Home » Page 582

Firefighter Roderick Lewis Was There, and in Ways, He Still is Remembering 9/11

Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Community, Featured, Health, Howard University News Service, In Memoriam, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire

Firefighter Roderick Lewis Was There, and in Ways, He Still is Remembering 9/11

by Times Weekly Staff

HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE — Twenty years after the attack, after leaving the department and busying himself with new hobbies, after his oldest child, a son, had struck out on his own and his daughter had graduated high school, after buying a sailboat and exploring deeper his love of sailing, after he and his wife purchased another home in Chesapeake, Virginia, after counseling and consultation, it even surprises retired New York City firefighter Rodney Lewis how quickly the feelings can come bursting to the surface.

Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Black Experience, Black History, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, Health, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Stacy Brown

Sen. Schumer, AG James: Rochester’s Black Moms Deserve Top Treatment – It’s Time to Deliver

by Times Weekly Staff

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Momnibus Act of 2021 builds on existing maternal health legislation to comprehensively address the root causes of the maternal health crisis by making critical investments in addressing social, non-health related issues that can lead to maternal deaths, funding community-based organizations doing patient-level work to reduce the risks of maternal mortality, training programs for hospital staff on how to avoid maternal deaths, growing and diversifying the perinatal workforce, and improvements in data collection processes.

Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, Health, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Stacy Brown

President Biden Proclaims Sept. 10 World Suicide Prevention Day

by Times Weekly Staff

NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Biden noted that the American Rescue Plan provided the third round of economic impact payments, established a homeowner assistance fund, and provided emergency rental assistance. He said his administration also has committed to addressing suicide by firearm, which statistics show are responsible for over half of all suicide deaths in the United States.

Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Commentary, Crime, Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, World

Hiding in Plain Sight, a 30-Year-Old Hijacking Mystery Solved on 9/11

by Times Weekly Staff

NNPA NEWSWIRE — I sat there. In hand was my notebook containing facts about a man named Patrick Dolan Critton who hijacked an airplane 30 years prior. American Justice had finally caught up with Critton and — until the events of this day — his story would be as big as any. Now, it is just a footnote on the history of that day. A terror mastermind named Osama bin Laden, who lived a cloak and dagger life more than 6,700 miles away in Afghanistan and escaping U.S. forces by living from cave to cave and underground bunker to underground bunker, had stolen Critton’s frontpage.

Gift this article