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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that $289 million will be awarded to 44 organizations as part of the Economic Development Administration’s SPRINT challenge. The SPRINT (Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology) challenge was launched last year to harness America’s entrepreneurial spirit to address the economic, health, and …

Photo: Patrick Smith (Getty Images) On April 1, in what may or may not have been an April Fools’ Day joke, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced that detectives had determined the cause of Tiger Woods’ single-car accident from February 23, in which the 45-year-old suffered an assortment of …

In the rain forests of Borneo, Sahril Ramadani wakes before sunrise to the high-pitched shrieks of gibbons. Fumbling in the dark, he packs up his essentials for the day: hand sanitizer, iPad, GPS tracker, watch, materials for sample collection, and lunch. Securing an N95 mask over his face, he sets …

The University of North Carolina has hired Hubert Davis as its new men’s basketball coach, making him the school’s first African American in the role and 19th in program history, according to 247Sports.com. Davis, 50, is no stranger to the Tar Heels’ program. He played guard for UNC coach Dean …

The COVID-19 crisis is hitting the Black-owned small business community extremely hard. According to a statement released by Fifth Third Foundation, studies show that 41% of Black-owned businesses have been shuttered during the pandemic. On the upside, the Fifth Third Foundation recently announced the recipients of $1.2 million in grants …

Minneapolis Police Officer Nicole Mackenzie testifies as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek ChauvinImage: Court TV-Pool (AP) As day 7 of Derek Chauvin’s trial went on, we heard numerous use of force experts testify about what was …

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has reportedly issued an executive order against the voting law signed by Governor Brian Kemp on March 24. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, on Tuesday (April 6), Bottoms directed the City’s Chief Equity Officer to implement a series of actions, through an Administrative Order, to …

Knox County is being called out for its alleged shady bail practices that reportedly violate state and federal law. According to a press release sent out on Monday, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and Civil Rights Corps (CRC) have teamed up to potentially sue Knox County over their bail practices, …

Photo: Megan Varner (Getty Images) I swear white folks are just looking for any excuse to be racist. A school system in Virginia is investigating a post on social media that mocked George Floyd’s death in celebration of— wait for it—a football game. White people. Why are you like this? …

DMX reportedly suffered drug overdose and is now at White Plains Hospital in New York in a vegetative state. Some of his 15 children have arrived but they can only see their father one at a time. Family sources tell TMZ that several of his kids are at the hospital …