Tag: national news
World Games Facing $14M Deficit. How Organizers Plan to Fill Gap
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The World Games 2022 (TWG2022) held in Birmingham last month is facing $14 million deficit and plans are underway to...
Joe Biden Taps Michael Regan As EPA Administrator
By Alexander C. Kaufman
Black Voices
President-elect Joe Biden is set to name Michael Regan as his pick for the nation’s 16th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,...
Cyntoia Brown Released From Prison After Serving 15 Years Of Life...
By Hayley Miller
Black Voices
Sex trafficking victim Cyntoia Brown was released from prison Wednesday after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing a...
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dead at 88
By Hillel Italie
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in “Beloved,”...
Jussie Smollett’s attorneys say all criminal charges dropped
By Amanda Seitz and Michael Tarm
Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett said Tuesday that charges alleging he lied to police...
Ethiopian Airlines crash kills 157, spreads global grief
By Elias Meseret and Yidnek Kirubel
Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — An Ethiopian Airlines jet faltered and crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff, carving a...
