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WNBA Draft: Here’s how much Azzi Fudd will make as No. 1 pick as League enters historic financial era

 by Dollita Okine, Face2FaceAfrica.com The Dallas Wings made Azzi Fudd the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft on Monday night in New York City, officially confirming the most highly anticipated selection in this year’s class. Fudd will reportedly earn a rookie salary of $500,000, seven times the $78,831 that Dallas Wings player Paige Bueckers reportedly made as the top pick last year. This substantial increase is...

Pete Hegseth Was Roasted For Quoting Samuel L. Jackson’s Fake ‘Pulp Fiction’ Verse During Pentagon Prayer

 by Christopher Rhodes, Blavity.com US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. Hegseth said Tuesday that talks on ending the Iran war are making progress even as the more than month-long US-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic...

New find at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello largely built by enslaved workers shows the property still holds secrets

 by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com For many years now, archaeologists have been studying Monticello, the 18th-century plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson. They, however, keep making new finds. Not too long ago, researchers unearthed the remains of a kiln buried under the property’s East Lawn. They believe the structure dates back to the early 1770s,...

Jackie Young becomes WNBA’s first million-dollar player: report

 by Dollita Okine,Face2FaceAfrica.com The Las Vegas Aces have re-signed All-Star guard Jackie Young, as announced by the team’s president and general manager, Nikki Fargas. Young has been a key player for the Aces, winning three WNBA titles in the last four seasons.  Ahead of the signing, Reuters reported that the contract is expected to...

House Votes To Restore Protected Status To Haitians In US, Defying Trump

By Christopher Rhodes, President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict legal immigration and paint negative, racist pictures of immigrant communities received a congressional rebuke on Wednesday. Democrats, as well as members of the president’s party, voted to support a measure that would allow hundreds of thousands of Haitians to remain in the United States...

Pete Hegseth Was Roasted For Quoting Samuel L. Jackson’s Fake ‘Pulp Fiction’ Verse During Pentagon Prayer

 by Christopher Rhodes, Blavity.com US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026....

New find at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello largely built by enslaved workers shows the property still holds secrets

 by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com For many years now, archaeologists have been studying Monticello, the 18th-century plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson. They, however, keep making new finds. Not...

House Votes To Restore Protected Status To Haitians In US, Defying Trump

By Christopher Rhodes, President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict legal immigration and paint negative, racist pictures of immigrant communities received a congressional rebuke on Wednesday. Democrats, as well...

Elon Musk summoned in France as X faces serious allegations over deepfakes and abuse material

 by Kofie Oppong Kyekyeku, Face2FaceAfrica.com French prosecutors have called on Elon Musk to appear in Paris this week as part of a widening investigation into activity on the social...

Dr. Erica Schwartz Makes History as the First Black Woman to Lead the CDC.

 BlackNews.com Dr. Erica Schwartz is President Trump’s pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. The nomination comes as vaccine policy...

Building Bridges of Support: How AAPI Equity Alliance Is Strengthening California’s Anti-Hate Network

OAKLAND POST — In May 2022, Patricia Roque said she and her parents were attacked after a late-night stop at a fast-food drive-thru in...

American College of Physicians Names First Black EVP & CEO, LeRoi Hicks

SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT — According to a press release from ACP, Hicks’ selection comes after a national search and recommendations for the...

Advocates call for Mamdani to commit to abolishing the NYPD gang database

by Tandy Lau Organizers against the NYPD’s Criminal Group Database fear Mayor Zohran Mamdani may soften his stance on abolishing the policing tool which almost...
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Hillhouse Students Dazzle In Inaugural Arts Showcase

By Lucy Gellman   the Hillhouse Band takes the stage. Lucy Gellman Photos. As the sound of Lil Uzi Vert’s “What You Saying” drifted over the stage, Janeska Marrero stilled...

On Park Street, Nine Artists Share Their Stories

By Solé Scott Inside 211 Park St., nine artists’ worlds were unfolding at once. In a photo triptych on one wall, a family of seven looked out at the camera...

New Milford GOP explores high school Turning Point USA chapter as activists object: ‘Not who we are’

NEW MILFORD — The chairperson of New Milford's Republican Party confirmed it is exploring the feasibility of forming a Turning Point USA chapter for high school students.  Discover with Dan:...

Bridgeport schools plan to expand Wi-Fi service to students living in public housing

BRIDGEPORT — Bridgeport Public Schools students who live in the city's public housing may soon be able to use the school district's Wi-Fi while they are at home. Thanks to a...

In New Haven Pitch, Elliott Turns Up The Heat On Lamont

by Mona Mahadevan The New Haven independent New Haven DTC Chair Vincent Mauro Jr., who endorsed Lamont: The governor is a “steady hand on the wheel,” but he could afford...

Alder Lauds Armory Advocacy In Annual Address

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent A picture of Edwards’ late son Ben, on the Armory. Credit: Mona Mahadevan file photo When Alder Kim Edwards goes by the Goffe Street...

Republicans Hoping To Win Back 8th District Senate Seat

by Viktoria Sundqvist Long-time Harwinton First Selectman Mike Criss is hoping to take back the 8th District Senate seat for Republicans and oust first-term incumbent Democrat Paul Honig.  Criss said he...

CT Senate Passes ‘Golden Girls’ Housing Bill

by Donald Eng CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — Was it nostalgia for 1980s television that resulted in a housing bill passing the Senate with bipartisan support? Maybe. In a 29-7 vote Thursday,...

Common Ground Students Get Down To Business

By Claire Armstrong   The weather was brisk last Friday, but students at Common Ground High School felt motivated and energetic when getting down to business. Setting up around wooden benches,...

Sabin Wins Ward 26 Endorsement

by Laura Glesby The New Haven independent In a hyperlocal embrace of political change, Upper Westville’s Ward 26 Democratic Ward Committee voted decisively on Sunday to support four-month Westville resident...

Residency-Requirement Waivers Proposed

by Thomas Breen The New Haven independent Three years after failing to convince charter revisers to allow city department heads to live outside of New Haven, Mayor Justin Elicker is...

Justice Panel Finds Second Chances

by Lisa Reisman They were poets and lawyers and screenwriters and essayists. They just didn’t know it. That goes to the mission of the Yale Prison Education Initiative at Dwight Hall,...
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Pete Hegseth Was Roasted For Quoting Samuel L. Jackson’s Fake ‘Pulp Fiction’ Verse During Pentagon Prayer

 by Christopher Rhodes, Blavity.com US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. Hegseth said Tuesday that talks...

New find at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello largely built by enslaved workers shows the property still holds secrets

 by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica.com For many years now, archaeologists have been studying Monticello, the 18th-century plantation and home of Thomas Jefferson. They, however, keep making new finds. Not...

House Votes To Restore Protected Status To Haitians In US, Defying Trump

By Christopher Rhodes, President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict legal immigration and paint negative, racist pictures of immigrant communities received a congressional rebuke on Wednesday. Democrats, as well...

Elon Musk summoned in France as X faces serious allegations over deepfakes and abuse material

 by Kofie Oppong Kyekyeku, Face2FaceAfrica.com French prosecutors have called on Elon Musk to appear in Paris this week as part of a widening investigation into activity on the social...

Dr. Erica Schwartz Makes History as the First Black Woman to Lead the CDC.

 BlackNews.com Dr. Erica Schwartz is President Trump’s pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention. The nomination comes as vaccine policy...

Building Bridges of Support: How AAPI Equity Alliance Is Strengthening California’s Anti-Hate Network

OAKLAND POST — In May 2022, Patricia Roque said she and her parents were attacked after a late-night stop at a fast-food drive-thru in...

American College of Physicians Names First Black EVP & CEO, LeRoi Hicks

SAN DIEGO VOICE & VIEWPOINT — According to a press release from ACP, Hicks’ selection comes after a national search and recommendations for the...

Advocates call for Mamdani to commit to abolishing the NYPD gang database

by Tandy Lau Organizers against the NYPD’s Criminal Group Database fear Mayor Zohran Mamdani may soften his stance on abolishing the policing tool which almost...

From the Streets to Seminary, Morning Star Baptist Church Pastor Traded Happiness for Joy

By Kimberly Marsh | Oklahoma Eagle On Easter morning in 1970, 4-year-old Rodney Goss sat on the stoop of his Trenton, New Jersey home waiting...
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