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By Stacy M. Brown Source: Black Press USA Wire As the blockbuster “Michael” crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office and cemented Michael...

DALLAS — Jazz filled the classrooms of Franklin D. Roosevelt High School of Innovation as student musicians spent part of their summer break learning improvisation and...

Dallas will furlough 4,200 city employees amid budget gap Joshua Fechter, The Texas Tribune June 30, 2026 Dallas will furlough more than 4,200 city employees for three...

Editor's note: Spanish story included below DALLAS — Hidden in plain sight on the campus of Paul Quinn College, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III Global Preparatory Academy...

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE — Approximately 90% of tariff costs were paid by businesses and consumers in the United States, not in foreign countries. Businesses that rely on imports saw input costs rise.

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer whose powerful voice helped define romantic ballads and Disney movie classics, has died at age 75...

Olivia Borgula, The Texas Tribune Colin Allred at the Dallas County Democratic office on Dec. 8, 2025. Johnathan Johnson for The Texas Tribune Former Rep. Colin Allred...

A recent survey of hoteliers in the Dallas area and Houston found anticipated demand is not translating into strong hotel bookings less than 40...

Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune April 29, 2026 The U.S. Supreme Court weakened but did not eliminate a key provision of the Voting Rights Act on...

Texas Crop and Weather Report Texas producers are facing a sharp rise in fertilizer costs this spring, adding pressure to already tight margins as global...

Paul Cobler and Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune March 2, 2026 An Austin district judge on Monday ordered the state's Historically Underutilized Business Program rules be...

The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal some regions no human has...

Spurred by American ingenuity, astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II mission are in flight, preparing for the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50...

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Citing new research from Protect Borrowers, formerly the Student Borrower Protection Center, the coalition advised Education Secretary Linda McMahon in a January 7 letter that a new student loan default occurred every nine seconds in 2025. That escalating rate is unprecedented, and is nearly three times worse than in 2019the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Riddhi Bora and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune New food stamp restrictions prohibiting benefits to be used to purchase sweetened beverages and candy will affect...

DALLAS — At John Lewis Social Justice Academy at Oliver Wendell Holmes, social studies lessons don’t stop at the textbook. Twice a month, students hear directly from...