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OUT News

OUT News

Former NBA player Jason Collins undergoing treatment for brain tumor

Collins announced he was gay in 2013, becoming the first publicly gay athlete to play in any of the four main North American sports leagues.
Jason Collins prepares to throw a basketball
Jason Collins prepares to throw a basketball
8d ago

At Emory University, the disbanding of DEI bucks a school's progressive reputation

The Georgia NAACP is concerned the move is regressive, while an alumni group supports the decision, made by the school's Black president.
Convocation Hall exterior, with a tree in the foreground
Convocation Hall exterior, with a tree in the foreground
10d ago

EXCLUSIVE

EXCLUSIVE

Rep. Ayanna Pressley urges Fed chair to address Black women's unemployment as figure rises

The Massachusetts congresswoman said Black women’s employment is a “key metric of the health of the U.S. economy.”
Ayanna Pressley speaks at a podium with an American flag backdrop
Ayanna Pressley speaks at a podium with an American flag backdrop
10d ago

A new generation of Tuskegee pilots is flying with history under their wings

Dozens of students in Tuskegee University's new aviation program are earning their pilot’s licenses at the site that trained the country’s first Black military pilots.
Kembriah Parker Tuskegee University aviation pilot training trainer
Kembriah Parker Tuskegee University aviation pilot training trainer

Dorian Johnson, witness in Michael Brown's 2014 killing, is fatally shot

The fatal shooting of Brown, 18, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 caused protests around the country.
Dorian Johnson Ferguson Michael Brown killing witness shot
Dorian Johnson Ferguson Michael Brown killing witness shot

Minnesota man leaves prison after serving 27 years for a murder he didn't commit

Bryan Hooper Sr., 54, was released after a state judge vacated his conviction in connection with the 1998 murder of Ann Prazniak.
Murder Conviction Minnesota
Murder Conviction Minnesota
13d ago

Joseph McNeil, who helped spark a protest movement at N.C. lunch counter, dies at 83

Within weeks of the protest that McNeil and three friends started, sit-ins were launched in more than 50 cities in nine states.
Joseph McNeil.
Joseph McNeil.
15d ago

No prison time for 4 charged in the death of a man outside Milwaukee hotel

Police say D'Vontaye Mitchell was killed after he caused a disturbance, leading to an altercation with workers.
D'vontaye Mitchell.
D'vontaye Mitchell.
15d ago

R&B star Montell Jordan says his prostate cancer has returned

The singer said follow-up scans detected cancer months after he underwent surgery to have his prostate removed.
V101 Freestyle Explosion Throwback Jam
V101 Freestyle Explosion Throwback Jam
16d ago

Immigration

Immigration

Students without legal immigration status drop out, delay college as states take away in-state tuition

Around the country, programs offering in-state tuition rates to immigrants that once had wide bipartisan support increasingly have come under criticism from Republicans.
Rear view of a university student walking up the stairs
Rear view of a university student walking up the stairs
16d ago

George Raveling, Hall of Fame coach who pushed Michael Jordan to Nike, dies at 88

Raveling played at Villanova in the early 1960s and became an assistant, launching a coaching career that spanned to 1994. He then joined Nike as a marketing director.
USC Trojans
USC Trojans

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