Ford to install racing enthusiast as new CEO
Jim Farley spends his free time behind the wheel of a 1965 Ford GT40, the car that snatched three consecutive victories at Le Mans from team Ferrari in the early 1960s. And after years of […]
August 2020
An incumbent goes down in Missouri as anti-establishment candidates make their mark
Liberal challenger Cori Bush defeated Rep. Lacy Clay, a longtime pillar of the Congressional Black Caucus, on Tuesday, underscoring the threat the activist wing of the Democratic Party poses to establishment members. Clay is one […]
Love can blossom in the bleakest of places
Engagement photos typically take place in such serene settings as a park or pedestrian plaza. But for a Palestinian couple, the perfect setting for their pre-wedding pix turned out to be the refugee camp where […]
Moldovan police officer sheds 140 pounds
A Moldovan police officer who has lost 140 pounds over the past three years attributes her success to discipline, dedication and diet. Corina Repesciuc, 27, who lives in Causeni in the district of the same […]
Dutch company claims its ‘flying car’ will be the 1st to hit the road
A Dutch company’s effort to build what it calls the world’s first commercially marketed production model of a “flying car” could obtain permission to use it on roads in the Netherlands in August. The car, […]
Black-Owned Laboratory Uses Artificial Intelligence-Based Drug Discovery Platform to Develop Treatment for COVID-19
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The novel coronavirus has ravaged most of the globe, but in the U.S., African Americans and other communities of color have disproportionately born the lethal impact of […]
Famed painting had tech help
A small painting hidden away in England for more than a century that was thought to be a copy of Spanish artist Diego Velazquez’s “Las Meninas” masterpiece was not only painted by him but also […]
Autos drive US manufacturing in June
The U.S. Department of Commerce delivered some good news as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on the economy. Factory orders for U.S.-made goods increased 6.2 percent in June, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday, […]
Google ad revenues decrease for first time in company history
Google notched an 8% decline in its second quarterly report amid global economic instability fueled by the ongoing pandemic. The quarterly revenues published by Google’s parent company Alphabet shows a $2.6 billion drop, the first […]
American Psychological Association Called on Facebook to Prohibit Hate Speech
WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association has called on Mark Zuckerberg to ban hate speech on Facebook, citing decades of scientific research demonstrating that such speech can cause significant psychological harm to the target audience, […]
Blue-eyed kittens born at Siberian Zoo
Three litters with a total of 16 adorable wild kittens with large, bright blue eyes were born at the zoo in Novosibirsk, Siberia earlier this month, the zoo announced in a July 18 post on […]
An Interview with Sherman C. Urquhart
By Taroue Brooks Sherman C. Urquhart is an educator, author, certified fitness trainer and certified life coach. He is a Virginia native, and he has served in the education field for over a decade. After […]