Who are the Houthis and why did the US and UK retaliate?
Houthis PHOTO COURTESY OF BROOKINGS.EDU WASHINGTON (AP) — When U.S. and U.K. warships and aircraft launched waves of missiles at Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen …
DEI opponents use 1866 Civil Rights law to attack workplace equity
Alphonso David, Fearless Fund’s legal counsel, serves as president & CEO of The Global Black Economic Forum. PHOTO COURTESY OF ALPHONSODAVID.COM NEW YORK (AP) — …
Tyre Nichols’ family gathers at vigil year after police beat him
TYRE NICHOLS: Brutally beaten by five Black members of the so-called Scorpion crime-suppression unit – who were charged with second-degree murder and other offenses in …
US employers add 216,000 jobs in a sign of economic strength
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added a robust 216,000 jobs last month, the latest sign that the American labor market remains resilient even in …
Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water
The average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time …
Florida can import prescription drugs from Canada, US regulators say
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday cleared the way for Florida’s first-inthe-nation plan to import prescription drugs from Canada, a long-sought …
Judge in Trump’s DC election case is targeted by fake emergency swatting call
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan PHOTO COURTESY OF X.COM WASHINGTON (AP) — A home owned by the judge overseeing the federal election subversion case against …
Trump downplays Jan. 6 on the anniversary of the Capitol siege and calls jailed rioters ‘hostages’
Teargas attack outside United States Capitol, Jan. 6, 2001. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, campaigning in Iowa Saturday, …
A photographer’s vision giving S. Carolina its only civil rights museum, documenting history
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) – Much of how South Carolina has seen its civil rights history has been through the lens of photographer Cecil Williams. From …
At the stroke of midnight, the New Year gives a clean slate for long-elusive resolutions
STOCK PHOTO NEW YORK (AP) – It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. But a clean slate awaits at the stroke of midnight …