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Pay For Play: New NCAA Rule Opens Door For Student-Athlete Compensation
*After almost two decades of fighting for the right to control their marketing and...
Africa
Tigray Conflict Clouds Ethiopia’s ‘Historic’ Parliamentary Election
*ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia, Africa’s second–most-populous country, held parliamentary polls on June 21,...
Sports
Keeping Baseball’s Negro Leagues Alive Through Digital Card Art / WATCH
*Jason Schwartz is a lifelong baseball fan and card collector who had to be...
Africa
Quest for Gold Sends Young Cameroonians to Early Graves
*BERTOUA, Cameroon — When Franki Angemin, 21, heard the news of eight young men...
Africa
For Young Africans, the Dream of Europe Does Not Resemble Reality
*JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain — Two years ago, Thierno Barro Diong, from Senegal,...
Africa
Warning! War Drums Get Louder in Nigeria
*LAGOS, Nigeria — Attackers shot dead Ahmed Ali Gulak, a close ally of Nigerian...
Education
‘You is All Free Now. Yankees Going Home.’ — Recordings Reveal What Happened on First Juneteenth
*Laura Smalley’s voice crackles and comes to life.
It is 1941, and she is talking...
Politics
After Decades, Congress Votes to Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday
*After languishing for months in Congress, lawmakers have passed the Juneteenth National Independence Act...
Business
Wanda Armstrong: Grandmother/Restauranteur in Tulsa Blazes New Trail From ‘Black Wall Street’
*It was breakfast time, and Wanda Armstrong was rolling out the crust for her...
Gospel
Making the Most of A Second Chance: Troy Delone Leaves Prison Behind
*Troy Delone was not always an upstanding citizen. His extracurricular street activities landed him...
Africa
Kenneth Guantai: Kenyan Inventor of Electric Handcarts, Auto Rickshaws Hopes to Go Global
*NAIROBI, Kenya — A Kenyan innovator, Kenneth Guantai, who has developed electric tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaws)...
Africa
Kenya First in Africa To Make Electronic Chips Amid Questions Over Relevance Of Tech / PHOTOS
*NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya, known for its Konza Technopolis — dubbed “Africa’s Silicon Savannah”...
Africa
Cameroon: Public Anger As Officials Misappropriate Part Of $382 Million IMF Covid-19 Loan
*YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — Cameroonian officials could have misappropriated and mismanaged part of $382 million...
Government
Gun, Trucks, College Tuition And Lots Of Cash: Do States’ Prizes For Vaccines Schemes Work?
*West Virginians can win one of five hunting rifles, or a customized truck.
There’s $16.5...
Business
VIDEO: College Classmates Set Their Sights On Growing Eyewear Industry / WATCH
*BROOKLYN, New York — At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, two enterprising African-American...
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