by Kandiss Edwards December 18, 2025 Companies’ claim that these new charges are part of a trend among major brands to recoup the costs of return handling and restocking. Many major U.S. retailers are opting to charge fees for returned items this holiday season. Most in-person returns are still free,

by Jeroslyn JoVonn December 18, 2025 A Mount Vernon cop on dialysis is calling out the department for terminating him just months ahead of his retirement. A Mount Vernon, New York, police officer with 19 years on the force is speaking out after receiving a termination notice just six months

by Kandiss Edwards December 18, 2025 Gates’s work for the center will occupy the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium within the Forum Building, Artist Theaster Gates has been commissioned to create a major new artwork for the Obama Presidential Center, which centers on Black Women and Beauty.  Gates’s commission reflects his ongoing

Olivia Dean is the advocate fans need when it comes to concert ticket price gouging. The rising British pop star, who’s nominated for Best New Artist at the 2026 Grammys, recently pulled back the curtain on what prompted her to blast Ticketmaster last month over its resale policies publicly. And

President Donald Trump’s latest White House renovations include plaques underneath portraits of former US presidents. Located in a walkway outside of the West Wing, the White House describes the addition as “a tribute to past Presidents, good, bad, and somewhere in the middle, who served our Country, and gave up

The U.S. government admitted Wednesday that the actions of an air traffic controller and Army helicopter pilot played a role in causing a collision last January between an airliner and a Black Hawk near the nation’s capital, killing 67 people. It was the deadliest plane crash on American soil in more than

President Donald Trump sought to sell a positive outlook on the economy during an evening address to the nation from the White House on Wednesday. “11 months ago, I inherited a mess, and I’m fixing it,” said Trump, who blamed the Biden Administration for driving up costs. “The last administration

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans. The stunning move came the same day

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure in which he clashed with the Justice Department over the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and was forced to reconcile the realities of his law enforcement job with provocative

The instructions on Wednesday were clear: no serious, sad or long faces. And the crowd filing into a gymnasium in Jamaica’s capital largely obliged as they honored reggae giant Jimmy Cliff. “Jimmy didn’t want a sad or somber occasion,” said Olivia Grange, Jamaica’s culture minister. “He gave so much of his