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Whiteford's softball team plays today in the state quarterfinals with hopes of moving on to the semifinals on Friday and the finals on Saturday.

A massive celebration dedicated to community, unity, charity, and eating before the next day’s fast is returning to Dearborn. It is referred to as the Ramadan Suhoor Festival.

When the game industry converged on San Francisco after two years apart, there was plenty to discuss.

Flags celebrated survival, endurance and above all, defiance on a day Ukraine's president had called for displays of unity.

Two years later, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority followed suit on the campus of Howard University. Between 1911 and 1922 six more predominantly Black fraternities and sororities were founded on campuses at Indiana University, Howard and Butler University. On campus, the Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter at Western recently made hundreds of dresses for Haitian girls – fulfilling the focus of reaching out to those in developing countries, Chiddick said. And Vice President Kamala Harris, an Alpha Kappa Alpha, the same sorority Moore and Chiddick belong to. “Before we were Greek, we were Black students, and we are still Black students.

Here is the weather forecast for Metro Detroit.

An official says at least 20 people have died in flooding in recent months amid torrential rains that are still afflicting a remote part of South Sudan

Small cracks have been discovered in the International Space Station's Russian-built Zarya module, according to a new report.

The UK businessman realises a lifetime's ambition by riding a rocket plane high into the sky.

The UK businessman is about to realise a lifetime's ambition by flying to the edge of space.

Thrill-seeking billionaire Richard Branson has reached space aboard his own winged rocket ship, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality.

Richard Branson's spaceflight is shaping up to be quite a star-studded affair.

Virgin Galactic will become the first rocket company to launch the boss when Richard Branson straps into one of his sleek, shiny space planes this weekend. The self-described tie-loathing adventurer and troublemaker will join five company employees for Sunday’s test flight from New Mexico's southern desert — the company’s fourth trip to the edge of space. Branson assigned himself to Virgin Galactic’s first full-scale crew, jumping ahead of Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos, an even richer rocketeer looking to launch himself into space.

The US Federal Aviation Administration says Sir Richard's rocket plane can carry paying customers.

NASA is teaming up with the maker of Tide to figure out how to do laundry in space.

Sir Richard Branson's spaceplane completes the first of three key test flights above New Mexico.

Sir Richard Branson's spaceplane completes the first of three key test flights above New Mexico.

According to research group SensorTower , the mobile game market grew 26% last year to $79.6 billion. In its IPO prospectus on Tuesday, AppLovin said revenue in 2020 jumped 46% to $1.45 billion. Kids game company Roblox is set to go public next week, following the debut of Israel's Playtika in January and gaming software developer Unity in September. Mobile game developer AppLovin is poised to become the latest online game provider to hit the public markets, joining a crop of companies to capitalize on a surge in usage during the pandemic. Last month, AppLovin acquired Adjust, a German app distribution and analytics company, for $1 billion in cash and stock.

Shares of Virgin Galactic fell 11.9% in trading on Friday to close at $37.23 a share. The new 2021 planColglazier gave investors an updated overview of the milestones Virgin Galactic expects to reach this year given the testing delays. In the meantime, Virgin Galactic expects the first SpaceShip III vehicle "will begin glide flight testing this summer," Colglazier said. Virgin GalacticGiven Unity's delays thus far, Coglalzier declined to give specific target dates for the second spaceflight attempt, saying only that Virgin Galactic expects it will "occur this summer." Virgin Galactic

A Banner hangs outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the Virgin Galactic (SPCE) IPO in New York, U.S., October 28, 2019. Virgin Galactic delivered fourth quarter results after the market closed on Thursday, with the company disclosing its next spaceflight test is delayed to May and pushing the beginning of flying passengers to early 2022. The company was targeting as early as Feb. 13 for the spaceflight test of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle "Unity," which represents a repeat of its flight attempt in December that was cut short by an engine anomaly. Shares of Virgin Galactic fell as much as 15% in after hours trading, after having fallen 8.4% during the day to close at $42.24 a share. Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier told shareholders on the earnings conference call that the company now does not expect commercial service will begin until early 2022.

We seek harm to none and harmony for all. Laureate Gorman shows us what a wholesome unity would look like. True unity comes when justice is the highest ideal, the oppressed receive help, and we seem harm to none. Unity has harmony as its prerequisite, and unity built on the sacrifice of some is no unity at all. If we seek unity, we need safety and harmony.

(AP Photo, File)NEW YORK – When Joe Biden addresses the country for the first time as president, his inaugural speech is likely to echo calls for unity that predecessors have invoked since the first time George Washington was sworn in. Unity has since been a theme, and an anxiety, for many incoming presidents, who have faced economic and social crises and moments when the very future of the U.S. was in doubt. “Unity has always been an aspiration," says presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. But when we have domestic turmoil we use the word unity.”The United States was forged through compromise among factions that disagreed profoundly on slavery, regional influence and the relative powers of state and federal government. “A president often claims the country is ‘united’ behind a belief when it’s more wishful thinking than reality,” Widmer says.

SAGINAW, MI - Four Saginaw-area community organizations are teaming up to give away food to all those who need it Thursday, Jan. 14. Starting at 10 a.m. until the food is all gone, residents can drive to the Saginaw Community Action Center building, located at 2824 Perkins St. in Saginaw, to have food supplies loaded into their trunks. Along with the Saginaw Community Action Center, the Unity in the Community Saginaw Neighborhood Association, Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and United Way of Saginaw County are partners in the giveaway. 🍎Food Distributions in Saginaw County🥔 Check out this calendar 📅 to see when and where the food distributions are in... Posted by United Way of Saginaw County on Monday, January 11, 2021Read more:Saginaw Schools seeks great ideas for its $100 million construction projectNext in line for vaccines, Michigan teachers are feeling optimisticFacing tax foreclosure in Saginaw County? Meet with the treasurer’s office by phone this year

But relative to the rest of the travel industry, the company is thriving. In its IPO prospectus on Monday, Airbnb said that third-quarter revenue dropped 18% to $1.3 billion. Unlike those companies, and others that hit the public markets in 2020, Airbnb was badly hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. Along with airlines, hotels and online travel agencies, Airbnb had a disastrous second quarter. Even with the third-quarter revenue decline, the period was Airbnb's second-biggest ever, behind only the the same quarter from 2019.

DETROIT – Well-known local artist Sheefy McFly put the finishing touches on a mural Friday. The mural, painted on the side of Flamingo Vintage, located near the intersection of Junction Avenue and Vernor Highway, was made to promote solidarity. The team behind the mural said the goal is to keep the conversations and movement active. A socially-distanced block party will take place Friday at 4 p.m. to unveil the mural. RELATED: Uniquely Detroit: Artist Sheefy McFly brings love to the city through his artMcFly has painted multiple murals across Metro Detroit.

Shares of Unity, a video game software developer, closed up 31.44% after its market debut Friday. The company priced its shares at $52 after it lifted the range on Wednesday to between $44 and $48. "Pokemon Go" and "Iron Man VR" are among the games developed using Unity's software. Typically, employees and insiders have to hold on to their shares for a lock-up period, which usually is six months. Unity's market debut closes one of the busiest weeks for IPOs.

"We wanted them to be able to participate in the first day of trading if they choose to sell some of their vested shares." Unity said in its latest prospectus that employees and former employees, excluding executive officers and directors, can sell up to 15% of their vested holdings from the time the stock opens on the New York Stock Exchange through Sept. 30. Keeping employee shares tightly held limits the amount of stock available for trading, in part so the market isn't flooded with shares. He said it was important to bring the company's 3,700 employees into the IPO by letting them all virtually ring the bell together on Friday and to sell some shares on the first day. Unity sold 25 million shares at $52 on Thursday, initially valuing the company at $13.7 billion and raising $1.3 billion.

Video game software developer Unity priced its IPO above the expected range on Thursday in an offering that initially values the company at $13.7 billion, CNBC has confirmed. Unity sold shares at $52 apiece, after lifting the range on Wednesday to between $44 and $48. "Pokemon Go" and "Iron man VR" are among the games developed using Unity's software. Unity CEO John Riccitiello, who previously ran EA, took a nontraditional approach toward determining the price of the IPO, CNBC reported earlier this week. For those that put in bids at or above the final price, Unity executives would decide on the allocation.

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. – Phoenix Williams, who recorded students taunting him and calling him the N-word while on the school bus when he was an eighth-grader in Bloomfield Hills, has already inspired change in his life. Phoenix said that bus ride and the impact of the incident has stuck with him, and watching the video of George Floyd’s death has motivated him to again work for change. MORE: Metro Detroit religious leaders fight for change in our communityPhoenix captured the school bus incident on video when he was 13 years old. He’s now a freshman at Howard University, but that moment in eighth grade still shaped much of his young life. You can hear from Phoenix in Hank Winchester’s full video above.

George Floyd video inspires Bloomfield Hills teen to continue working for changePublished: June 23, 2020, 5:37 pmPhoenix Williams, who recorded students taunting him and calling him the N-word while on the school bus when he was an eighth-grader in Bloomfield Hills, has already inspired change in his life.

DETROIT Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. held the Walk to Freedom 57 years ago in Detroit and gave what would become the precursor to his I Have A Dream speech. MORE: Metro Detroit religious leaders fight for change in our communityOn June 23, 1963, a crowd of more than 100,000 people walked with Dr. King down Woodward Avenue. The Walk to Freedom ended at Cobo Arena, where Dr. King delivered a powerful speech -- a precursor to his famous I Have A Dream speech two months later in Washington. Part of Dr. Kings message was a dream of unity. Muirhead said she believes if he was here right now, Dr. King would be hopeful.

In a letter-writing effort during the virus pandemic to connect nursing home residents in two neighboring communities, residents now are receiving pen pal letters from across the United States. Vanderweit, an activity aide at Sullivan County Health Care in Claremont, thought: Why not match his nursing home residents with pen pals at Summercrest Senior Living Community 12 miles away in Newport? The stacks of mail got so large that Vanderweit organized a pen pal club which gathers once a week to read the letters aloud and respond as a group. They cant have visitors, they cant have family come in, so this is a way of reaching out, she said. Postcards are welcome, or he suggests people reach out to nursing homes in their home states.

DETROIT – Employees of The Detroit Institute of Arts released a video celebrating visitors of the museum. Employees who are working from home and on-site helped make the video. MuseumWeek is a cultural event featuring museum’s from more than 100 countries on social media. This year’s theme is “togetherness” and Wednesday’s hashtag is #togetherMW. Watch the video below:

Virgin Galactic spacecraft Unity fires its engine and heads to space with its first test passenger on board in February 2019. Virgin Galactic | gif by @thesheetztweetzPrivate space tourism is about to go public. Shareholders approved Virgin Galactic's merger with one of Chamath Palihapitiya's ventures, setting up the space tourism company to list directly on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday. Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides CNBC | Michael SheetzThe merger was announced in July, with Palihapitiya's Social Capital Hedosophia taking a 49% stake in Virgin Galactic. Virgin Galactic spacecraft Unity fires its engine and heads to space with its first test passenger on board in February 2019.

Virgin Galactic spacecraft Unity fires its engine and heads to space with its first test passenger on board in February 2019. Virgin Galactic | gif by @thesheetztweetzPrivate space tourism is about to go public. Virgin Galactic will become the first human spaceflight company to trade on public markets. VSS Unity First Powered Flight, April 5, 2018 Virgin GalacticThe merger was announced in July, with Palihapitiya's Social Capital Hedosophia taking a 49% stake in Virgin Galactic. The merger gives the combined company a valuation of $1.5 billion, with Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson retaining a 51% controlling stake.

The investment from the aerospace giant comes as Virgin Galactic prepares to become the first human spaceflight company to go public. "Our teams have been talking for quite some time now," Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides told CNBC. Once the merger closes, Virgin Galactic will have a valuation of $1.5 billion, with SCH retaining a 49% stake. Virgin Galactic's First Spaceflight on Dec. 13, 2018 Source: Virgin GalacticSchettler says Virgin Galactic, and the broader industry, are at an inflection point for commercial access. Virgin Galactic said in July that it was on track to begin flying its first customers next year.

In a Washington, D.C. church, Muslims and Christians have found a common bond. The church hosts Muslim prayers, attracting hundreds of worshipers each week. Anna Werner has more.

Virgin Galactic is one step closer to their goal of sending tourists into outer space. On Friday, the company revealed their new spaceship, the "Unity," in Mojave, California. The announcement comes just over a year after a similar craft broke apart mid-flight killing one of the pilots. But it could take months or years of testing before this new space plane takes off. Carter Evans reports.