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Gervonta Davis Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges In Florida

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton July 15, 2025 Davis is facing a misdemeanor battery charge and is slated to return to court July 29 Domestic violence charges have been levied against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis after he was arrested on an alleged assault against a former girlfriend in

Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump’s Plan To Disrupt The Education Dept.

by Mitti Hicks July 15, 2025 The ruling lifts a lower court’s ruling that had indefinitely paused action The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump can proceed with his plan to gut the Department of Education and carry out mass layoffs. It’s another win for Trump, thanks to

US inflation accelerated in June as Trump’s tariffs start to bite

Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are pushing up the cost of a range of goods, including furniture, clothing, and large appliances. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from an annual increase

Pulitzer-winning novel ‘James’ is up for another major honor

Percival Everett ‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “James” is up for another literary honor. Everett’s dramatic retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a fiction nominee for the 20th annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which comes with a $10,000 cash award. Besides the Pulitzer, “James” has also won the National Book

Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen during ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour

Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police incident report. The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, happened on July 8, two days

How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department. The justices on Monday paused a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had called into question the legality of President Donald Trump’s plan to outsource the department’s

Leading Through Uncertainty: Showing Up When the World Shifts

by Black Enterprise July 15, 2025 The biggest myth about leadership is that we’re supposed to have all the answers. Written By Nicole A. Elam, Esq. What I’ve learned — over two decades in corporate affairs, government relations, and now as the CEO of the National Bankers Association — is

Former NFL Player Adrian Peterson Set To Box In Celebrity Match

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton July 15, 2025 The former Vikings player will go up against Joe “Baby Joe” Castaneda after a dispute at a poker game in May Former NFL player Adrian Peterson, who recently got into a fight at a poker game, is heading to the boxing ring

Gervonta Davis Arrested On Domestic Violence Charges In Florida

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton July 15, 2025 Davis is facing a misdemeanor battery charge and is slated to return to court July 29 Domestic violence charges have been levied against WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis after he was arrested on an alleged assault against a former girlfriend in

Supreme Court Green-Lights Trump’s Plan To Disrupt The Education Dept.

by Mitti Hicks July 15, 2025 The ruling lifts a lower court’s ruling that had indefinitely paused action The Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump can proceed with his plan to gut the Department of Education and carry out mass layoffs. It’s another win for Trump, thanks to

US inflation accelerated in June as Trump’s tariffs start to bite

Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are pushing up the cost of a range of goods, including furniture, clothing, and large appliances. Consumer prices rose 2.7% in June from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from an annual increase

Pulitzer-winning novel ‘James’ is up for another major honor

Percival Everett ‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “James” is up for another literary honor. Everett’s dramatic retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a fiction nominee for the 20th annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which comes with a $10,000 cash award. Besides the Pulitzer, “James” has also won the National Book

Unreleased Beyoncé music stolen during ‘Cowboy Carter’ tour

Unreleased music by Beyoncé along with footage, show plans and concert set lists were stolen from a car in Atlanta rented by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police incident report. The theft of the materials, stored on five thumb drives, happened on July 8, two days

How Trump plans to dismantle the Education Department after Supreme Court ruling

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is expected to move quickly now that the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue unwinding her department. The justices on Monday paused a lower court order that had halted nearly 1,400 layoffs and had called into question the legality of President Donald Trump’s plan to outsource the department’s

Leading Through Uncertainty: Showing Up When the World Shifts

by Black Enterprise July 15, 2025 The biggest myth about leadership is that we’re supposed to have all the answers. Written By Nicole A. Elam, Esq. What I’ve learned — over two decades in corporate affairs, government relations, and now as the CEO of the National Bankers Association — is

Former NFL Player Adrian Peterson Set To Box In Celebrity Match

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton July 15, 2025 The former Vikings player will go up against Joe “Baby Joe” Castaneda after a dispute at a poker game in May Former NFL player Adrian Peterson, who recently got into a fight at a poker game, is heading to the boxing ring