Featured News Sports September 18, 2020

Giannis Antetokounmpo wins 2nd straight NBA MVP award: source

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo’s historic year earned him a historic awards sweep. A person with knowledge...

Entertainment Featured September 18, 2020

More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery: AP

HOUSTON (AP) — Sitting across from her lawyer at an immigration detention center in rural Georgia, Mileidy Cardentey Fernandez unbuttoned...

Featured News September 18, 2020

Drug shows promise in 1st largely minority COVID-19 study, company says

A drug company said Friday that a medicine it sells to tamp down inflammation has helped prevent the need for...

Featured News September 18, 2020

US bans WeChat, TikTok citing privacy, national security

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a...

Featured Politics September 18, 2020

Biden makes push for voters on National Black Voter Day

DETROIT (AP) — Joe Biden’s campaign unveiled a series of nationwide digital events Friday targeting Black voters in swing states...

Featured News September 17, 2020

US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail

SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked controversial Postal Service changes that have slowed mail nationwide, calling them...

Entertainment Featured Interviews September 17, 2020

Tami Roman talks new role ‘Tijuana Jackson: Purpose Over Prison’ and the importance of prison reform

Tami Roman, one of the breakout stars of VH1 reality show Basketball Wives, brings her unique flavor to her latest...

Career Featured News September 17, 2020

Joshua Rashad McFadden reflects on career, using photography as a tool for justice: ‘The work has to be done’

Joshua Rashad McFadden has been on the frontlines since the 2015 protests in Selma, Alabama but not in the traditional...

Featured News Sports September 17, 2020

NCAA basketball season set to open day before Thanksgiving

The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season will begin Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving. The Division I Council voted...

Featured News September 17, 2020

Barbados seeks to drop Queen Elizabeth II as head of state

v SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has eight realms in the Caribbean, but Barbados no longer...

Books Featured News September 17, 2020

First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17

NEW YORK (AP) — The first volume of former President Barack Obama’s memoir is coming out Nov. 17, two weeks...

Company Press Releases September 17, 2020

BYRON ALLEN’S ENTERTAINMENT STUDIOS PROMOTES PATRICIA WILSON TO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF JUSTICECENTRAL.TV TELEVISION NETWORK

Los Angeles, CA – September 17, 2020  Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group division Entertainment Studios proudly announces the elevation of Patricia Wilson to the position of Executive...

Featured News September 17, 2020

Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Openly contradicting the government’s top health experts, President Donald Trump predicted Wednesday that a safe and effective...

Featured News September 17, 2020

Judges scrutinize suit’s claims in Harvard racial bias case

BOSTON (AP) — A panel of appeals court judges on Wednesday repeatedly challenged the legal claims of a group that...

Featured News September 16, 2020

Maine wedding now linked to deaths of 7 people who didn’t attend

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — At least seven people have died in connection to a coronavirus outbreak that continues to sicken...

Featured News September 16, 2020

Police leaders pressed Rochester to keep Prude video secret

Rochester police commanders urged city officials to hold off on publicly releasing body camera footage of Daniel Prude’s suffocation death...

Featured News September 16, 2020

US charges 5 Chinese citizens in global hacking campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions...

Featured News September 16, 2020

Led by Michael Tubbs, US mayors vow to launch guaranteed income programs

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A growing number of mayors across the country support giving cash to low-income families with no...

Featured News Sports September 16, 2020

Big Ten changes course, will play fall football after all

Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after pushing football and...

Featured News September 16, 2020

US outlines sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccines

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to...