– NBA Foundation to Contribute $300 Million Towards Economic Empowerment

In an interview with Axios at the beginning of the week, President Donald Trump shot down praises of deceased civil rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, saying the congressman should have attended his inauguration in 2017. Trump was asked how Lewis would be viewed by posterity but the

The joys of motherhood begin with the delivering of a healthy baby. A Somali mom cannot contain her joy as she has successfully given birth to healthy quintuplets at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Hospital on Monday. The Turkish run hospital in the capital, Mogadishu also celebrated the birth of the

New Jersey is a small but vivacious state nestled in the shadows of New York City’s skyscrapers. One of the nation’s most mocked and belittled state is actually very interesting and unique. It’s been called the backroom of New York City usually by those who never get to know its

QUITO,  (Reuters) - Ecuador said yesterday that China has agreed to allow supervision of its fishing vessels near the Galapagos Islands, after their presence spurred concerns about possible environmental impacts on the ecologically sensitive

While the rest of Africa was under colonial rule after the infamous partition by European powers at the Berlin Conference of 1884, Ethiopia was a sovereign nation with a formidable army and a strong monarchy. A few years after the division of the continent, the Italian Kingdom – which had

Joshua Redman recently got his original quartet from 1994 back together to record “RoundAgain,” a CD released on July 10. The quartet features Redman on saxophone, Brad Mehldau on piano, Christian McBride on bass, and Brian Blade on drums. The Banner caught up with Redman by phone in late