Trump administration included five more countries as
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Written By Lexx Thornton Now well into the fall semester, Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) is continuing to build on last semester’s academic achievements with the same strong approach. One standout example comes from the mathematics department, where students who took the ETS Major Field Test (MFT) in mathematics last spring delivered top-tier results. Several
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Written By Lexx Thornton Grambling State University marked another milestone in its ongoing campus transformation with the grand reopening of the renovated Foster Johnson Health Center and the Student Counseling and Wellness Center—two spaces vital to the physical, emotional, and mental well-being of the campus community. The newly modernized facilities represent a significant investment in comprehensive student
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By The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Seven decades after Rosa Parks was thrust indelibly into American history for refusing to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, new photos of the Civil Rights Movement icon have been made public for the first time, and they illustrate aspects of her legacy that are often overlooked. The photos
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The 10th installment of the Cricket Celebration Bowl featured a little bit of everything; rallies, great plays and a lively crowd who picked up the intensity as the game went on. Unfortunately, MEAC champion South Carolina State’s heart-stopping 40-38 four-overtime victory over SWAC winner Prairie View will likely be remembered for the most controversial call in the
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The Celebration Bowl was one of the best HBCU games ever. We saw South Carolina State come back from a 21-point deficit—where they were outscored 21-0 in the first half by Prairie View A&M—and the Panthers’ Cam Peters had the game of his life, accounting for five total touchdowns and throwing for 412 yards. Meanwhile, South Carolina State
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COLUMBIA — Ernest McNealey is out as president of Allen University after more than nine years leading the small, historically Black school. The board of trustees is not renewing his contract, meaning he is no longer university president effective Dec. 15, a letter from board chair James Davis to students and staff said. Support the
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