Capital B

6 days ago | capitalbnews.org | Christina Carrega

What began as a dispute over a seat at a Texas high school track meet ended in tragedy when one 17-year-old student allegedly pulled a knife and fatally stabbed another — all at a school neither teen attended. The student who was stabbed, identified as Austin Metcalf, died. The other student, Karmelo Anthony, remained at the scene and told investigators with the Frisco Police Department that he acted in self-defense, multiple news outlets have reported.

1 week ago | capitalbnews.org | Brandon Tensley |Janell Ross

The U.S. is on the brink of a constitutional crisis, some legal scholars say, as disputes over immigration enforcement increase the friction between the Trump administration and the judicial branch. Momodou Taal, a Cornell University graduate student whose visa was revoked over his participation in pro-Palestinian campus protests, has decided to leave the U.S. rather than face detention and deportation.

1 week ago | capitalbnews.org | Adam Mahoney

Last April, Sherry Bradley and the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program helped rural Alabama resident Willie Perryman install a septic system in his home for the first time. Since his grandfather purchased the land and homestead more than six decades ago, none of the family’s properties had a proper disposal system for their waste.

1 week ago | capitalbnews.org | Brandon Tensley

Federal Government Under Siege is a multipart series that explores the impact of the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal government on Black communities. WASHINGTON — For most of 61-year-old Jocelyn Frye’s life, her hometown of Washington was majority Black. As a child, she was keenly aware of how some white lawmakers would disparage D.C. and assert that its residents were dangerous.

1 week ago | capitalbnews.org | Christina Carrega

As a teenager, John Pace dreamed of playing football or becoming a police officer. But growing up in Philadelphia, he found himself drawn to older people in the neighborhood — especially those with negative habits who always seemed to have the freshest clothes and the most respect. In 1985, Pace learned exactly how some of them earned their reputations. A lifestyle built on crime ultimately led him to a sentence of life in prison.