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Black News Channel shuts down days after ratings high

Black News Channel shuts down days after ratings high

NEW YORK (AP) — The Black News Channel has pulled the plug after the 2-year-old venture failed to meet payroll and lost the backing of its biggest investor.
'One of the best carvers': Nunavut carver Leo Uttaq remembered by his son

'One of the best carvers': Nunavut carver Leo Uttaq remembered by his son

When Leo Uttaq was eight years old, he sold his first carving, a stone ring, to his teacher for 25 cents. He used the money to buy a pop and some chips at a school dance.
Oscars celebrate May, Jackson, Ullmann and Glover

Oscars celebrate May, Jackson, Ullmann and Glover

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elaine May was the last to arrive and the first to leave at the Governors Awards on Friday in Los Angeles. Her fellow honorees, Samuel L.
Q&A: Hit-Boy talks Grammy producer nod, rapper aspirations

Q&A: Hit-Boy talks Grammy producer nod, rapper aspirations

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hit-Boy won top Grammy rap honors with some of hip-hop’s biggest heavyweights — Jay-Z, Kanye West, known as Ye, and Nas — and now he is ascending into a new musical weight class as a producer.
Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova; Sens. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and Cory Booker, D-N.J. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation" — Rep.
Spray-painting for Ukraine: Street artists show support

Spray-painting for Ukraine: Street artists show support

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One month into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, street artists in Southern California are taking up their brushes and spray paint to oppose the war. Los Angeles artist Corie Mattie was motivated when bombs started dropping in Ukraine.
Affordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost

Affordable housing, long overlooked, getting federal boost

BOSTON (AP) — After her home flooded five times in the past year, Tilicia Owens was on edge with every impending storm and ready to leave her Detroit neighborhood behind.
New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz

New Orleans school board reverses little known ban on jazz

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With its president saying it had racist origins, the New Orleans school board has unanimously reversed a little known but century-old ban on jazz in schools in a city which played a huge role in developing jazz and where it is stil
North Macedonia charges 8 for antiquities smuggling

North Macedonia charges 8 for antiquities smuggling

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Eight men have been charged in connection with an antiquities smuggling case in North Macedonia, where ancient artifacts were dug up in illegal excavations across the country to be sold to foreign buyers, the prosecutor
'We will SMASH you': Dropkick Murphys feud with neo-Nazis

'We will SMASH you': Dropkick Murphys feud with neo-Nazis

BOSTON — The Dropkick Murphys are hitting back against a neo-Nazi group that used one of the rock band's songs in a video posted on social media.
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