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Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Island Packet· 1 day agoJuneteenth celebrates the day the Union army reached Texas, the westernmost state of the Confederacy, and announced to the enslaved population their freedom on June 19, 1865. Over the weekend ...
Top players, moments from Michigan high school baseball state championships
Detroit News· 3 days agoNorthville won its first baseball state championship Saturday afternoon at McLane Stadium with a 2-1...
Another Side of Key West? Its Rich Black History
AFAR· 2 days agoSilky white-sand beaches, bright cottages, Key lime pie: About four miles long and a mile wide, Key West is distinctive, drawing visitors for both its distance to and from the United States.
A photographer spent years memorializing some 300 sites of fatal police shootings across America
CNN via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn ‘My America,’ Diana Matar photographed locations across four states where people had died during...
Six Questions with Bojangles CEO Jose Armario
QSR· 7 days agoSince 2019, I’ve had the honor of serving as CEO of Bojangles, a rapidly expanding quick-service chain best known for our Southern-style chicken,...
Iowa regents raise tuition as students tell of financial pressure
Quad-City Times· 6 days agoThe increases set the cost of tuition for in-state undergrads to $9,286 at the UI; $9,252 at Iowa...
Gene Frenette: Inside Trevor Lawrence's huge deal and FSU's baseball turnaround
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo Sports· 6 days agoOne is Tom Brady (335 games), the others are Hall of Famers Jerry Rice (303), Brett Favre (302),...
How Mexican citizens in Texas can vote in Mexico’s 2024 elections
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 3 days agoSign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. With two women frontrunners, Mexico will likely elect its first female ...
Honor Thy Father: The Saga Of A Drug Smuggler’s Son
Forbes· 4 days agoClyde Walton Cobb might not have been the best father figure, but he was a hell of a pot smuggler. Between 1977 and 1981, Cobb, who used a suntan oil...
Could Energy Drinks Raise Your Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
Mercola· 21 hours agoEnergy drinks are under scrutiny following research linking their consumption to sudden cardiac arrest.1 The beverages have soared in popularity in recent years among those looking for a quick ...