April 4, 2026

The New Citizens Press

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R&B Star Musiq Soulchild New Ambassador for Susan G. Komen

Rina Risper04 mins

New Music Video Features Breast Cancer Survivors

BPRW- – Atlantic Records Recording Artist Musiq Soulchild announced his new role as ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Circle of Promise, a movement designed to further engage black women around the globe in the fight against breast cancer. As an ambassador for the movement, Musiq will raise awareness about breast cancer so that younger women know the importance of early detection and why it’s important to pay attention to their bodies.

 

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News Spotlight: Great Michigan Read Author Comes to CADL

Rina Risper03 mins

LANSING, MI — Join the Capital Area District Library (CADL) this fall as we celebrate the Great Michigan Read! Along with our community partners, we are proud to present these special events which will conclude with a visit from this year’s Michigan Humanities Council selection for the Great Michigan Read, author Kevin Boyle.

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News Spotlight: One Size Doesn’t Fit All When it Comes to Vitamin D for Men African-American men especially need high doses of supplements

Rina Risper06 mins

By Marla Paul
 
CHICAGO, IL — African-American men living in areas with low sunlight are up to 3 1/2 times more likely to have Vitamin D deficiency than Caucasian men and should take high levels of Vitamin D supplements, according to a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

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News Spotlight: MSU helps kids get a head start on science

Rina Risper05 mins

EAST LANSING, MI — Aiming to get low-income youngsters more involved in science, a team of researchers led by Michigan State University will test an innovative teaching program that ultimately could be used in the nation’s preschools.

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News Spotlight: Flags to be lowered Friday, Sept. 23 for Chief Petty Officer Heath Robinson of Petoskey

Rina Risper03 mins

LANSING, MI –  Gov. Rick Snyder ordered U.S. flags throughout the state to be lowered to half-staff in honor of U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Operator Chief Petty Officer Heath M. Robinson, a Navy SEAL, on Friday, Sept. 23, at the request of the family. Flags should be returned to full-staff on Saturday, Sept. 24. 

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News Spotlight: “Oh Say Can You See” Yourself Singing the National Anthem at The Palace?

Rina Risper03 mins

 AUBURN HILLS, MI –  The Detroit Pistons are looking for singers who would feel comfortable belting out the Star Spangled Banner in front of an intimate crowd of 22,076 during the team’s home games.


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News becomes history

Rina Risper07 mins

 

New York

NOW: Above, construction continues on Freedom Tower, center, and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum at Ground Zero in New York in this May 2011 photo. Freedom Tower is expected to be completed by January 2014. Construction of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum is expect to be finished by September 2012.

THEN: Below, a New York City firefighter looks at the ruins of the World Trade Center at dawn on Sept. 12, 2001, a day after the terrorist attacks.

CAROLYN COLE/LOS ANGELES TIMES/MCT

JIM MACMILLAN/ PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS/MCT

 

By LEONARD PITTS JR.
McClatchyNewspapers

 

A decade after the terror, in New York, at the Pentagon, at a field in Pennsylvania and in every nook and cranny of America, we move forward

 

Suddenly, it has been 10 years.

That’s an amazing realization when you remember how it was back then. Calendars still counted off days; our eyes told us this. Clocks still ticked off seconds; intellectually, we knew. But time — I would have sworn this in a court of law — did not move.

 

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Movie Review: Contagion

Rina Risper06 mins

Studio:     Warner Bros. (1hr. 05 minutes)
Plot:     A global pandemic threatens mankind.
Cast:     Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Sanaa Lathan, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Rating:     PG-13
Bottom Line:     ****
 
By Samantha Ofole-Prince
 
The statistics are startling and the setting is equally frightening in this pandemic movie which travels, much like its virus, through several continents.
 

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WHITE CHICKEN CHILI

Rina Risper02 mins

Home cooking for a new generation. Easy and elegant recipes from the heart and soul created for today’s family.
 
By Sharon Fox
 
2 Tbsp. oilive oil
1 medium size red onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (4oz. each) mild chopped green chillies
2 Tbsp. cilantro, chopped
2 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
2 cans (14 1/2 oz. each) chicken broth
3 cups cooked chicken breast, diced in bite-size chunks
3 cans (15 oz. each) white beans
1 1/2 cups Monterey Jack cheese, shredded

 

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AboutThatCar.com

Rina Risper08 mins

By Frank S. Washington
 
HERNDON, VA — So many cars and so little space to write about them.
 
Volkswagen invited reporters to its new North American headquarters here to give us a look at the facility and to let us test drive its product lineup for 2012.
 

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