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Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson find footing in post-Deion HBCU landscape Norfolk State and Delaware State rolled the dice on celebrity coaching hires. As they get ready to meet Thursday in Philadelphia, the results have been mixed.

Michael Vick (at Norfolk State) and DeSean Jackson (at Delaware State), former NFL stars and teammates with the Philadelphia Eagles, are hoping to leverage their celebrity as first-time coaches at HBCUs.
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Tracking Trump: Why the White House made a deal with China; birthright citizenship at the Supreme Court; RFK Jr. on the Hill; and more The 7 follows President Donald Trump’s second term.

Wrote The 7: Tracking Trump today

You should read it, share it and sign up for the newsletter 💡

(Back to the regular schedule tomorrow)

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Breaking news: Tina Turner dies at 83. The showstopping pop-music sensation ignited the stage and lived a personal saga of struggle and revival.

Read more on her legacy: https://wapo.st/3ouCHnf

In divorce filing, wife alleges abuse by Va. state Sen. Joseph Morrissey The wife of Virginia state Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond) has filed divorce papers claiming he abused her. He says she's out to hurt his re-election campaign.

Is this what finally ends Joe Morrissey’s run?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/24/virginia-morrissey-wife-divorce-accusation/

Flaw in Virginia whiskey lottery wildly skewed results, stirring backlash Virginia ABC officials acknowledged “statistically abnormal” results in its liquor lottery, after several bourbon aficionados flagged some entrants winning multiple bottles.

Nothing to see here

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/22/virginia-abc-whiskey-lottery-liquor/

Man with AR-15-style rifle by bus stop says he wasn’t out to terrify kids J'Den McAdory said that he was protesting gun-control legislation by open carrying around his Maryland neighborhood and was not singling out school bus stops.

Everything about this story is so … I’ll just say crazy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/19/bus-stop-ar-15-gun-maryland/

Live-tweeting lacrosse matches may be what finally drives me off of Twitter.

Math checks out on that

We recently got a bunch of new ones so this is good to know in hindsight.

Someone should do this

Why turning newsletters into podcasts and podcasts into newsletters is a great strategy for publishers - The Fix You might have heard of big publishers building franchises around podcasts or newsletters, but the truth is that outlets of any size can easily grow their content brands in the same manner and results. Here is how.

https://thefix.media/2023/3/24/why-turning-newsletters-into-podcasts-is-a-great-strategy-for-publishers

Opinion | Why even the preppy look is preferable to egalitarian shabbiness Dressing well is not about "privilege." It quietly asserts that attention to one’s presentation is a form of respect for those to whom one is presented.

New fashion critic?

https://wapo.st/3LLdkVW

This is a fascinating bit of insight.

Rep. George Santos has been charged in a 13-count indictment with fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and false statements. wapo.st/3HZqrSb

Post wins 3 Pulitzers, including for abortion coverage, feature writing Reporters Caroline Kitchener and Eli Saslow were honored with journalism Pulitzers, and “His Name is George Floyd” received a nonfiction Pulitzer.

What a day 👏🏻🏆

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/05/08/washington-post-pulitzer-prize-2023/

For more than 40 days of his presidency, Biden has ordered flags at half-staff to commemorate the victims of a mass shooting. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/08/biden-mass-shootings-flags/