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Apple Removes ICE Tracking App From The App Store

by Kandiss Edwards October 4, 2025 The company cites “safety risks” for law enforcement officers. The move follows intense criticism from Trump administration officials who claimed the app endangered ICE agents. Apple has removed the controversial app ICEBlock and similar software from its App Store after a request from the

New York Now Requires Social Media Apps To Report Content Moderation Policies

by Jeroslyn JoVonn October 4, 2025 New York is mandating that major social media apps disclose the volume of their hate speech and misinformation. On Thursday, Oct. 2, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the start of a new policy that requires social media companies to report their content

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again. Combs, 55, was

A Lifetime of Teaching & Preserving History

By John Sellars This month’s 50 for 50 honoree has been a great help to the museum and the community.Gwen Marshall grew up in Jackson, Mississippi and then Memphis, Tennessee where she graduated from Hamilton High School in 1966.An only child, both of her parents worked for the U.S. Department

Expanding Statewide: Introducing the Show-Me Network

By Nicki Donnelson Thanks to nearly $3 million in federal State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding administered through the Missouri Department of Economic Development Missouri Technical Assistance (MOTA) Grant, Missouri State University’s efactory and long-time partner codefi are scaling up their innovative approach to economic development. The result? A new

Apple Removes ICE Tracking App From The App Store

by Kandiss Edwards October 4, 2025 The company cites “safety risks” for law enforcement officers. The move follows intense criticism from Trump administration officials who claimed the app endangered ICE agents. Apple has removed the controversial app ICEBlock and similar software from its App Store after a request from the

New York Now Requires Social Media Apps To Report Content Moderation Policies

by Jeroslyn JoVonn October 4, 2025 New York is mandating that major social media apps disclose the volume of their hate speech and misinformation. On Thursday, Oct. 2, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the start of a new policy that requires social media companies to report their content

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs is sentenced to over 4 years in prison

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced Friday to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and “freak-offs.” The judge said a lengthy sentence was needed for deterrence and that he was unconvinced that if Combs is released these crimes won’t happen again. Combs, 55, was

A Lifetime of Teaching & Preserving History

By John Sellars This month’s 50 for 50 honoree has been a great help to the museum and the community.Gwen Marshall grew up in Jackson, Mississippi and then Memphis, Tennessee where she graduated from Hamilton High School in 1966.An only child, both of her parents worked for the U.S. Department

Expanding Statewide: Introducing the Show-Me Network

By Nicki Donnelson Thanks to nearly $3 million in federal State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding administered through the Missouri Department of Economic Development Missouri Technical Assistance (MOTA) Grant, Missouri State University’s efactory and long-time partner codefi are scaling up their innovative approach to economic development. The result? A new