By Marlene Lenthang Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has pleaded not guilty after she was arrested and accused of super speeding in Florida last week. Richardson, 25, an Olympic gold medalist, pleaded not guilty Monday to a charge of dangerous excessive speeding of 100 mph or more, according to Orange County court records. She was pulled over on Jan.
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By Jordan Freiman, Pat Milton “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie and her siblings, Camron and Annie Guthrie, released an emotional video Wednesday night pleading for the return of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, who authorities believe was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home over the weekend. Saying that they were aware of reports of a ransom note, Savannah Guthrie said she and
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Benedict College was founded in 1870 in Columbia, South Carolina. It’s original intent, like many HBCUs in the south, was to educated newly emancipated African Americans to become teachers. Now Benedict is a present day STEM powerhouse and the first HBCU to have its environmental engineering program approved by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and
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By Jonathan Allen, Peter Nicholas, Henry J. Gomez, Allan Smith and Dan De Luce President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he hopes to push his immigration crackdown into five more cities, previewing an ongoing and growing footprint for federal agents around the country. “We have five cities that we’re looking at very strongly, but we want to be invited,” Trump told
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By Adam Edelman The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new congressional map that voters approved, delivering a major victory for Democrats ahead of this year’s midterm elections. The decision came down in a one-sentence order that provided no explanation or dissents. Republicans had asked the high court to block California’s redrawn district lines, alleging
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Virginia University of Lynchburg (VUL) is the oldest university in the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The school was built in 1886 and incorporated in 1888. It has undergone several name changes and acquired its current name in 1996. The institution’s entire campus is designated as a historic district with The National Register. It was designed by
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A powerful symbol of reflection and unity made its way through historically Black universities in Virginia earlier this week as a group of Buddhist monks on a national pilgrimage stopped at two HBCU campuses during their nationwide Walk for Peace. The journey — a roughly 2,300-mile trek from Texas to Washington, D.C., led by monks from
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In a recent Facebook post, Barber-Scotia College President Chris V. Rey announced that the HBCU has “completely run out of money.” Founded by the Presbyterian Church in January 1867, Barber-Scotia College in Concord, North Carolina, lost accreditation in 2004 and, since that time, has struggled to remain viable. Because it is an unaccredited institution, students
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By Chad Eric Smith The Howard University Gallery of Art is lending three works by legendary artist and Howard alumna Elizabeth Catlett to “She Speaks: Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical Memory,” a major exhibition opening Feb. 7, 2026, at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. The exhibition brings together contemporary and internationally recognized Black
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Stephen A. Smith has been involved in a series of media feuds over the past few months. From U.S. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett to journalists Don Lemon and Joy Ann Reid, Smith has found himself at odds with many over his political opinions. But in a recent edition of his show, where he spoke about his various disagreements, Smith
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