Aging Well: News & Insights for Seniors and Caregivers Luis Ruiz, Dining Director at Juniper Village at Lebanon, has been named a member of the DISHED Senior Living Dining Innovation Awards Class of 2026 by Senior Housing News. As an Elevating the Experience winner, Senior Housing News recognizes Ruiz for his forward-thinking approach to senior living dining. His efforts have elevated resident satisfaction through personalized dining experiences, expanded menu variety, and interactive programs that bring joy and connection to daily life. Ruiz oversaw the successful opening of the Juniper Thyme Eatery. The café has quickly become a gathering place for…
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Real Estate News & Market Insights: Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s youngest daughter, Tallulah, has officially tied the knot with her musician partner, Justin Acee, during an intimate ceremony held near the Idaho property where she and her two sisters grew up. Tallulah, 32, who got engaged to Acee in December 2024, was joined by a host of famous faces for the idyllic event in Sun Valley, ID, on Aug. 8, with images shared to social media by producer Heather Barry revealing that—in addition to her mother and her sisters, Rumer and Scout—the celebration was also attended by actress Lucy…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Your new book, Culturally Relevant Teaching for Learning and Success, challenges the notion that education is culturally neutral. What inspired you to write this book, and what conversations do you hope it sparks among educators, administrators, and policymakers? One of the greatest misconceptions, I think, in education is the belief that teaching is culturally neutral. Every decision we make, from the curriculum we adopt, to the examples we use, to how we define achievement and assess learning, is influenced by culture, values, and lived experiences. When we pretend education is neutral, we…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights June 17, 2026, 10:42 a.m. ETUPSHOT LEAGUE WOMEN’S BASKETBALLWho: Jacksonville Waves vs. Savannah Steel.When: 12 p.m. Thursday, June 18.Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena.Around the court: After a long road trip, the Jacksonville Waves are back on the First Coast for the start of a seven-game women’s basketball home stand that will extend into July in the four-team Upshot League. … Jacksonville currently leads the league with a 6-3 record, one game ahead of the Greensboro Groove. … The Waves’ Ariel Hearn ranks third in the Upshot League at 15.9 points…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights The Savannah Bananas brought their Banana Ball madness to Target Field in Minneapolis this weekend, and it didn’t take long to realize this was not going to be an ordinary baseball game. The Bananas played a sold-out three-game series against the Loco Beach Coconuts from August 7 through August 9, giving Minneapolis its first chance to experience the team’s unusual combination of baseball, comedy, music and choreography. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect going in, but the entertainment started almost immediately. There was baseball, of course, but there was…
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment Netflix has announced the start of principal photography on a sequel to 2025 action thriller Ad Vitam, starring Guillaume Canet. Working titled Ad Vitam Eternam, the new film sees Canet return in the role of ex-elite agent Franck Lazareff who spent the first instalment investigating a deadly conspiracy plot after his pregnant wife was kidnapped by masked men. Ad Vitam Eternam will pick up from the ending of Ad Vitam in which Canet’s character was released from jail in the final scene after his wife presents evidence clearing his name of trumped up charges…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Growing up in the Bronx, Brianna Barnes is no stranger to Harlem’s legendary Holcombe Rucker Park — now, she’s the court’s MVP. Read the full article on the original site
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care Aug 9 (Reuters) – Taylor Farms on Sunday said it was recalling more than a dozen prepared food items containing jalapeños, including salsas and guacamole, from retailers over concerns about potential salmonella contamination.The California-based supplier said it had voluntarily recalled products containing jalapeño peppers tied to a recall by Coast Citrus Distributors and was “no longer” sourcing peppers from a farmer in Sinaloa, Mexico, that supplied Coast Citrus while it seeks alternative suppliers.The recall comes as U.S. health authorities investigate a Salmonella outbreak linked to jalapeño peppers imported from Mexico that…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward It’s been a while since Alexandre Aja’s 2019 horror movie Crawl, but it’s time for him and Paramount to get moving onto the next one. The Hollywood Reporter revealed the next installment’s two leads will be a pair of familiar faces. First, you’ve got Mason Gooding—recently of I Want Your Sex and 72 Hours, and no stranger to the genre, since he’s a Scream alum—and One Piece star Emily Rudd. Like Gooding, she’s no stranger to horror: she was in Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy, and she’ll also be in the underwater thriller Whalefall due in a few months. Production for…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education by: Jim Sands Three North Carolina HBCUs are ranked in the top 10 public universities in the United States for 2026, with two of the top 10 located in the Piedmont Triad, according to Forbes. North Carolina A&T State University, Winston-Salem State University and Elizabeth City State University were recognized among these institutions of higher learning as among the best in the country based on a variety of benchmarks. Decisive criteria consist of cost of tuition, the institutions’ graduation rate and average income after college as compared to other HBCUs in the country.…