Author: Carma Henry

By Kendrick Marshall (Source: HBCU Sports) At this year’s HBCU Swingman Classic, every player will take the field with a visible reminder of Roger Cador. Cador, who died…

     He had been targeted by a drive-by shooter in Jacksonville and hospitalized with two gunshot wounds. During his weeklong hospitalization, he said, a physician assistant changed the course of his life by visiting his hospital bed each day and warning him that Black men with gunshot wounds often end up paralyzed — or worse.

Carolyn E. Howell and Amber Batchelor, founders of Destination Must Visit® Tourism Alliance, Inc., have reached a major milestone after their Black woman-led 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization was awarded a $2.4 million contract to strengthen tourism and hospitality in College Park, Georgia, a suburb of Metro Atlanta. Their organization is legally registered to do business in the states of both Maryland and Georgia.

     Monthly emergency department visits for tick bites in April spiked to their highest level since 2017 and continued to remain high throughout May and June, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s tick bite tracker.

Federal health officials are trying to identify the source of a foodborne parasite illness that has sickened people in 17 states, including Florida, with symptoms that can include weeks of diarrhea.

     Other states linked to the outbreak include Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin, WPIX reported.

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