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This combination of photos shows, from left, Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle and Charlie Wilson, who will perform at a Juneteenth concert celebrating Black History Month. (AP Photo) Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every June since the […]
Sign up for our Metro US email newsletter to get news, updates, and local insights delivered straight to your inbox! Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home dialysis. Her closest family lived 40 miles away, and they’d already scrambled once when the independent senior […]
Awa Nyambi, 25, left, Alyssa Whitaker, 25, and Kenadi Mitchell, 24, law students at Howard University School of Law, pose for a portrait, Friday, April 19, 2024, in Washington. The students are part of a group of young Black lawyers working to protect voting rights during the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Sign up for […]
President Joe Biden speaks to the National Action Network Convention remotely from the South Court Auditorium of the White House, Friday, April 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden virtually addressed the Rev. Al Sharpton’s racial justice conference on Friday, telling a sympathetic crowd “we’ve kept our promises” […]
ATLANTA — It’s harder to buy and sell a house in metro Atlanta than most parts of the U.S. Channel 2′s Jorge Estevez learned that’s because we have more jobs. Jobs in the Atlanta metro are growing at a rate of 2.3% compared to the rest of the country at 1.2%. “We have seen an […]
NEW YORK (AP) — America Ferrera bid a fond awards season farewell to “Barbie” on the Oscars red carpet Sunday in a stunning, sparkly Atelier Versace gown in the film’s signature pink, while Rita Moreno wore a huge smile and a statement black gown from Badgley Mischka. “America Ferrera did bombshell right and gave us […]
FILE – Sterling K. Brown, from left, Ryan Michelle Bathe and Gil Robertson attend the 15th Annual AAFCA Awards on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events […]
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As Black History Month soon comes to a close, Black business ownership in the capital city is poised to remain among the highest in the U.S. According to LendingTree, 2.7% of U . . .
A man holds Algerian and European, top, bank notes Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Algiers. In Algeria, people have long relied on foreign currencies to buy imported items in short supply or finance their children’s educations abroad. But the value of the Algerian dinar has recently swung wildly on the country’s black market as its […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio was in the throes of a bitter debate over abortion rights this fall when Brittany Watts, 21 weeks and 5 days pregnant, began passing thick blood clots. The 33-year-old Watts, who had not shared the news of her pregnancy even with her family, made her first prenatal visit to a […]