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#BlackGirlMagic recently reached a fever pitch in Atlanta when three industry impresarios were honored for impacting the music industry. On Friday, Sammye-Ruth Scott, Summer Walker, and Amber Grimes were honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) during its 15th annual ASCAP Women Behind the Music event in Atlanta. Presented by the […]

Compilation of the absolute funniest, wildest, and pettiest office potluck tweets ahead of Thanksgiving 2023

Chanting the mantra of every Jambhala is believed to be more beneficial if the chanter has received oral transmissions from a teacher who holds the teaching Lineage

Runaway Roomba caught on cam escaping house. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

Environmentalist Dhruv Boruah has developed a vessel to clean up waterways.

CNN's Bryinn Gingras reports from the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York City.

Plans to release the first hostages under the latest deal Israel reached with Hamas were delayed late Wednesday. CNN's Matthew Chance talks with family and supporters of some of those taken.

The hostage deal would see Israelis held captive by Hamas released in exchange for a number of jailed Palestinian women and children. CNN's Nima Elbagir looks at a radio station that has dedicated its airwaves to families of Palestinians desperately trying to reach out to their loved ones held in Israeli prisons.

CNN's Nic Robertson has spent more than six weeks in Israel, reporting on the bloody aftermath of Hamas' October 7 attack and on the explosive battles in the rubble of Gaza City. He looks back at these unprecedented weeks of fighting -- and ahead to what the future of the conflict may hold.

By Sydney Haywood and Joe Fryer Jonathon Heyward’s career is full of accomplishments, but it has also been marked by what he describes as “serendipitous moments.” Heyward, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s new musical director, said he started playing the cello at age 10 because there were too many students at his performing arts school in Charleston, South Carolina, who wanted to play violin. “The violin line was completely out the door and no one was in the cello line,” Heyward said. “I was ready to go home.” Heyward said this brief moment of childhood impatience expanded into a love of the instrument, setting The post New symphony director breaks ground in Baltimore in signature Chuck Taylors appeared first on HBCU News.

By Nyah Peebles LeBron James’ talk show, “The Shop UNINTERRUPTED,” is hitting the road and visiting three HBCUs this homecoming season. “The Shop UNINTERRUPTED,” is an unfiltered discussion featuring some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment. LeBron James and a variety of special guests gather in various barber shops to speak honestly on sports, music, pop culture, and more. The show will make appearances at Tennessee State University, Hampton University, and North Carolina A&T University during each school’s homecoming week. ‘The Shop’ co-creator Paul Rivera revealed to Andscape, that those universities were chosen for a specific reason. “We selected these three schools for various reasons, The post LeBron James’ Show ‘The Shop’ To Film At Three HBCUs This Fall appeared first on HBCU News.

Courtesy of Tuskegee University Tuskegee University’s Ninth President Charlotte P. Morris, who has served the university for almost 40 years in different capacities, will retire as planned next spring. During her tenure, she led the development of the five-year strategic plan, which set the university’s direction, and celebrated a very significant increase in research grants awarded to the university  ̶ including some focused on health disparities for African Americans in general and others targeting cancer in the Black community. The Board of Trustees has hired an executive search firm to conduct the search for the university’s 10th president with particular interest The post Tuskegee University President Charlotte P. Morris to Retire appeared first on HBCU News.