Frogs, shelters and a new city government: Portland’s political year in review

Last January, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson took the helm of a city with a brand new form of government and a host of ongoing ...

Powerball’s $1.7B jackpot could make Christmas Eve unforgettable for a lucky winner

The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.7 billion and is one of the largest lottery prizes in U.S. history. The lottery group will be drawing the 4th-largest jackpot ever on Christmas ...

Co-parent sentenced to 15 years in Southern University student murder

Allyah Martin, 21, of Zachary pleaded no contest to conspiracy and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in the ...
Philadelphia Tribune

HBCU president sues professor who accused her of plagiarism and racism

Heidi Anderson never imagined she would take a former professor to court. Not as a university president, and certainly not over her decades-old dissertation. But the University of Maryland Eastern ...
NCAA

2025 HBCU football: Schedule, scores, rankings and updates

The 2025 HBCU football season will bring excitement, great games, rivalries and more. We'll be tracking the season from start to finish below with scores from every FCS HBCU football game, plus the ...
Arizona Daily Star

Threats prompt lockdowns at historically black colleges and universities across the US

BATON ROUGE, La. — A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. on Thursday led to lockdown orders, canceled classes and heightened security.
Arkansas Times

For this historically Black street in Little Rock, new hopes abound

Ernest Banks, the project lead for the West Ninth Street revitalization project, stands near the State Street Bridge Credit: Arielle Robinson Ernest Banks wore an orange vest as he stood multiple feet ...
Afro

MacKenzie Scott’s gift is a chance to rewrite the future of Black higher education

Recent reports revealed that billionaire MacKenzie Scott donated approximately $740 million to 16 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), bringing her total support to an estimated $1.3 ...
Raiders

'This is marquee. This is box office': Jon Kelley on the Inaugural Las Vegas HBCU Classic

Raiders.com's Levi Edwards answers questions on potential head coach candidates and draft strategy with the No. 1 overall pick. Paul Gutierrez is joined by Q Myers to dive into the Raiders' head ...
Wall Street Journal

Hoax Threats at Historically Black Colleges Cause Campus Lockdowns

Apparent threats toward historically Black colleges, including Alabama State, Virginia State, Hampton University, Spelman College and the Southern University in Louisiana, led to canceled classes and ...
Soap Opera Digest

Days of Our Lives: The Best and Worst of 2025 from John Black’s Death to Who Shot EJ

DAYS faced an impossible assignment — saying good-bye to John Black, one of the genre’s most beloved heroes — without the man who made him iconic, the late Drake Hogestyn. Following the actor’s tragic ...