The largest coalition of Liberians in Minnesota celebrated the west African country 175th year of independence with a ceremony opening a new community center in Brooklyn Park.
The Organization of Liberians in Minnesota (OLM) revealed the newly-purchased space during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday as a part of their Independence Day festivities. Their hope is to be able to fulfill...
Owners of 100 small businesses based in Twin Cities have a reason to smile, thanks to grants from telecommunications conglomerate, Comcast. The small businesses were selected to receive $10,000 each yesterday, as part of a program called Comcast RISE, which has given more than $90 million grants to nearly 10,000 businesses in 37 states since November 2020. An additional...
U.S. adults who haven’t gotten any COVID-19 shots yet should consider a new option from Novavax -- a more traditional kind of vaccine, health officials said Tuesday.
Regulators authorized the nation’s first so-called protein vaccine against COVID-19 last week, but the final hurdle was a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“If you have been waiting for a...
First and second COVID-19 vaccine booster doses conferred substantial protection against emergency department/urgent care (ED/UC) visits and hospitalizations caused by infections with the Omicron subvariants BA.1, BA.2, and BA.2.12.1, finds a study of adults in 10 US states published late last week in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) COVID-19 Emergency Response Team...
With passion and power pouring from their voices and a strong beat pulsating on stage, Les Nubians launched into Liberation, a 2020 song, to open their show at the Dakota in Minneapolis Thursday.
“Where’s our power? Where's our will? To break free, to reveal all the goodness of our kind,” sisters Hélène and Célia Faussart sang in their opening song....
Abdirizak Bihi, a long-time Minneapolis resident and leader in the local Somali community, has been appointed a citizenship ambassador by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Bihi, the director of the Somali Education and Social Advocacy Center, is one of eight people across the United States selected for the first-ever citizenship ambassador initiative, whose goal is to leverage partnerships...
The annual African Mental Health Summit will return to the Twin Cities on July 22 for the 8th year since it was founded to initiate conversations about mental health in the African community.
The theme of this year’s summit is “Transformation. Restoration. Recovery: Necessity of All of Humanity Working Together,” and aims to address issues of stigmatization of mental illness...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even though Nipsey Hussle was gunned down outside a Los Angeles clothing store three years ago, the sting of his death remains fresh for those who revered the widely beloved rapper and community activist.
Several paid homage to Hussle’s positive influence during a murder trial that ended Wednesday with a conviction for his killing. Some shed...
Eid al-Adha, the second and biggest of the two main holidays celebrated in Islam, happens this weekend. The holiday honors the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to Allah’s command.
While the pandemic tamped down on celebrations in the past two years, this year the Muslim community in Minnesota is planning to gather...
As of July 1 the U.S. State Department has stopped honoring expired US passports for entry into the country. Following the pandemic and resulting delays in processing of passport applications, U.S. citizens abroad whose passport had expired on or after January 1, 2020 were allowed to enter the country with their expired passport.
Many U.S. embassies and consulates abroad closed...
Elmo got a COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, according to Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind “Sesame Street.”
In a public service announcement posted to YouTube, the beloved 3-and-a-half-year-old “Sesame Street” star talked with his dad about what it was like to get the shot.
“There was a little pinch, but it was OK,” Elmo said in the video.
Elmo’s dad said he...
