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Birmingham Entrepreneur Launches App To Boost Local Black-Owned Businesses

by Mary Spiller June 22, 2025 Jamaine Stanton is helping shine a spotlight on Birmingham’s Black-owned businesses through a new mobile app—Black Business Traffic. With a few taps on a smartphone, users in Birmingham can now discover and support hundreds of Black-owned businesses, thanks to the Black Business Traffic app.

Ex-In-N-Out Employee Sues Chain, Alleging Discrimination Over Natural Hair

by Daniel Johnson June 22, 2025 Elijah Obeng alleges that In-N-Out discriminated against him due to his hair, in violation of California’s CROWN Act. Elijah Obeng, a former In-N-Out employee, is suing the California burger chain, alleging that it discriminated against him and terminated him because of his natural hair.

US has struck 3 Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign

President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel ’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict. There was no immediate acknowledgment from Iran of

R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly ‘s request to be freed from prison, saying she lacks jurisdiction to consider the convicted sex offender’s allegations that federal prison officials plotted to murder him. U.S. District Judge Martha M. Pacold canceled Friday’s scheduled arguments in Chicago, and instead issued a five-page ruling denying his

Ketanji Brown Jackson reports $2 million in income last year for her memoir, ‘Lovely One’

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson received more than $2 million last year for her best-selling memoir, “Lovely One,” according to her annual financial disclosure, released Tuesday. Jackson’s outside income exceeded that of her court colleagues combined, the reports showed. Justice Neil Gorsuch reported $250,000 for the book he published last year, while Justice Sonia