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Olympic hopefuls enter the arena The gymnasts in contention for the U.S. Olympic team are entering the Target Center to compete in the final day of men’s trials. Each gymnast is individually announced ahead of competition, which kicks off in about 20 minutes. Frederick Richard is ready to show the world what he and men’s […]
Editor’s note: Follow the latest U.S. Olympic gymnastics results and Simone Biles updates. MINNEAPOLIS − Frederick Richard let out a big smile as he left the floor Thursday night, pumping his fists. Richard, the reigning world bronze medalist, had plenty to celebrate. His marvelous floor routine had just put him atop the all-around leaderboard after […]
In August 2023, Nicola Foote, dean of Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College, announced the launch of the Experts-in-Residence Program, a partnership between the college and three distinguished leaders in their fields. Throughout the 2023-24 academic year, these experts —Damon Young, writer-in-residence; Morgan Overton, artist-in-residence; and Sherry Sykes, diplomat-in-residence — will offer . . .
Marla Frederick, a leading ethnographer and scholar focused on the African American religious experience, will become dean of Harvard Divinity School on January 1, President Claudine Gay announced Thursday. Frederick is currently the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion and Culture at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. Prior to her appointment at Emory, she […]
Frederick W. Black passed away peacefully, surrounded by his wife and daughters, on April 17, 2023 while visiting in North Carolina. Frederick was born on August 9th 1939 in Leonardo NJ to George and Margaret (Farley) Black. Frederick resided in Manchester Township NJ with his loving wife, Arlene and beloved dog, Finnegan. Frederick was predeceased […]
A tanker fire in Frederick, Maryland killed the driver of that tanker and closed the north and southbound lanes on U.S. Route 15 on Saturday afternoon. The southbound lanes have since reopened. Frederick County Fire Chief Tom Coe said at a press conference that multiple calls came in for a house fire and vehicle explosion […]
A tanker truck overturned and caught fire on U.S. Route 15 in Frederick Saturday, killing the driver and sending flames and black smoke shooting into the sky. Maryland State Police reported the driver of the tanker died from the crash and nearby homes and vehicles were damaged by the flames. Authorities did not immediately identify […]
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — The African American Resources Cultural Heritage Society (AARCH) showcased a documentary on Sunday about the only all-Black high school in the area in 1923. Prior to the 1920s, there were no high schools for African Americans in Frederick County. Black students had to go outside of the county for […]
FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — Patricia Gaither is one of three Black students to graduate from Frederick High School shortly after integration began in public schools in the 1960s. “When I saw all those white people, I said, ‘Oh my God, am I in the right place? Did I do the right thing?’ It […]
Comment on this story Comment Wes Moore’s left hand will rest on history Wednesday when he takes the oath of office and becomes Maryland’s first Black governor and only the third Black governor elected in the history of the United States. Underneath his palm as he swears to “bear true allegiance to the State of […]