HIRING: Park ranger. SEEKING: Nuclear submarine engineer. WANTED: Sled dog musher. If they seem unlikely postings, they probably are. But a laid-off federal worker can dream. Axed from jobs not easily found outside government, thousands of federal workers caught in President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting efforts now face a difficult search

After nearly five years, Joy Reid’s evening news program on MSNBC is coming to a close next week. The 56-year-old progressive political commentator’s program “The ReidOut” has been canceled at MSNBC amid a dramatic overhaul launched by the network’s new president, Rebecca Kutler, sources familiar with the situation told the

The 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night should offer the final clue in an unusually unpredictable Oscar race. The other major awards — including the BAFTAs, the Producers Guild Awards, the Directors Guild Awards and the Golden Globes — have all had their say. But actors make up the largest

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across key agencies as billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the size of the federal government. Musk, who serves as President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting chief, telegraphed the

Achieving success both at work and at home can take a serious toll. If you strive to give it 100 percent in all areas of your life, the math simply doesn’t add up, and you’re likely headed toward conflict and burnout.  On average, we spend a third of our lives

A federal scholarship aimed at boosting students from underserved and rural areas attending historically Black colleges and universities has been put on hold. The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended the 1890 Scholars Program, which provided recipients with full tuition and fees for students studying agriculture, food or natural resource sciences at one

They say that history repeats itself. Apparently that includes working out.   According to an internal survey of National Academy of Sports Medicine’s (NASM) top trainers, the moment is right for some good “old” fitness trends to become new again.  “Anything retro is very in right now—especially for millennials and Gen

The 56th NAACP Image Awards returned on Saturday evening, broadcast live from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Los Angeles, with Black talent and achievement on full display. After the ceremony’s host, Deon Cole, started things off with a prayer for Black wayward figures, such as Kanye West, some of Black

Freelancers often hear advice about landing clients and keeping them happy, but what about when the relationship has run its course? Maybe the work isn’t aligned with your goals anymore. Maybe the pay doesn’t match the effort. Or maybe the client insists on 2 a.m. emails titled “URGENT!!!!” when it’s

One of the attorneys for Sean “Diddy” Combs in his sex trafficking case wants to quit the hip-hop mogul’s defense team. Defense lawyer Anthony Ricco filed notice on Thursday in Manhattan federal court that he no longer wants to represent Combs, writing “under no circumstances can I continue to effectively serve as counsel.” Ricco,