By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS and SHARON LURYE, Associated Press She’d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school’s modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn’t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, msayles@afro.com and Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com The Baltimore City Council’s Legislative Investigations Committee held a public hearing on Feb. 23 to discuss control and maintenance of the city’s underground conduit system and a recent deal with Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE). Council members Eric T. Costello, Sharon
By Catherine Pugh, Special to the AFRO In an October 2022 interview with the AFRO- American Newspapers, Mayor Brandon Scott told Ralph Moore that Baltimore City was not selling its conduit system. And it has not. “No,” he said. “What I have before the board is a study to determine what is best for the
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO, National Urban League “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists
MICHIGAN AND NORTH CAROLINA CREATIVES SOUGHT FOR BLACK MEDIA STORY SUMMIT Up to $60,000 in funding to be awarded for media projects promoting vaccination Black Public Media (BPM) is inviting Michigan and North Carolina creatives to join health care professionals and other stakeholders at its upcoming Black Media Story Summit for a day of conversation
By AFRO Staff Fans of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from around the nation converged on Baltimore this week for the 2023 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Tournament. HBCU athletes, cheerleaders and mascots left it all on the court as they faced off with some of the country’s top athletes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott kicks
Nigeria election 2023: Votes are counted but final results may take days BBC Polling closes in Nigeria’s tightly fought presidential and parliamentary races The Guardian Nigerian voters still lining up after election delays – KION546 KION PICTORIAL: Voters check INEC register to confirm names, PUs in Abuja Punch Newspapers Nigeria election 2023 live: Vote counting under way Al Jazeera English
Severe winter storm wreaking havoc in SoCal CBS Los Angeles Rare blizzard takes aim at southern California FOX 32 Chicago Parts of metro Los Angeles are still under a historic blizzard warning as heavy snow and rain pummel region CNN Mount Baldy is seeing its ‘worst winter’ in years for rescues SFGATE Parts of southern California see rare snowfall Reuters
Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett Appears to Swipe at President Joe Biden Barron’s Berkshire Hathaway fourth-quarter operating earnings fall 8%, cash hoard swells to nearly $130 billion CNBC Warren Buffett: ‘There will be no finish line’ at Berkshire Hathaway Yahoo Finance Warren Buffett, in annual letter, stays upbeat and preaches patience Reuters Warren Buffett calls stock buyback critics ‘economic illiterate’
Five Killed in Medical Plane Crash in Nevada, Officials Say The New York Times Care Flight medical aircraft crash in Stagecoach, Nevada leaves 5 dead: report Fox News 5 dead, including patient and medical personnel, in Care Flight plane crash ABC News Wife & brother of plane crash victim Glenmarkus Walker share his legacy KARK 5 killed in medical