- Sports
Molinari brothers reunited in Europe's backroom team for Ryder Cup defense
The Molinari brothers are back in tandem for Europe's defense of the Ryder Cup. Francesco Molinari was named Wednesday as an assistant to European captain Luke Donald for next year's matches at Adare Manor in Ireland, joining older brother Edoardo in the backroom team. The Italian siblings have been Donald's assistants for Team Europe's wins outside Rome in 2023 and at Bethpage Black in 2025, with Edoardo having a key role in providing important statistical analysis.
1 min readAP
- Health
As cancer death rates plunge, clear disparities remain, new report says
Black and American Indian/Alaska Native communities have the highest cancer rates of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S.
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NBC News - Health
As cancer death rates plunge, clear disparities remain, new report says
Black and American Indian/Alaska Native communities have the highest cancer rates of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S.
5 min readNBC News - Sports
Meet Caramelo, the Mexico superfan attending his 11th World Cup
Long after Mexico’s World Cup win against South Korea, fans young and old lined up outside the stadium to take photos with Héctor Chávez and his big black sombrero. Also known as Caramelo, candy in English, Chávez is arguably as well-known in Mexico as the members of the national team. Now at his 11the World Cup, Chávez is flanked by his 21-year-old son, also called Héctor Chávez, and known as Caramelo Jr. Both wear oversized sombreros with their nicknames written in all caps, making them hard to miss at stadiums.
3 min read - Entertainment
It is officially Black Girl Dad Week!
Black Girl Dad Week has officially kicked off in participating cities around the US, celebrating Black daughters and the men
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TheGrio - US
The state that shuts off poor families’ power more often than anywhere else
TULSA - The lights went out when Tammy Dikes was in the shower. All of a sudden, her windowless bathroom went black. It was the middle of March, and Dikes’s bills had been piling up. Now she owed the electric company $884.48.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Having your electricity disconnected is more common in Oklahoma than any other state. When new federal data came out this year, the first time Congress ever require
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- US
From renter to owner, Sharpton locks in National Action Network's Harlem foothold for the long haul
The Rev. Al Sharpton’s staff and advisers stood around him just outside the doors of a cozy theater, where some of his most fervent supporters waited to greet him in the newly renovated headquarters of the National Action Network. When doors flung open, Sharpton entered to a standing ovation that continued until he was perched behind a lectern, on a stage decorated with a floor-to-ceiling video screen. Instead, the rabble-rousing youth minister turned go-to national advocate was there to declare his organization was officially an owner, no longer a renter, in the historically Black Harlem neighborhood it has called home for more than two decades.
4 min read - World
Ukraine says it hit a railway bridge to Crimea, seeking to isolate the Russian-held peninsula
Ukraine said Tuesday its forces struck a railway bridge, a power plant and other key infrastructure targets in Crimea as Kyiv’s military seeks to isolate the vital Russian-held peninsula in the latest stage of the 4-year-old war. The drone attacks added to the woes on the Black Sea peninsula, where Russian authorities have had to suspend gasoline sales to civilians as Ukraine has intensified its recent campaign to disrupt supply lines and the electrical grid at the height of the summer tourist season. The peninsula was seized by force and illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014.
3085 min read - Lifestyle
For a soothing cup of herbal tea, here's how to grow and prepare your own herbs
Drink a fragrant cup of herbal tea, and the intoxicating scent of steeped herbs might calm your mind before you even take a sip. Herbal teas are distinct from true teas — such as black or green — which comes from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant.
4 min read - US
Downtown Pittsburgh comes alive for Juneteenth celebration
Crowds pack Pittsburgh for the Juneteenth festival, browsing Black owned vendors and watching live performances celebrating Black history and culture.
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USA TODAY - Entertainment
SZA’s music has been used to train AI without her consent. What can she actually do about it?
What can Black artists and content creators do to protect their work from being stolen by AI training data sets
4 min readTheGrio - US
‘We will not rest’: NAACP, The Black Journey, and more, react after court backs removal of Phila. slavery exhibit
The Black Journey and others say they are not backing down after a federal appeals court ruled a slavery exhibit
6 min readTheGrio - US
Family of 1-year-old killed by police at a Walmart in Mississippi wants video released
A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when police fired into a moving vehicle said Monday they want authorities to release video showing whether officers were in danger of being struck when one of them opened fire. The shooting has sparked outrage in the small city of Senatobia, where some say it’s the latest in a series of troubling encounters between police and Black residents. Kohen Wiley was riding with his mother and another woman in a Walmart parking lot on June 14 when police responded to a shoplifting call.
3 min read - US
Montreal mayor calls for end to random police checks amid racial profiling investigation
City’s police force faces investigation of 16 officers accused of disproportionately targeting Black and Arab residents
3 min readThe Guardian
- Politics
Meet the billionaire running against Keisha Lance Bottoms in race for Georgia governor
Here’s what Black voters in Georgia should know about Keisha Lance Bottoms’s billionaire opponent, Rick Jackson. The race for Georgia
6 min readTheGrio - Celebrity
Sasha and Malia Obama gave us the blueprint for being unapologetically yourself while the world watches
Growing up under the world’s gaze, Malia and Sasha Obama have shown Black girls what freedom can look like. In
1605 min readTheGrio - US
No maps, no insurance: Michigan floods expose lack of information, preparation in many rural areas
Tom and Diane Peterman tried to buy flood insurance when they moved to their retirement home on the shores of Black Lake 14 years ago but were told it wasn’t available. John Solum was told he wasn’t in a flood zone when his family bought a 1940s-era cabin there. Then came this spring’s historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways.
7 min read - World
Czech public broadcasters stage warning strike over government plan to change funding
Journalists and other state media employees dressed in black and formed a human chain around Czech public radio headquarters in Prague on Monday, part of a larger protest against a government plan to overhaul the way the country's public broadcasters are funded. Critics fear that media independence is being threatened by the plan by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his government to change the funding of the state broadcasters, Czech Television and Czech Radio. According to the plan, which was approved by the government last week, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget starting next year, instead of from fees paid by individuals, households and businesses.
1 min read - World
Ukrainian attacks prompt Russian-held Crimea to halt civilian gasoline sales
Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula. Gov. Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head o Crimea, said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28 others. “Fuel will be sold only to government agencies that ensure the functioning and security of the Republic of Crimea,” Aksyonov said.
1802 min read - Sports
For Years, Many Black Kids Were Priced Out Of Soccer. This World Cup Shows How The Culture Grew Anyway
For decades, soccer in the United States carried a reputation as a sport many Black children couldn’t easily access.
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- Lifestyle
Chelsea B. and Protect Our Piece are stitching the power of Black culture into an archive
This Juneteenth, crochet artist Chelsea B. and “Protect Our Piece,” a living archive, are ensuring Black culture and legacy are
4 min readTheGrio - US
Obama Presidential Center opening brings tears, nostalgia and call to action
“For Black Americans, I think the call to action is clear,” U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo (D-R.I.), a former Obama White
1408 min readTheGrio - US
Police shooting of a 1-year-old Mississippi boy ignites tension between police and Black residents
The fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy by police who were responding to a shoplifting call this week has ignited simmering tensions between police and Black residents in the small town of Senatobia, Mississippi. The death of Kohen Wiley is the latest in a series of troubling encounters with police that have outraged community members in recent years. It has led to protests and calls for greater police accountability in the town of 8,000, with some civil rights activists pointing to Kohen's death as another example of a Black life lost over something of nominal value — in this case, allegedly stolen diapers.
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Maryland exercises its right to match an $85 million offer to keep Preakness branding rights
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday the state will exercise its right of first refusal to match Churchill Downs Incorporated’s $85 million offer for the intellectual property of the Preakness Stakes and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes. Churchill Downs Inc., which runs the Kentucky Derby to open the Triple Crown, announced in April it was buying the branding rights to the second leg, as well as the race for fillies the precedes it by a day, from 1/ST Racing with the intent of licensing it back to Maryland annually to stage the races.
2 min read - Politics
'I Want Them To Go': Whoopi Goldberg Has Unexpected Take On Knicks' White House Invite
“I want all those Black men to stand in our house and remind all of those people ... that when you try to destroy one part of history, you’re destroying all of our histories,” she said on "The View."
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