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Splash into Summer Outdoor Projects Safely: Sunshine 811 Offers Eight Tips to Help You Dig Safe for the Summer

June 9, 2025 Staff 0

As summer kicks off, Floridians are diving into their home projects. Whether you are installing a new fence, building a deck, refreshing landscaping or putting in a new pool, Sunshine 811’s got you covered with […]

Topsy Turvey Toxic Policy Oppressed South Africans?

June 6, 2025 Staff 0

Critical thinking has taken a leave absence. Reality is unreal. History is inverted, so the villains become the victims, and the victims the villains. Shakespeare captured it in Macbeth when the witches say, “fair is […]

National

Trump Announces New Travel Ban on 19 Countries, Heavily Impacting African and Predominantly Black Nations

June 6, 2025 Staff 0

President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. […]

Jasmine Crockett seeks to Be Top Democrat on Powerful House Oversight Committee: ‘Ready to meet the moment’

June 6, 2025 Staff 0

Rising Democratic star U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas is seeking a powerful congressional role that would position her as one of her party’s most influential leaders. In a letter to the Democratic House Caucus, Crockett […]

Republicans Warned: Protect Health Credits or Pay Politically

June 6, 2025 Staff 0

By Stacy M. Brown / Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent| Republican lawmakers are facing growing pressure from advocacy groups, constituents, and even some within their ranks to preserve critical healthcare tax credits under the […]

Jax Chamber Announces Influence Jax Cohort I

June 5, 2025 Staff 0

The program promises to deepen political knowledge of the Northeast Florida region. | Last month, JAX Chamber announced Influence JAX, a program designed for business professionals who want to deepen their understanding of government, expand their […]

Josh Hines-Allen Making Big Strides Physically and Mentally in Jaguars Offseason Workouts in Jacksonville #gojags

June 4, 2025 Staff 0

By John Oehser | He’s here, and his body feels right again. Those are positives for Jaguars defensive end Josh Hines-Allen, whose objectives entering his seventh NFL season remain as lofty as they have been throughout […]

Flint’s Water Crisis Nears a Technical End—but Accountability Still Hasn’t Shown Up

June 4, 2025 Staff 0

For more than a decade, Flint residents lived under a government experiment that put cost-cutting above human life. What began as an administrative maneuver to save $5 million triggered a full-scale collapse in public trust, […]

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

June 4, 2025 Staff 0

By Dwight Brown Film Critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire | If there’s one thing that we’ve learned over the 30-year history of this franchise, it’s that the missions aren’t so impossible when Ethan Hunt […]

Local

Rev. Jamal Bryant: Target Is Canceled. Dollar General’s Next

June 4, 2025 Staff 0

By Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware | On the grounds of local Target stores from Georgia to California, hundreds of people knelt in prayer on May 25, the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. For 9 minutes […]