Outrage grows after 5-year-old Black girl sexually assaulted and attacked by 9-and 10-year-old children
Content warning: This story depicts the graphic abuse of a child. After a 9-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl have been charged with attempted murder and rape in connection with an attack on a 5-year-old girl in Cleveland, a mother is fighting for justice. On Wednesday, October 15, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office announced the […]
More Millennials Using PTO for Zzzs
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman October 16, 2025 Millennials are leading the trend of employees who use their PTO to knock out. More millennials are using paid time off (PTO) not to take a trip, but to catch up on sleep. Amerisleep surveyed 1,200 Americans and found that they use their paid time off to recharge. For […]
Laila Ali Enters The ‘Chatter’ On Claressa Shields’ $15M Boxing Match Offer
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman October 16, 2025 Ali remained coy on if she will step back into the ring to fight Shields. Laila Ali has spoken, and it’s clear the ongoing feud between her and Claressa Shields stands. Ali shared her thoughts on the proposed boxing match against Shields, who recently told tabloids that the former […]
Women In U.S. Have Limited Access To Less Expensive, Invasive Breast Cancer Treatment
by Mitti Hicks October 16, 2025 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IORT in 1999. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) costs cancer patients less time and money in treatment and is less invasive compared to traditional radiation treatments for breast cancer. Access, however, is limited in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IORT […]
‘Selective prosecution’: Ben Crump blasts Jacksonville police for excessive force after viral arrest of Black woman outside her daughter’s school
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump called the arrest of a Florida woman outside of her daughter’s school another moment of “excessive force” by a police department. Speaking at The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church in Jacksonville, Crump was joined by Erika McGriff, the woman whose arrest was captured on cell phone video when she […]
Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S. attorney to explain the administration’s […]
Federal government to withhold $40M from California for not enforcing trucker English requirements
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what Duffy called significant failures in […]
After being laid off, Taylor DeBerry turned her struggle into a lifeline for women in need
Just because your paycheck stops, doesn’t mean your period does. That’s what Taylor DeBerry realized earlier this year as she stood under the fluorescent lights of a Nevada dollar store, scanning the shelves for essentials. Fresh off a layoff and trying to stretch every dollar, she stared down the feminine care aisle searching for comparable […]