Missing
I was told I might cry when seeing the total solar eclipse in person. While no tears fell, I felt the moment in a much deeper way than anticipated. And as I spent a few days trying to understand why, I realized it’s because the eclipse was a unifying moment — one that I crave […]
Samuel Wanjiru was in distress while swimming in high surf, authorities said. March 28, 2024, 5:15 PM ET • 4 min read A search is underway for a U.S. Marine who disappeared while swimming at a Puerto Rico beach during a high surf advisory, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Samuel Wanjiru, 26, “came into distress” […]
The large container ship that collided with the Key Bridge in Baltimore, leading to its near-total collapse, appeared to strike a critical component, known as a pylon or pier, according to several engineers who have reviewed footage of the incident. Without the pier, they said, it was impossible for other components of the bridge to […]
Terri Sewell holding Black Voters Matter sign on Election Day 2020 // NNPA Website By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent An eye-opening report titled “Surfacing Missing Voters: Addressing Data Systems, Tools, and Engagement Models that Invisibilize Black and Brown Communities,” authored by Miriam McKinney Gray for the Democracy & Power Innovation Fund (DPI), has […]
An eye-opening report titled “Surfacing Missing Voters: Addressing Data Systems, Tools, and Engagement Models that Invisibilize Black and Brown Communities,” authored by Miriam McKinney Gray for the Democracy & Power Innovation Fund (DPI), has unveiled a concerning reality: Nearly 25 million Black and Latino eligible voters are effectively absent from voter databases, making them virtually unreachable by […]
The revelation is crucial as America heads toward the all-important November general election between Democratic incumbent Joe Biden and the twice-impeached and four-times indicted former president Donald Trump. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent An eye-opening report titled “Surfacing Missing Voters: Addressing Data Systems, Tools, and Engagement Models that Invisibilize Black and Brown […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Black Hawk helicopter crashed off the coast of Yemen on Friday during a training mission and a search was under way for one U.S. service member, the U.S. military said. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that five other service members aboard the aircraft had been rescued after the […]
Shovels and rakes in hand, volunteers Friday morning tackled what appeared to be an ordinary pile of dirt at Lincoln Cemetery. Sticks and brush covered a mound of earth near the edge of the historic Black cemetery in Susquehanna Township. Founder of non-profit Saving Our Ancestors Legacy Rachael Keri Williams cautioned volunteers to look for […]
An American couple has gone missing in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners allegedly used their yacht to island hop before getting recaptured by authorities, according to investigators. Ralph Hendry and his wife Kathy Brandel disappeared from their yacht, Simplicity, which was docked in the waters of the southern Caribbean nation of Grenada, Hendry’s sister, […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington 7 February 2024 Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The CH-53E Super Stallion has been in service with the US Marines for decades (file image) Five US Marines are missing after their helicopter went down in the snow-covered California mountains. The . . .