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The Baltimore County NAACP is raising $30,000 to send local high school students to the NAACP’s national ACT-SO competition at its annual convention in Chicago. Through the yearlong enrichment program, students advance from local contests to a national stage where they showcase work in fields ranging from the arts to STEM, while organizers say the experience builds confidence, community and opportunity.
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“For Black mothers in Bakersfield, a doula can be the difference between being heard and being ignored — between a birth plan honored or overridden. Between a mother who comes home, and one who doesn’t.”

Authorities say a former North Carolina law enforcement officer, Christopher Gillum, was arrested in Florida after allegedly planning a racially motivated mass shooting targeting Black people at a major New Orleans festival, believed to be the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Law enforcement recovered a handgun and ammunition, and the FBI is coordinating a multi-state investigation as Gillum faces extradition to Louisiana.
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By Scott Minshall | CBS 42 The City of Birmingham is taking steps to create career opportunities and remove work barriers for its residents. That announcement came today during a news conference where the city unveiled its Reinvest Workforce Initiative. The program will include coordinated components aimed at expanding economic opportunities across the Magic City. […]

Birmingham City Schools Huffman High School senior Carlos Smith, Jr. is the AHSAA Class 1A-7A Spring Esports State Champion for Madden ’26, the first in school history. Smith bested Maximus Murrah of Sheffield High School by a score of 49-42 for the championship. Playing as the Philadelphia Eagles, Smith scored a touchdown in with less […]