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By Kate Seltzer, Hunter Savery, Destiny Herbers and Nolan Clancy, Capital News Service Maryland voters participating in the first major election since the Jan. 6 insurrection are expressing concerns about the state of American democracy, but what Democrats and Republicans worry about differs significantly. “I do believe that democracy is at stake. I think we’re
By Mark Sherman, The Associated Press The Supreme Court is wrestling with a challenge to a federal law that gives preference to Native American families in foster care and adoption proceedings of Native children. The justices heard several hours of arguments on Nov. 9, over the Indian Child Welfare Act, enacted in 1978 to address
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report For America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com On Nov. 9, At-Large City Councilwoman Anita Bonds (D-DC) put four bills before the Committee on Housing and Executive Administration. The D.C. City Council meeting was virtual, with only Chairman Phil Mendelson and Councilman Robert White attending in person. A range of topics
By Ashraf Khalil, The Associated Press Mayor Muriel Bowser secured a third term on Nov. 8 after a campaign focused on her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and on her history as one of the faces of Washington’s ongoing quest for statehood. In June, Bowser, 50, defeated a pair of challengers from the District of
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland Adrienne Jones said “It is always a humbling experience to receive an award, but this was special.” Speaker Jones received the Inaugural Great Emancipator Award alongside University of Maryland, Baltimore County Professor Emeritus, and author Acklyn Lynch, at the inaugural
Zelensky Visits Kherson After Russia’s Retreat: Ukraine War Live Updates The New York Times Ukraine’s President Zelensky visits liberated Kherson – BBC News BBC News Zelenskyy calls liberation of Kherson ‘beginning of the end’ Yahoo News A Conversation with Ukraine’s Special Operations Commander War on the Rocks What is Russia’s next move after Kherson pullout? | DW News DW News
ALS diagnosis takes away Roberta Flack’s ability to sing The Washington Post Roberta Flack Announces She Has ALS, Can No Longer Sing TMZ Roberta Flack has been diagnosed with ALS: ‘Impossible to sing and not easy to speak’ Fox News Roberta Flack reveals she has ALS: It’s ‘impossible to sing’ New York Post Singer Roberta Flack Has ALS, Finds
How Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX Crypto Empire Collapsed The New York Times ‘What. H.A.P.P.E.N….’ — Sam Bankman-Fried’s latest slow roll of tweets spark scorn as well as concern MarketWatch Gauging Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud liability with Vanderbilt’s Yesha Yadav CNBC Television The Risky Business of Sam Bankman-Fried The Wall Street Journal SBF and Collapse of FTX Might Have Spoiled Everyone’s Party Bloomberg
Student suspect in custody after 3 football players shot dead and 2 people wounded at the University of Virginia, police say CNN University of Virginia shooting: Ex-football player suspect in custody, victims ID’d as former teammates Fox News Jim Harbaugh offers thoughts, prayers to Virginia football program MLive.com Dino Babers on 3 Virginia football players killed in shooting: