Tag: African-Americans
AP-NORC poll: Police violence remains high concern in U.S.
A year after George Floyd’s murder at the hands of a white police officer sparked global protests and a racial reckoning, a majority of...
Suit alleging admissions discrimination moves forward in Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge ruled Friday that a parents' group can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that new admissions policies at...
TSU studying feasibility of adding men’s, women’s hockey
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State is conducting a study to test the feasibility of becoming the first historically black university to field varsity men's...
Duke’s King embraces being role model as Black woman AD
DURHAM, N.C. — Nina King knows she faces a big responsibility in taking over as Duke’s athletics director later this year. It's not just...
US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism....
Judge drops murder charges against 2 Mississippi cops
JACKSON, Miss. — A state judge in Mississippi dismissed murder charges Thursday against two police officers accused of body-slamming and beating a Black man....
Networks rely on reboots, franchises amid streaming’s rise
Everything old is new again on network television, and without apology.
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Minneapolis mayor: After year of reckoning, time for change
MINNEAPOLIS — From COVID-19 to a budget shortfall, or George Floyd 's death to the recent death of a 6-year-old girl from gun violence,...
Streaming series shows collision of music, history in 1971
NEW YORK — Chrissie Hynde wouldn't make her own mark in music until a few years later, but her memories of how 1971's daily...
Justice delayed? In wealthy California town, officer kills 2
DANVILLE, Calif. — Just past the Village Theatre and a quaint corner chocolate shop is the intersection where Officer Andrew Hall shot and killed...
