Author: NNPA

PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS

BY GWEN DERU | The Birmingham Times TODAY… **READ THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES. Catch up on the news! **ALABAMA BLAZIN BINGO, 6 p.m. at Overtime Grill and Bar. **FILM – 7 p.m. at the Sidewalk Film. **LEGENDS NIGHT WITH HEATH GREEN, SUE WESTCOTT & ADAM GUTHRIE! at the Nick. **BURLESQUE NIGHT at The Nick. **DRAKE WHITE – THE BRIDGE TOUR at Iron City. **ALABAMA BLAZIN BINGO, 6 p.m. at Overtime Grill and Bar. **THIRST TRAP THURSDAY, 5 p.m. at 2400 7th Avenue South. **LIVE BAND KARAOKE hosted by ELLE JAI at Perfect Note. **KIKSTART at WaterMark in Bessemer with Free Food Boxes, 9 a.m. **COMPUTER CLASSES AT THE FIVE POINTS WEST LIBRARY every Tuesday and Thursday. **EACH AND EVERY THURSDAY HAPPY HOUR, 5-8 p.m. at D’ZIRE with SPECIALS. **THIRSTY THURSDAYS at D’ZIRE Bar and Lounge. **KARAOKE, 5-9 p.m. at Courtyard Alabaster Bar and Grill. **THIRD THURSDAY BLUES JAM, 7 p.m. at True Story Brewing. **TASTEMAKER THURSDAY – Every Thursday at Blaze Ultra Lounge, 228 Roebuck Plaza Drive, 8 p.m.- 12 a.m. with DJ Ace Twon (95.7 JAMZ) in the mix hosted by Audio Life and GMC […]

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How Scammers Bilked $10 Billion from Americans in 2023

Ten billion dollars. That is the reported amount Americans lost in 2023 to fraudulent activity. Remember this is the reported figure, think of the amounts stolen that went unreported. Technology has opened the flood gates to scammers. Consider 2.6 million Americans (roughly the population size of Chicago) reported losing the $10 billion to scammers last […]

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Students, Faculty, and Alum Urge Morehouse to Rescind Biden’s Commencement Invite

NNPA NEWSWIRE: Concerned alumni invoke one of the college’s most famous graduates. “In inviting President Biden to campus, the college affirms a cruel standard that complicity in genocide merits no sanction from the institution that produced one of the towering advocates for non-violence of the 20th century in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. If the college cannot affirm this noble tradition of justice by rescinding its invitation to President Biden, then the college should reconsider its attachment to Dr. King.”
The post Students, Faculty, and Alum Urge Morehouse to Rescind Biden’s Commencement Invite first appeared on BlackPressUSA.

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Associated Black Charities hosts Teen Financial Literacy Summit

Associated Black Charities hosted a Free Teen Financial Literacy Summit for all ages at the Doubletree by Hilton in Pikesville, Md. on April 13, offering all teens in attendance a new account with a free $25 deposit and breakout sessions focused on topics such as job search and interviewing skills, entrepreneurship and investing and breaking generational mindsets.
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