Credit cards are an essential tool for many households and businesses in today's economy. They provide a convenient way to make purchases without the need for cash or checks and offer benefits such as rewards programs, fraud protection, and the ability to build credit history. They can also provide a lifeline for individuals in emergencies to pay for essential...
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Qualifying households in the Twin Cities can get FREE internet under the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), which provides a $30 monthly credit ($75/month in Tribal lands) toward internet and mobile services.
What started as emergency relief for Americans forced to work, learn and connect with loved ones remotely during the COVID-19 crisis, financial support to ensure broadband...
BOSTON (AP) — Defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon again on Monday, surging to the front at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and win in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds.
Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000 meters, won the women’s race in a...
African Development Center (ADC) just got a $10 million boost from St. Cloud-based Stearns Bank to expand financing in underbanked communities in central Minnesota.
The bank is providing the $10 million to ADC so that it can work on providing more access to capital and banking services. ADC is a Minneapolis-based community development financial institution (CDFI) with offices in St....
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was winding up for a speech at a Minnesota clean energy facility when he spotted a lawmaker in the crowd whom he wanted to recognize.
“I want to thank you for being here,” Biden said, gesturing toward Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar during his recent visit. “You never stop working to level the playing field...
Amid a changing, modernizing world with climate change threatening his home, Senegalese singer-songwriter and activist Baaba Maal is releasing his first album in seven years, “Being.”
The genre-crossing album, released by Marathon Artists last Friday, is explores those themes and showcases traditional African instruments along with futuristic electronic sounds.
The first single from the record, “Yerimayo Celebration,” is a jubilant, rabble-rousing...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police.
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The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement...
With the Brooklyn Center Walmart slated to close later this month, a local economic development and advocacy group seeks state aid to help fill the hole left behind.
Sponsored by Rep. Samantha Vang (DFL-Brooklyn Center), HF3175 would appropriate $3 million for African Career, Education and Resources, Inc. to purchase a strip mall on Shingle Creek Parkway in Brooklyn Center for...
Bassekou Kouyate turns the traditional on its head, drawing world-wide music from his historically Malian and West African instruments. He and his band, Ngoni Ba, which includes family members such as his spouse the lead vocalist, Amy Sacko, and one of his sons, his nephew, and his little brother take the stage at the Cedar Cultural Center on Earth...
It’s impossible to walk away from a Ladysmith Black Mambazo show disappointed. They are consistently harmonic, tender, and impressive. They displayed all of these traits and more on stage at the Dakota in Minneapolis on March 28th.
Their 75-minute set, one of two for the evening, opened without preamble from the a cappella group. In their brown trousers, earth-toned tunics...