Bayou Ball ‘N’ National Basketball Tournament
RAP Events is sponsoring its annual Bayou Ball ‘N’ National Basketball Tournament in Lake Charles Friday - Sunday, June 28 - 30, to be held at a variety of locations throughout Southwest Louisiana. Bayou Ball ‘N’ National Basketball Tournament is …
American Underground, Google for Startups Launch Applications for Fourth Annual Black Founders Exchange
American Underground and Google for Startups have announced the application window and deadline for the fourth annual Black Founders Exchange.
Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated -Sugar Valley chapter hosted our 5th Annual Scholarship Brunch on June 9, 2019 at Doubletree by Hilton-Hobby Airport.
Top Ladies of Distinction, Incorporated -Sugar Valley chapter hosted our 5th Annual Scholarship Brunch on June 9, 2019 at Doubletree by Hilton-Hobby Airport.
Beyond the Rhetoric 824: The Evolution of the National Black Chamber of Commerce – Part 1
The National Black Chamber of Commerce was incorporated in Washington, DC on May 23, 1993. Kay and I did this together and by ourselves. Such an organization was a long-time coming. Booker T. Washington had such a vision at the …
Shanahan withdraws as Trump's defense pick as domestic incidents resurface
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has "decided not to go forward with his confirmation process." Shanahan's withdrawal was announced shortly after the Washington Post published a report detailing a violent incident in 2011 in …
Patrick Gaspard to Receive Prestigious NAACP Spingarn Medal
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick Gaspard will be awarded the prestigious Spingarn Medal during the NAACP’s 110th Annual Convention taking place in Detroit, Michigan …
Most self-driving companies say this tech is crucial. Elon Musk disagrees.
For most people building self-driving cars, lidar is viewed as a godsend. In recent years, enthusiasm for the technology has sparked shortages of the depth-measuring sensor, acquisitions of startups developing it and more than a billion dollars of investments.
How he got 200,000 people to buy ugly fruits and vegetables
Ben Simon thinks about wasted food, a lot. In 2011, during his freshman year at the University of Maryland, Simon was struck by how much food was thrown away in the college cafeteria.
Annual Pow Wow Honors Native American Culture
The rain couldn't keep people away from an annual cultural event in Sullivan County on Sunday.
Amazon condemns Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for 'starvation wages' comment
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos for being a billionaire while his company pays its warehouse workers "starvation wages." Amazon says Ocasio-Cortez is "just wrong."
V.A. Center Celebrates Dads Who Served
A special Father's Day event was held in Luzerne County on Sunday.
MIT teaches robots to 'feel' objects just by looking at them
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are teaching robots to "see" what an object looks like just by touching it and predict what something will feel like by looking at it.
Hartford officers 'walk the beat' to combat drug use, prostitution
Police have taken on a new initiative to combat crime in the capital city.
Injuries from cosmetics send 4,300 children to ERs every year
Cosmetic products such as perfume, nail polish and shampoo help us feel and look good. But in the wrong hands -- especially those of the very young -- these products can be harmful, or even deadly. More than 64,000 kids …
Gov. DeSantis may address Russian election hacking at news conference on Monday
Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to make a 'major announcement' on Monday that could deal with the security of Florida's elections.
