The Trump administration is poised to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice after more than 100 employees were placed on administrative leave on Thursday. Advocates and former EPA officials say the imminent closure will likely have lasting harmful impacts on Black, brown, and poor communities. According to

Stare at your laptop screen all day at work. Endlessly scroll on your phone when you get home. Binge a TV show. Endlessly scroll again until you fall asleep. Does this routine sound familiar? If it does, it might be time to explore the benefits of unplugging from technology. In

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa appeared to respond to threats from U.S. counterpart Donald Trump by saying in his annual speech to the nation Thursday that his country would “not be bullied.” The comment by Ramaphosa was seen as a reaction to Trump’s pledge to cut all funding to South Africa over a new land expropriation

The Trump administration presented a plan Thursday to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for U.S. aid projects as part of its dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, leaving fewer than 300 workers out of thousands. Late Thursday, federal workers associations filed suit asking a federal court to stop the shutdown,

Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe were voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the smallest induction class in 20 years following offseason rule changes meant to make it harder to get inducted. Sharpe got in as a seniors candidate in voting announced Thursday night

A$AP Rocky ‘s lawyers will make their case and try to establish a counternarrative Friday at his trial in Los Angeles, where the hip-hop star and fashion mogul is charged with firing a gun at a former friend on a Hollywood street in 2021. They plan to call to the stand

It looks like somebody has some explaining to do.  DJ Khaled has a new album — his 14th! — dropping sometime in 2025, titled “Aalam of God.” Khaled, who is a king of promotion, dropped a trailer on social media featuring Anthony Ramos and Mark Wahlberg to drum up anticipation

Congratulations are in order for Serayah and Joey Bada$$! On Wednesday, the 29-year-old singer and actress revealed that she’s expecting her first child with the 30-year-old rapper while walking the runway for lingerie brand Adore Me’s New York Fashion Week show. In videos uploaded to her Instagram stories and reels

Dropping a new album? Still sitting at the bottom of Rihanna’s to-do list. But blessing fans with new music? That might actually be happening. Today, the Fenty mogul revealed she’s dusting off her acting chops for her latest role in Paramount Pictures’ “Smurfs”.  “In my blue era,” she captioned an

Sade Carleena Robinson, 19, went missing in early April 2024 after going on a date with Maxwell Anderson, 33. Days later, her car was found on fire, and parts of her body were discovered by authorities around the city and surrounding areas. Two weeks following her disappearance, Anderson was charged