By Sarah Fortinsky Acclaimed comedian Roy Wood Jr. will host the U.S. version of “Have I Got News for You,” the long-running U.K. comedy series, CNN announced Thursday. The 10-episode limited series, set to premiere Sept. 14, will air Saturdays at 9
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By Kathryn Palmer The largest donation Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ever received is “fraudulent” and the donor’s valuation of the gift was “baseless,” according to a third-party investigation by Pennsylvania-based law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. The 176-page report the firm
By Priscilla Alvarez In the moments after President Joe Biden pulled out of the 2024 race, a scramble unfolded as officials raced to reframe the Democratic National Convention around a new candidate: Vice President Kamala Harris. Officials quickly moved to tailor the Chicago convention to
By Yamiche Alcindor and Summer Concepcion Several prominent Democratic figures are set to speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, two sources familiar with the plans told NBC News. President Joe Biden, former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State
Courtesy of Vanderbilt University The Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries at Vanderbilt University has recently digitized a collection of papers from Rev. James M. Lawson, a pioneer of the civil rights movement and advocate for nonviolent activism. Housed in the libraries’ Special
By Niquel Terry Ellis Jotaka Eaddy was sitting on her parents’ porch in South Carolina on Sunday afternoon when she got a text from an activist friend with a link to President Joe Biden’s letter announcing he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential
Courtesy of North Carolina Central University The United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced that it has awarded a $21,000 grant to Durham, NC HBCU North Carolina Central University (NCCU), while USTA Southern added $12,000 and USTA North Carolina contributed $5,000. The national
By Amber D. Dodd Howard University will receive $175 million in support of the endowment of the College of Medicine. Howard University President Ben Vinson III, Ph.D., will attend Bloomberg Philanthropies’ announcement in New York City Tuesday morning, as he called the endowment
By Char Adams After Donald Trump told journalists on Wednesday that his presidential opponent Kamala Harris “turned Black” for political gain, Trump’s comments have impacted the way many multirace voters are thinking about the two candidates. “She was only promoting Indian heritage,” the former
By Jeremy Etelson The storm on the Democratic Party’s electoral horizon was never limited to President Biden staying in the race. Biden’s mental infirmity and the concerted denial surrounding it, while governmentally dangerous, were merely amplifying the severity of the party’s imminent political reckoning.
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