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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 — 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 — 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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...