X Games Norway 2020 Day Two News and Results
The second and final day of X Games Norway at Hafjell Alpinsenter was a Slopestyle showdown, featuring Men’s and Women’s Ski and Snowboard Slopestyle competitions. In X Games history, Norwegians…
Indiana Cop Deemed Justified in Black Man’s Killing
By Rick CallahanThe Associated Press A White former South Bend police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of an African-American man last summer, but he was charged March 6…
Now This: Tornado Clobbers African American North Nashville
By Travis LollerThe Associated Press On a frigid Friday morning in North Nashville, Ishvicka Howell stood in her driveway and peered down the street at several utility trucks. “When I…
Kamala Harris Endorses Biden; Jesse Jackson Backs Sanders
By The Associated Press Kamala Harris endorsed Joe Biden on March 8 and said she would “do everything in my power” to help elect him, becoming the latest dropout from…
60 Years Later, ‘An Appeal for Human Rights’ Still Resonates
By Michael WarrenThe Associated Press Sixty years have passed since Roslyn Pope came home from Europe to a segregated South and channeled her frustrations into writing “An Appeal for Human…
New Virginia Sentencing Law Ends High Court’s DC Sniper Case
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, the Washington, D.C., area sniper, and Virginia agreed Monday to dismiss a pending Supreme Court case after the state changed…
Study: African Americans Poorer Today Than Five Years Ago
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent African Americans were more likely to be unemployed than Americans overall in 2018 than they were in 2013, according to a new study…
A Louisiana Girl with California Wine
By Candace J. SemienJozef Syndicate Reporter (NNPA Newswire) — Dawna Jones remembers having an amazing childhood in Opelousas, La., with her parents, Randolph and Priscilla Darjean, and three siblings. But…
Despite Label Drama, Megan Thee Stallion Happy To Release Music
By Mesfin FekaduAP Music Writer Megan Thee Stallion says she works extremely hard in the studio writing music, and so became more than a little worried when she almost couldn’t…
McCoy Tyner, Iconic and Influential Jazz Pianist, Dies
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — McCoy Tyner, the groundbreaking and influential jazz pianist and the last surviving member of the John Coltrane Quartet, has died. He was…