Each year, less than one in every 1,000 teens will achieve a 36 on this college entrance exam.
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) — A teenager in Ohio got a treat on prom night: a surprise date with a Cleveland Browns player. Seventeen-year-old Elyria High School senior Elna Wright is nonverbal and uses a wheelchair as a result of a rare progressive disorder. She was crowned homecoming queen, but her boyfriend died last fall and […]
Such a sweet gesture from a loving son.
The two young men behind the latest viral dance, the Running Man Challenge, woke up to find everyone from celebrities to athletes receiving praise for doing their renditions for the frenzied scuffle-like moves. So, Kevin Vincent and Jeremiah Hall, of Hillside, N.J, appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to explain how the dance came about. […]
A Long Island, New York high school student who was accepted into 12 colleges, including all eight Ivies, plans to attend Harvard University in the fall, according to NBC News. Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, 17, on Monday announced plans to join the university’s class of 2020. From NBC: “Frankly, one only hopes and dreams of getting into […]
Dancing with the Obamas is one thing, but getting a non-drivers’ photo ID from the Washington, D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles is a whole different thing. That difference was apparent for Virginia McLaurin, the 107-year-old woman who became an Internet sensation after the White House posted a video of her dancing with the Obamas. Despite […]
With their booming catering service, two men from Compton have traded in violence and drugs for really good food.
Ray Winans, once known as “Killer Red,” is helping reduce gun violence in Detroit — one gang member at a time. The 37-year-old former gang member is an unconventional activist who mediates among gangs, police and federal prosecutors while encouraging young black men to end their lives of crime and hand their guns over to […]
They are referred to as ‘The Great Eight.’ That’s the collective name for eight Black women scholars who are on track to earn their Ph.D’s at Indiana University’s School Of Education. The group says that support helped them stay the course despite having such a low percentage of African-Americans in their program. Fox59.com reports: After […]
Creating an opportunity for others to feel proud and giving back is what Dallas broker Scottie Smith II has done with his real estate brokerage, Scottie Smith II & Associates. These ambitions to help others is at the core of why he was chosen to be one of REALTOR® Magazine’s “30 under 30” Class of 2016, […]
For the second straight year, a student from Long Island, New York's Elmont Memorial High School has been accepted at all eight Ivy League schools, according to NBC 4 New York. The student, Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, 17, who is the class valedictorian, has until May 1 to decide whether she'll attend one of the prestigious northeastern schools
Bump a lemonade stand. 11-year-old Mikaila Ulmer from Austin, Texas is dreaming way bigger - and it's finally paid off.
