Former Virginia Tech football player Isi Etute stood trial after being accused of fatally beating Jerry Smith in 2021. Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times/AP David Hale, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. THE DOOR SWUNG open before he could knock, Read More…
Black Rock City, Nev., where the Burning Man debauchery festival is held annually, turned into a swamp this year after heavy rains blasted the desert party and trapped some 73,000 attendees in the “muddy hellhole.” According to reports, event organizers barred Burning Man attendees from leaving the area because “widespread muddy conditions created treacherous driving conditions.” Read More…
Nationwide — Meet Louise Nall, a remarkable 96-year-old Black woman from Montgomery, Alabama who’s been selling The Tuskegee News newspapers for over 56 years and counting. Nall’s journey selling newspapers began when her son Walter, just 4 years old at the time, wanted to earn some pocket money. “So I told him we were going Read More…
Nationwide — Meet Ariel Messam, an 18-year-old African American woman from Jamaica, New York, who has recently become the youngest woman of color to be a Certified Private Pilot in her state. Ariel attended and graduated from Aviation Career & Technical Education High School in Queens, New York from 2018-2022. She earned both her high Read More…
The public pool in Astoria, Queens, in 2021. The pool is closed this summer for renovations. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Why America stopped building public pools By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Updated 10:21 AM EDT, Mon July 24, 2023 New York CNN — Growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, Gerome Sutton looked forward all week for his chance Read More…
The East River, an important watershed for the Colorado River, snakes toward Crested Butte, Colorado.Photograph: Chet Strange/The Washington Post/Getty Images This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. High winds tore at Gothic Mountain as the sleeping giant watched over the cabins nestled in Gothic, Colorado, a Read More…
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