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Month: October 2024

North Carolina’s historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history

Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s 10 historically Black colleges are going all out to get their nearly 40,000 students to vote. These campuses are steeped in a history of voter activism and in a prime position now to mobilize for Tuesday’s elections. Although the voter mobilization is not a partisan effort, this

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Reynolds and McElhenney buy Wrexham Lager brewery after rejuvenating the city’s soccer team

AP Sports Writer Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have bought another piece of Wrexham — its brewery. Four years after their out-of-the-blue purchase of Wrexham’s struggling soccer team, the Hollywood celebrities have further invested in the city in north Wales by becoming co-owners of Wrexham Lager. The brewery didn’t disclose financial details but said Reynolds

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Banning UNRWA will lead to a vacuum and more suffering for Palestinians, the agency’s chief says

Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency caring for Palestinian refugees says that newly passed Israeli laws effectively banning its activities in Israel will leave a vacuum that will cost more lives and create further in Gaza and the West Bank. Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA, told The

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Georgia begins investigating its disputed election but the opposition calls the probe into question

Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia says it has launched an investigation into alleged vote-rigging in last weekend’s parliamentary election, which officials said was won by the ruling party and the opposition denounced as illegitimate. The opposition immediately raised objections that the Prosecutor’s Office would not conduct an independent inquiry

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

Trump dice que “ningún presidente hizo más por Puerto Rico” que él, mientras la campaña lidia con las consecuencias del comentario sobre la isla

Belén Liotti (CNN) –– El expresidente Donald Trump dijo este martes que “ningún presidente hizo más por Puerto Rico” que él, mientras su campaña lidia con las consecuencias de que un comediante en su mitin en el Madison Square Garden se refiriera a Puerto Rico como una “isla de basura”. En una mesa redonda en

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