Tuskegee Airman grants b'day wish
Twin Falls, Idaho (KMVT-TV) - A five year old boy who became a fan of the Tuskegee Airmen after seeing the movie 'Red Tails' got the birthday surprise of a lifetime...
Investors plan soccer stadium for Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles...
South Africa's Soweto gets 1st fashion week
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday...
Rescued Haitian refugee joins the Coast Guard
Orlando Morel, 24, was just 6-years-old when he was recused at sea by the United States Coast Guard...
Amar'e Stoudemire enrolls at UM
MIAMI - Amar'e Stoudemire is officially a Cane. The New York Knicks forward has enrolled in the general studies program at the University of Miami...
Online hiring platform helps teachers get jobs
Brian Martinez has created an online platform that gives schools and teachers something they cannot find anywhere else...
Convicted felon now a Morehouse scholar
Today Genarlow Wilson is a part-time Morehouse student, but nine years ago his world was turned upside down after he was convicted of aggravated child molestation...
Abdul-Jabbar honored as Ford Freedom Award Scholar
NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the New York Renaissance basketball team will be honored as Ford Freedom Award Scholars for their outstanding achievements...
MLB, NCAA partnership could increase scholarships
(AP) - Major League Baseball would fund scholarships and exert greater influence over Division I college baseball under what would be an unprecedented partnership with the NCAA...
National Cathedral to install statue of Rosa Parks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington National Cathedral is preparing to dedicate a new carving of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks in a section of the church devoted to human rights...
