By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, tmcqueen@afro.com On the evening of Feb. 3, Baltimore City will be under a Code Blue due to extreme cold weather. Frigid air is expected to come in, presenting estimated wind chills into the single digits. Letitia Dzirasa, the city’s health commissioner, declared a Code Blue Extreme Cold Alert from
By Tashi McQueen,AFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.com Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.-07) recently introduced the “Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2023.” The witness protection bill, if passed, will provide $150 million, $30 million a year for five years, to reinforcing witness protection services for witnesses’ of homicides, felonies, serious drug charges, gang crimes or organized
By Kendra Lee, Black Health Matters Why is loss of pregnancy still such a taboo subject? Midway through my appointment, my gynecologist went silent. Her face screwed up a little, and she announced, “I don’t hear a heartbeat.” My own heartbeat stopped, too, for a second, maybe two. “What?” I managed to croak. She was
By John Celestand andRobert Walker-Smith Black History Month — which evolved from “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of noted historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans — is known as the annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Although we mostly concentrate
By Bianca Crawley, Special to the AFRO As the first African-American female director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Mrs. Vanessa E. Wynce, has made tremendous strides in the development and future of science, technology, engineering, and math. Growing up down south in Conway, S.C., Wynce developed a strong interest in engineering as a young child.
Northeast U.S. Braces for the Coldest Wind Chill in Decades The New York Times D.C.-area forecast: Arctic blast is here, with numbing wind chills through tonight The Washington Post ‘Extremely Dangerous’ Frigid Weather Likely Will Break Records In Northeast—Here’s Where It Will Be Coldest Forbes NYC, Northeast bracing for ‘dangerous’ polar vortex, sub-zero temperatures New York Post BITTER BLAST:
Suspect arrested in case of tamarin monkeys missing from Dallas Zoo, police say CNN Man arrested in connection to missing Dallas Zoo monkeys, sources say WFAA.com Suspect in disappearance of Dallas Zoo tamarin monkeys is arrested at an aquarium NBC News Arrest made in connection with 2 monkeys taken from Dallas Zoo, police say The Dallas Morning News Dallas
Pentagon tracking suspected Chinese spy balloon over the US CNN China spy balloon to be addressed by Pentagon, Missing Detroit rappers found dead | LiveNOW from FOX LiveNOW from FOX Playbook: Worries balloon over Chinese spying – POLITICO POLITICO China’s brazen spy balloon drifting over US nuclear bases is a big slap in the face Fox News What China
Air raid sirens sound in Kyiv during visit by European leaders Reuters Zelenskyy Meets Von der Leyen in Kyiv | VOA News Voice of America Russia-Ukraine live: No rigid timeline for accession, says EU Al Jazeera English “Europe will still stand with you to win and rebuild” | DW News DW News EU promises on Ukraine recovery are ‘lies’:
Macron warns Netanyahu over judicial overhaul, settlements The Times of Israel Macron denounces ‘headlong rush’ of Iran’s Nuclear Programme, meets Israeli PM in Paris | WION WION Iran’s nuclear programme at a ‘dangerous point’, Macron says after talks with Netanyahu FRANCE 24 English Hosting Netanyahu, Macron raises alarm over ‘headlong’ Iran nuclear rush The Times of Israel Israel’s former