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Ed Dwight, America’s First Black Astronaut Trainee, Reaches Space at 90 - Los Angeles Sentinel
Los Angeles Sentinel· 4 days agoEd Dwight, the pioneering African American who came close to becoming America’s first Black astronaut six decades ago, achieved his long-awaited journey into space at the age of 90. The liftoff ...
Baseball Hall Adds Hank Aaron Statue As ‘Souls Of The Game’ Exhibit Opens
Forbes· 20 hours agoWith widow Billye watching, along with more than a dozen Hall of Famers, an Aaron statue was...
A dozen Des Moines trails closed as rivers remain above flood stage
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWalnut Woods State Park (Polk County): The Purple Martin Water Resources Area is flooded. The area is open but part of the loop trail is inaccessible...Principal Park to Riverwalk ...
Selma High overcame rainy conditions for stellar graduation - The Selma Times‑Journal
The Selma Times-Journal· 4 days agoSelma High’s class valedictorian Jordin Martin and salutatorian Darion Wilson-Dillard were not...
Marilyn Mosby to be sentenced on perjury, mortgage fraud charges. How did we get here?
CBS News· 2 days agoFormer Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby will be sentenced on Thursday for her perjury...
Good Morning: Anderson Friends & Family reunion/Juneteenth Celebration planned
The Herald Bulletin· 4 days agoThe Anderson Friends & Family Reunion/Juneteenth Celebration is set for Saturday, June 15, at APA...
Student protests are a rite of passage. I went through it, back in the '60s.
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoThe protests on college campuses around the country, precipitated by Israel’s devastating response...
Local filmmaker to debut films on 2020 Black Lives Matter protest at The Little Theatre
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn Evening with Rashaad Parker will feature four short films highlighting the 2020 Black Lives...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 4 days agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in...
12-year-old boy shot multiple times in Atlanta
FOX 5 Atlanta· 7 days agoPolice are investigating a shooting incident that left a 12-year-old boy injured in Atlanta.