The Aeneas Williams Award has announced its three finalists from the eleven semifinalists reported in November. Voters will select the best defensive back in HBCU Division I college football. The voting period will end at 11:00 a.m. CT / 12:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The winner will be announced via a press release
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By Rachel Wolf People in Ohio could soon be shopping like it’s 1999 if legislators pass the Currency Access to Spend Here (CASH) bill, which would require businesses and government offices to accept cash for payments up to $500. The bill would require businesses and government entities to provide at least one point-of-sale location that
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By Lexx Thornton Caracal Products & Services, a leading supplier of goods and services to large businesses and organizations nationwide, has donated $20,000 to the Blue and Gold Racing team at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. The donation will help support the fledgling team of students as they compete against students from around
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By Lexx Thornton Independent Women applauds today’s announcement from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affirming that parents—not bureaucracies, schools, or medical professionals—hold the primary authority over their children’s medical care. This announcement comes after a troubling complaint that a Midwestern school district illegally vaccinated a minor student without parental consent. HHS
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The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors went back to a grand jury in Virginia after a judge’s ruling halting the prosecution of
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Anyone who has been to one of these games knows the energy hits you fast. People are already in rivalry mode the moment they arrive. Even before kickoff, you can hear the bands running through a few lines and people settling into their seats. People who live nowhere near these campuses catch the games, too.
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The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas can redraw its congressional districts in a way that favors Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, handing Donald Trump and his party a big victory. The decision by the conservative majority of justices on the highest US court raises the stakes in a fierce political
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By Sahil Kapur WASHINGTON — Congress has less than a month before health insurance premiums are set to spike for millions of Americans. And hopes of a deal to mitigate the pain are fizzling among lawmakers in both parties. “I’m not hopeful that that’s going to happen,” Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., said. “We’ll keep trying to
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Written By Lexx Thornton A $483,620 federal grant is about to transform how Spelman College prepares for the next generation of biomedical scientists — and it couldn’t come at a more critical time. Mentewab Ayalew, Ph.D., a professor of biology whose students have earned spots at some of the nation’s most prestigious graduate programs, has
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Written By Lexx Thornton As the Alamo Colleges District celebrates the completion of five years of transformative impact through AlamoPROMISE, the scholarship initiative continues to serve as a national model for expanding access and driving economic growth. On Monday, the Alamo Colleges District will host the College Promise 10th Anniversary and Careers Institute at Palo
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