World & Nation
A major bridge in Baltimore collapsed after a container ship rammed into it, sending a construction crew and five vehicles into the river below, officials said.
March 26, 2024
The president and CEO helped clear the civil rights organization’s $3.2-million debt. After nearly a decade he says, ‘I just need a break.’
Dec. 1, 2004
Business
EcoHealth Alliance, which developed research allowing humankind to defeat the next viral pandemic, is officially cut off from federal funding. Democrats who connived with the GOP to do this should hang their heads in shame.
May 17, 2024
Politics
In his political life-and-death battle to resurrect his crime bill, President Bill Clinton sought eight elusive votes from foes and friends alike.
Aug. 21, 1994
Entertainment & Arts
Television: The NAACP president, who has been blasting networks for lack of diversity, has taped a talk-show pilot for an arm of NBC.
Aug. 17, 2001
Television
Television * Associates of the NAACP’s president say plans to protest a lack of diversity at the major networks may be on hold but not derailed.
Oct. 17, 2001
Kweisi Mfume, head of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, was being treated at Johns Hopkins University Hospital for two herniated disks, a spokesman said Friday.
May 19, 1996
Civil rights: As the organization’s president, the former congressman has rescued it from debt and disgrace. He says his work is not finished.
Feb. 17, 2001
A son of NAACP President Kweisi Mfume could face up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in the nation’s capital to drug conspiracy and weapon charges and admitting he sold cocaine for more than two years.
Oct. 30, 1999
In the heart of a building where blacks used to be banned, Kweisi Mfume vowed Tuesday to help the NAACP “reclaim its voice” for justice as he was sworn in as the organization’s president and chief executive.
Feb. 21, 1996