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Scott Everett for NPR Fear was the air we breathed. There was talk of joy, too, of course: There was music, and dance, and "getting happy." But there was also fear, always the fear. And I didnt know I didnt have to be afraid. There was the time a preacher, a white evangelist visiting our Black church in northern New Jersey, prophesied to a teenager not more than a year my younger. There were words about hanging with the wrong crowd, about how he, this teenager, needed to be delivere...

Dallas investor grabs almost 2,000 local apartments S2 Capital now owns almost 11,000 rental units in North Texas. The Brixton Apartments on Dallas Parkway was one of five properties purchased by S2 Capital.(Brixton Apartments ) A Dallas-based investor that has snapped up thousands of apartments in the Sun Belt in the last decade has added to its local holdings. S2 Capital has bought almost 2,000 Dallas-area rental units in five communities. The new owner plans to spend almost $19 million renov...

Published: 5:44 PM March 8, 2021    Updated: 10:40 AM March 10, 2021 To mark International Womens Day, we take a look back at just some of the inspirational women we have spoken to in this last year - Credit: Clare Alden-Salter/First Aid Nursing Yeomanry/Roxie Chambers/Catherine Everett On International Womens Day, the Comet has compiled a round up of just some of the inspirational women weve spoke to over the last year. While the coronavirus pandemic presented challenges for most, it has ...

The Stevenage widow of a man who died prematurely, leaving behind their two young daughters, has launched a campaign to encourage more people to talk about early death.

Grand Rapids Business Journal Courtesy Fraser Trebilcock Fraser Consulting, a full-service governmental and legislative affairs firm and a subsidiary of Fraser Trebilcock law firm, welcomed Elvin L. Caldwell Jr. as its new legislative consultant. In his role, Caldwell will provide advice on local, state and federal government legislation, laws and regulatory changes, among other things. The consulting firm collaborates with more than 40 attorneys and a dozen lobbyists in Michigan. Before joinin...

Mick LaSalle December 18, 2020Updated: December 18, 2020, 11:04 am Hilary Swank and Michael Ealy in “Fatale.” Photo: Lionsgate, Scott Everett White This has probably happened somewhere, at some time, in the history of the world: Someone cheats on their spouse and discovers true love. The married couple gets divorced. The ex-spouses go their separate ways and, following a period of adjustment, everyone is reasonably happy. You may know of such a situation. You may have even expe...

This was the year that streaming versions of "Hamilton," "What the Constitution Means to Me" and "Ma Rainey" proved stage stories can shine on-screen.