SOCIETY

Banking Icon Delivers for World Games

Bob Dickerson: Birmingham Black business champion delivered elusive winning edge to locals during World Games The World Games brought an...

Joseph D. Bryant

Nov 1, 2022

NY state trooper indicted in death of 11-year old Monica Goods denied bail

Monica Goods, 11 and indicted NY State Trooper Christopher Baldner, (Our360 News) Yesterday, a judge in New York's Ulster County ordered...

Nov 5, 2021

Charleston church shooting victims receive $88 Million in federal settlement

Survivors and the families of those killed by Dylann Roof at Mother Emanuel Church in 2015 have won a major legal battle. CBS News...

Our 360 News Staff

Nov 2, 2021

Netflix and Howard University honor actor Chadwick Boseman with $5.4 million scholarship in his name

Howard University kicked off October, its homecoming month, weeks ago with a blockbuster announcement of the Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial...

Oct 28, 2021

October is unusually green in Alabama as hemp growing licenses become available

October is usually the month associated with browning leaves and receding plant life, but in Alabama, this month marks a surge of green....

Oct 28, 2021

Bubba Wallace becomes first Black driver in nearly 60 years to win a NASCAR Cup Series race

Mobile, Alabama native, Darrell "Bubba" Wallace celebrated an emotional, history-making win earlier this week at his "home" track in...

Oct 28, 2021

New wellness series, 'Ask Dr. Lori,' launches with 'Top 5 Tips for Pandemic Health'

As the fall season brings us cooler air, more time indoors, and more sniffles, Our 360 News is excited to launch a new health and...

Oct 28, 2021

Black lawmakers, reform advocates, cry foul as Alabama GOP funds prisons with COVID-relief dollars

In recent weeks, Alabama has been grabbing headlines for its controversial plans to use COVID-earmarked funds from the American Rescue...

Oct 28, 2021

Alabama marks Free Application for Federal Student Aid opening by declaring state holiday

Students nationwide "got the green light" today with the opening of the enrollment process for the Free Application for Federal Student...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

Alabama calls lawmakers into special session with plans to build prisons using COVID-relief funds

On September 23, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced that she would be summoning the state's lawmakers for a special legislative session...

Oct 28, 2021

BUSINESS

Netflix and Howard University honor actor Chadwick Boseman with $5.4 million scholarship in his name

Howard University kicked off October, its homecoming month, weeks ago with a blockbuster announcement of the Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial...

Oct 28, 2021

Op-Ed: In the wake of the pandemic, Congress to extend healthcare tax credits

- Dr. Andrew Hugine, President, Alabama A&M University I was supposed to be a farmer in Green Pond, South Carolina until my father...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

October is unusually green in Alabama as hemp growing licenses become available

October is usually the month associated with browning leaves and receding plant life, but in Alabama, this month marks a surge of green....

Oct 28, 2021

Alabama marks Free Application for Federal Student Aid opening by declaring state holiday

Students nationwide "got the green light" today with the opening of the enrollment process for the Free Application for Federal Student...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

Lack of technology forces Alabama commmunity college to pause re-enrollment program

Administrators at Alabama’s Bishop State Community College had a goal: Re-enroll some of the 800 students who had recently completed some...

Oct 28, 2021

Alabama's SAIL network helps students see record gains in summer learning, academic performance

This morning, Our 360 News spoke with Suzy Harris, Program Director for the Birmingham-based Summer Adventures in Learning (SAIL)...

Oct 28, 2021

Oregon teacher wears blackface in protest of school vaccine mandate, claims she is Rosa Parks

Last Friday, an elementary school employee in Newberg, Oregon, decided to protest the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate by arriving to...

Oct 28, 2021

Governor Kay Ivey says Critical Race Theory unwelcome, 'doesn't belong in Alabama schools'

Conservative Alabama governor Kay Ivey is continuing her quest against Critical Race Theory (CRT), and despite the state's recent...

Oct 28, 2021

Apple expands support of HBCUs, offering coding opportunities to Alabama State University students

Earlier this month, Alabama State University announced a new technology partnership with Apple and Nashville-based HBCU Tennessee State...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

Denver high school hopes to re-create HBCU experience for students and drive enrollment

A new public school in Denver hopes to encourage Black students to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities with a curriculum...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

EDUCATION

Netflix and Howard University honor actor Chadwick Boseman with $5.4 million scholarship in his name

Howard University kicked off October, its homecoming month, weeks ago with a blockbuster announcement of the Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial...

Oct 28, 2021

Op-Ed: In the wake of the pandemic, Congress to extend healthcare tax credits

- Dr. Andrew Hugine, President, Alabama A&M University I was supposed to be a farmer in Green Pond, South Carolina until my father...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

October is unusually green in Alabama as hemp growing licenses become available

October is usually the month associated with browning leaves and receding plant life, but in Alabama, this month marks a surge of green....

Oct 28, 2021

Alabama marks Free Application for Federal Student Aid opening by declaring state holiday

Students nationwide "got the green light" today with the opening of the enrollment process for the Free Application for Federal Student...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

Lack of technology forces Alabama commmunity college to pause re-enrollment program

Administrators at Alabama’s Bishop State Community College had a goal: Re-enroll some of the 800 students who had recently completed some...

Oct 28, 2021

Alabama's SAIL network helps students see record gains in summer learning, academic performance

This morning, Our 360 News spoke with Suzy Harris, Program Director for the Birmingham-based Summer Adventures in Learning (SAIL)...

Oct 28, 2021

Oregon teacher wears blackface in protest of school vaccine mandate, claims she is Rosa Parks

Last Friday, an elementary school employee in Newberg, Oregon, decided to protest the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate by arriving to...

Oct 28, 2021

Governor Kay Ivey says Critical Race Theory unwelcome, 'doesn't belong in Alabama schools'

Conservative Alabama governor Kay Ivey is continuing her quest against Critical Race Theory (CRT), and despite the state's recent...

Oct 28, 2021

Apple expands support of HBCUs, offering coding opportunities to Alabama State University students

Earlier this month, Alabama State University announced a new technology partnership with Apple and Nashville-based HBCU Tennessee State...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

Denver high school hopes to re-create HBCU experience for students and drive enrollment

A new public school in Denver hopes to encourage Black students to attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities with a curriculum...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

HEALTH

Alabama rejects vax mandates, approves controversial voting maps in special session

After a brief but eventful legislative special session in Alabama, the state now has new laws opposing President Joe Biden's federal...

Nov 5, 2021

Op-Ed: In the wake of the pandemic, Congress to extend healthcare tax credits

- Dr. Andrew Hugine, President, Alabama A&M University I was supposed to be a farmer in Green Pond, South Carolina until my father...

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021

October is unusually green in Alabama as hemp growing licenses become available

October is usually the month associated with browning leaves and receding plant life, but in Alabama, this month marks a surge of green....

Oct 28, 2021

New wellness series, 'Ask Dr. Lori,' launches with 'Top 5 Tips for Pandemic Health'

As the fall season brings us cooler air, more time indoors, and more sniffles, Our 360 News is excited to launch a new health and...

Oct 28, 2021

Despite half of all eligible Alabamians being vaccinated, state records more deaths than births

Last week, Alabama's leading health official announced a new record set by the state, and it is a grim one. According to recently...

Oct 28, 2021

Oregon teacher wears blackface in protest of school vaccine mandate, claims she is Rosa Parks

Last Friday, an elementary school employee in Newberg, Oregon, decided to protest the state's COVID-19 vaccine mandate by arriving to...

Oct 28, 2021

Internal CDC report sheds light on COVID-19 Delta variant, recommends 'universal masking'

As the global pandemic and the fight against it continues, the battleground appears to be in a constant state of flux. Mutations in the...

Oct 28, 2021

Democratic lawmakers move to increase Medicare coverage, expand participant eligibility

Last Friday, over 100 Democrats on Capitol Hill joined forces to introduce legislation that lowers the Medicare eligibility age to 60....

Our 360 News Staff

Oct 28, 2021