Black-owned banks Optus Financial and M&F Bank to merge

Operation Stop CPS questions Durham Co.’s treatment court

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Black-owned banks Optus Financial and M&F Bank to merge

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Optus Bank and Durham-based Mechanics & Farmers Bank will merge to unite two of the nation’s longest-standing Minority Depository Institutions. Optus Financial Corporation,

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Operation Stop CPS questions Durham Co.’s treatment court

Thursday, July 23, 2026

DURHAM – In an effort to accelerate family reunification, Durham County Department of Justice Services has received funding for a Family Treatment Court in the county budget.

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Black History

52 Weeks of Black Brilliance - Week 30

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Richard Bowie Spikes (Oct. 2, 1878 – Jan. 22, 1963) developed or improved several inventions: a beer tap, a modification of an automatic gear shift mechanism for motor vehicles and

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