By ALEX BRANDON, Associated Press CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — A Walmart manager opened fire on fellow employees in the break room of a Virginia store, killing six people in the country’s second high-profile mass shooting in four days, police and a witness said Wednesday. The gunman, who apparently shot himself, was dead when police found […]
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Navigating ‘unprecedented times’: Carver Bank’s CEO advises how to cope with the Fed’s climbing interest rates
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com With inflation and interest rates at an all time high, one thing is clear for Carver Federal Savings Bank CEO and President Michael Pugh, we are living in unprecedented times. Throughout 2022, the Federal Reserve (Fed) has raised interest rates six times in […]
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Ohio sues Family Dollar and Dollar General for deceptive pricing
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has sued two leading discount stores for deceptive pricing: Dollar General and Family Dollar. Yost sued Dollar General on Nov. 1 after receiving complaints from residents across multiple counties in the state, alleging that the variety store charged […]
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Senate says feds, tech fall short on watching extremists
By David Klepper, The Associated Press The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are failing to adequately monitor domestic extremists, according to a new Senate report that also faulted social media platforms for encouraging the spread of violent and anti-government content. The report, recently issued by the Senate Homeland Security panel, called on federal […]
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Are you prepared to fight ransomware? Tech experts weigh in on the most popular form of cyberattack
By Tashi McQueen, AFRO Political Writer, Report for America Corps Member, tmcqueen@afro.com As the world becomes more technologically savvy, so comes with it the threat of online crime. One of the latest digital threats to security has been ransomware. According to the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), ransomware is malware that encrypts files, […]
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Tech watch: seven Black-owned startups to keep your eye on
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com Startups are popping up across the country in a variety of different industries– each one with a new, innovative product or service to offer. Some even grant patrons the opportunity to seize their stake in the company in exchange for equity. Here’s a […]
Posted inReligion
TCR Breaking News: Prominent Virologist and AME itinerant elder Dr. A. Oveta Fuller Dies at Age 67
By The Christian Recorder Rev. Dr. Almyra Oveta Fuller was born on August 31, 1955, in Mebane, North Carolina. Deborah Woods Fuller, her mother was a teacher and her father Herbert R. Fuller managed the family farm. Fuller grew up near Yanceyville, North Carolina. As a child biology intrigued her at an early age. She […]
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Dr. Loretta H. Cheeks: a national ‘GEM’ in STEAM
By Darnell Hill, Special to the Arizona Informant, BlackPressUSA Since starting her career journey in the chemical industry while at Southern University and A&M College, Dr. Loretta H. Cheeks has defied many odds for what is possible for a lifelong career doing what she loves and being who she is. She wears her overcoming many […]
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Sensory overload: are tech devices affecting your sleep?
By Mylika Scatliffe, AFRO Women’s Health Writer, mscatliffe@afro.com Kimberly Maker, 53, used to be skeptical about the world of sleep study. In the beginning she didn’t believe in it– thinking it was a fictitious field of medicine. Given her opinions about the field at the time, she ignored her primary care doctor’s advice to undergo […]
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Artificial Intelligence in art underlines deeper implications for workers
By Matthew Wynn and Kyle Russo, Capital News Service Artificial Intelligence — it’s the thing of sci-fi movies and dystopian novels. It’s also present and real, impacting laborers and professionals across industries. Recently, a man used the AI image generator Midjourney to enter a fine arts contest for the Colorado State Fair under the “Digital […]
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Baltimore entrepreneurs integrate technology and fashion
By Kara Thompson, Special to the AFRO What is the solution for a jogger who runs at night and fears being hit by a passing car? What can help athletes who want to play on a basketball court without risking the injury of a bad slip and fall? Where do medical professionals, searching for an […]
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D.C. public school teachers walk out in frustration, no new contract since 2019
By Deborah Bailey, Contributing Editor D.C. Public Schools Teachers walked out of their classrooms in frustration on Nov. 17. as arbitrators and representatives from the Washington Teachers Union still had not come to an agreement over a new teacher’s contract for D.C. Public Schools teachers. Thursday’s Day of Action, organized by Washington Teachers Union, urged […]