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Content warning: This story depicts the graphic abuse of a child. After a 9-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl have been charged with attempted murder and rape in connection with an attack on a 5-year-old girl in Cleveland, a mother is fighting for justice. On Wednesday, October 15, the Cuyahoga
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman October 16, 2025 Millennials are leading the trend of employees who use their PTO to knock out. More millennials are using paid time off (PTO) not to take a trip, but to catch up on sleep. Amerisleep surveyed 1,200 Americans and found that they use their paid
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman October 16, 2025 Ali remained coy on if she will step back into the ring to fight Shields. Laila Ali has spoken, and it’s clear the ongoing feud between her and Claressa Shields stands. Ali shared her thoughts on the proposed boxing match against Shields, who recently
by Mitti Hicks October 16, 2025 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IORT in 1999. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) costs cancer patients less time and money in treatment and is less invasive compared to traditional radiation treatments for breast cancer. Access, however, is limited in the United States. The Food and
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump called the arrest of a Florida woman outside of her daughter’s school another moment of “excessive force” by a police department. Speaking at The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church in Jacksonville, Crump was joined by Erika McGriff, the woman whose arrest was captured on
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what
Just because your paycheck stops, doesn’t mean your period does. That’s what Taylor DeBerry realized earlier this year as she stood under the fluorescent lights of a Nevada dollar store, scanning the shelves for essentials. Fresh off a layoff and trying to stretch every dollar, she stared down the feminine
NBC News announced layoffs of 150 staffers on Wednesday (Oct. 15), eliminating dedicated teams for NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT, a vertical dedicated to covering LGBTQ+ issues in the country. According to The Wrap, stories will still be published to those specific groups and NBC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could effectively kill the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and allow the Republican Party to redraw voting maps without existing protections from racial discrimination for Black communities across the country. “They can literally create a permanent one-party
Content warning: This story depicts the graphic abuse of a child. After a 9-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl have been charged with attempted murder and rape in connection with an attack on a 5-year-old girl in Cleveland, a mother is fighting for justice. On Wednesday, October 15, the Cuyahoga
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman October 16, 2025 Millennials are leading the trend of employees who use their PTO to knock out. More millennials are using paid time off (PTO) not to take a trip, but to catch up on sleep. Amerisleep surveyed 1,200 Americans and found that they use their paid
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman October 16, 2025 Ali remained coy on if she will step back into the ring to fight Shields. Laila Ali has spoken, and it’s clear the ongoing feud between her and Claressa Shields stands. Ali shared her thoughts on the proposed boxing match against Shields, who recently
by Mitti Hicks October 16, 2025 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved IORT in 1999. Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) costs cancer patients less time and money in treatment and is less invasive compared to traditional radiation treatments for breast cancer. Access, however, is limited in the United States. The Food and
Renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump called the arrest of a Florida woman outside of her daughter’s school another moment of “excessive force” by a police department. Speaking at The Sanctuary at Mt. Calvary Church in Jacksonville, Crump was joined by Erika McGriff, the woman whose arrest was captured on
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco repeatedly pressed the assistant U.S.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Wednesday he will withhold $40 million from California because it is the only state that is failing to enforce English language requirements for truckers. An investigation launched after a deadly Florida crash involving a foreign truck driver who made an illegal U-turn on Aug. 12 found what
Just because your paycheck stops, doesn’t mean your period does. That’s what Taylor DeBerry realized earlier this year as she stood under the fluorescent lights of a Nevada dollar store, scanning the shelves for essentials. Fresh off a layoff and trying to stretch every dollar, she stared down the feminine
NBC News announced layoffs of 150 staffers on Wednesday (Oct. 15), eliminating dedicated teams for NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT, a vertical dedicated to covering LGBTQ+ issues in the country. According to The Wrap, stories will still be published to those specific groups and NBC
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could effectively kill the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and allow the Republican Party to redraw voting maps without existing protections from racial discrimination for Black communities across the country. “They can literally create a permanent one-party