By Alexandra Marquez, Megan Shannon and Katie Taylor White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that ICE agents will deploy to airports across the country Monday to assist TSA officers with security at airport entrances and exits where lines have been particularly long in recent weeks. Homan told CNN’s “State of the Union” he was currently working on a plan for the
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When South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley walked into the team hotel to speak with Southern University’s women’s basketball team earlier this week, she wasn’t just delivering a pep talk — she was passing on a legacy. The Jaguars and No. 1 seed Gamecocks will tangle on Saturday in the NCAA Tournament. But the on-court meeting is
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By Gursimrankaur Mehar, Bing Guan, Shubham Kalia and Allison Lampert An Air Canada Express (AC.TO), opens new tab jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York’s LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killing both pilots, injuring dozens and closing the facility, authorities said, in an incident likely to heighten concerns over strains across the U.S. aviation system. The Air
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By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday delves into the issue of mail-in voting, weighing whether states can count ballots that are mailed on time but arrive after Election Day. The justices will hear arguments as President Donald Trump has ramped up his opposition to mail-in voting and urged Congress to ban it in most cases.
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By Markita C. Rowe, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences public communications specialist The Center of Excellence for Social Justice (CESJ) at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is hosting college professor, award-winning writer, speaker and media host Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., for her second visit as 2025-26 Scholar Activist-in-Residence through Tuesday, March 24. As
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For the first time in 32 years, three HBCU men’s basketball programs landed in the same NCAA Tournament field. Prairie View A&M (SWAC), Howard (MEAC), and Tennessee State (OVC) all earned bids to the 2026 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Behind the highlight reels and bracket drama of March Madness, there is a significant
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A high-stakes legal battle is brewing between two of the most storied institutions in HBCU sports. Benjy Taylor, the head men’s basketball coach at Tuskegee University, has filed a lawsuit against Morehouse College and two of its campus police officers. The filing stems from a January 31 incident where Taylor was handcuffed and escorted off the
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HBCU AwareFest will host entrepreneurship panels, mental health discussions, and a benefit concert to help combat student loan debt. HBCU AwareFest is about to be underway in Atlanta, as Black leaders from various industries join the event to support Black scholars. Produced by Student Freedom Initiative, in partnership with Live Nation Urban and the City
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By Daniel Arkin The Federal Communications Commission has signed off on broadcast station owner Nexstar’s $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival company Tegna, a merger that would create the largest operator of local television stations in the country. In a news release Thursday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency waived a rule that bars a
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By Alexander Smith, Richard Engel and Steve Kopack The molten fireballs and belching smoke over the Middle East early Thursday signaled a dramatic escalation in the Iran war — and its threat to the global economy. Israel launched a widespread strike on Iran’s world-largest gas field, South Pars, triggering retaliation from Tehran against key energy sites across the Gulf Arab states. Like the blockaded Strait of
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