By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com In a prolonged day of Baltimore City Council meetings on Oct. 19, the lawmakers passed an amended version of Mayor Brandon M. Scott’s redistricting plan in an 8-6 vote. Councilman Kristerfer Burnett (D-District 8) was not in attendance, so he had no vote. “We took a map that
By Special to the AFRO Jerry Seals, MD quietly passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Oct. 13. He was born on Nov. 1, 1946 in Laurel, Miss., the son of George and Mildred (Currie) Seals. After the family moved to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1958, he graduated from Buffalo’s Bennett High School
By Mylika Scatliffe AFRO Women’s Health Writer As reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States. About 9 percent of all new cases of breast cancer in the United States are found in women younger than age 45. Breast cancer
By Tashi McQueen AFRO Political Writer tmcqueen@afro.com Baltimore business owner Bob Wallace announced his 2024 bid for Baltimore City mayor on Oct. 12, but this time he’s running as a Democrat. He ran unaffiliated in 2020 and came second to Mayor Brandon M. Scott in the General Election. “I think that the Democratic Party has
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center are spearheading a pioneering study to unravel the biological underpinnings of aggressive breast cancers in Black women. Led by Dr. Harikrishna Nakshatri, a breast cancer researcher at the Indiana University School of
Israel is ‘expanding’ ground operations in Gaza.
“We will not tolerate antisemitism at Cornell,” the university president said after threats were made against the Center for Jewish Living.
At a U.N. camp in southern Gaza, children have been forced to flee their homes and live in squalid conditions while trying to make sense of a war with no end in sight.
Israeli officials completely underestimated the magnitude of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas, shattering the country’s once invincible sense of security.
The Russian authorities announced that the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region, was temporarily closed and riot police were dispatched to the scene.