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Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley grateful that gunman who scared her into hiding is caught
Cynthia Simba, Mshale Reporter - 0
Minnesota State Rep. Huldah Momanyi-Hiltsley, who was forced to evacuate her home Saturday following the shooting of State Sen. John Hoffman and the subsequent assassination of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, said she was relieved the alleged gunman had been apprehended.
“HE’S BEEN CAPTURED,” she wrote on her X account on Monday morning, after police announced that they had...
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Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman killed and State Sen. John Hoffman wounded in ‘politically motivated’ shooting
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By Tim Sullivan, Steve Karnowski and Alanna Durkin Richer
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of law officers fanned out across a Minneapolis suburb Saturday in pursuit of a man who authorities say posed as a police officer and fatally shot a Democratic state lawmaker in her home in what Gov. Tim Walz called “a politically motivated assassination.” Authorities said...
Business
NiJaree Canady makes history with record-breaking $1M NIL deal at Texas Tech
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Senior National Correspondent - 0
NiJaree Canady, a 22-year-old African American softball phenom, has become the first college softball player to sign a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal worth more than $1 million, a historic moment in collegiate sports.
The former Stanford ace transferred to Texas Tech, where she secured a groundbreaking $1,050,024 one-year contract through the Matador Club, an NIL collective affiliated with...
Immigration
World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves the US after being detained by ICE
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By Rio Yamat
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality with millions of followers, has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas for allegedly overstaying his visa.
The Senegalese-Italian influencer, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained Friday at Harry Reid International Airport but was allowed to leave the...
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Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday, June 9
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By Chris Megerian and Farnoush Amiri
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions.
The ban takes effect Monday at 12:01 a.m., a cushion that may avoid the chaos that unfolded...
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U.S.-based university and nonprofits to send 50,000 books to Kenya
Richard Ooga, Mshale PhotoJournalist - 0
The stacks of libraries across Kenya will soon be a little thicker, thanks to a collaboration between a U.S.-based university and two nonprofit organizations to send 50,000 books to the East African country.
Little Free Library and Books For Africa, two nonprofits based in Minnesota, collaborated with students and faculty at San José State University (SJSU) in California to send...
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US stops scheduling visa interviews for foreign students while it expands social media vetting
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By Matthew Lee and Annie Ma
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. while it prepares to expand the screening of their activity on social media, officials said.
A U.S. official said Tuesday the suspension is intended to be temporary and does not apply to...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, one of the most renowned icons of African literature, has died, according announcements from his children. He was 87.
“It tears my heart to say that my father, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, passed away earlier today,” his son, Mukoma wa Ngugi announced on Facebook on Wednesday. “I am me because of him in so many ways, as his...
Immigration
ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
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By Joshua Goodman and Gisela Salomon
MIAMI (AP) — Juan Serrano, a 28-year-old Colombian migrant with no criminal record, attended a hearing in immigration court in Miami on Wednesday for what he thought would be a quick check-in.
The musty, glass-paneled courthouse sees hundreds of such hearings every day. Most last less than five minutes and end with a judge ordering those...
Business
Black press to Target: Your silence is loud—and costly
Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Senior National Correspondent - 0
Even before Target publicly rolled back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Black Press of America had requested a meeting with CEO Brian Cornell. Those requests—from National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and NNPA Chairman Bobby Henry—have gone unanswered for nearly a year. Cornell has not spoken to either Chavis...
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Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers
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By Gerald Imray and Aamer Madhani
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of the systematic killing of white farmers.
Trump even dimmed the lights of the Oval Office to play a video of a far-left politician chanting a song...