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     Welker will be the first Black moderator of “Meet the Press” and the first woman since Rountree left in 1953.

      An employee at the Dubuque Hempstead High School in Iowa has been placed on leave after calling a Black student the N-word.

American history. What’s the oldest such holiday? It’s actually Pinkster — originally a Dutch celebration that was brought to the Hudson Valley in the 17th century and morphed into the most treasured festival of the year for enslaved people and their descendants.

     The Black Inventors Hall of Fame Museum is the brainchild of James Howard, a professional industrial designer who has spent more than four decades designing more than 400 commercial products and is listed as an inventor on more than 20 U.S. patents. Howard Design Agency, which he founded and ran for 15 years, became one of the nation’s top-grossing industrial design firms, working with several major consumer product companies and academic institutions.

      Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a 14-year-old boy who authorities say was fatally shot in the back by a gas station owner with calls to channel their righteous anger into collective support and political action.

     Kenneth Bond, 44, and Kelly Gilliss, 43, participated in the Second Chance College Program, which offers post-secondary education to incarcerated students through federal funding.

      In a soft-spoken voice, 11-year-old Aderrien Murry told ABC’s Good Morning America the heart-wrenching details of the night he nearly lost his life by the hands of a police officer. The boy was shot and injured by a responding officer after dialing 911 for help.

Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, also has spearheaded work to help women retain autonomy over their bodies despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial ruling to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade legislation.
 In an exclusive interview, the vice president pledged more of the same going forward from the Biden-Harris administration.

         Beyond its financial implications, the plan carries significant political weight for President Biden, who championed the cause of tackling student loan debt as a key promise during his 2020 campaign, aiming to galvanize younger voters.

     The family of LaShawn Thompson, the man who died in Fulton County Jail after he was allegedly “eaten alive by insects and bed bugs,” had an independent autopsy conducted to find out the cause of death. According to the results, Thompson died of “complications due to severe neglect” and his manner of death is listed as “homicide.”