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A former school board member in upstate New York sounded the alarm by posting disturbing images of a wooden box in an elementary school classroom allegedly used as a “timeout box” for students with disabilities, the New York Times reports.  The images from a classroom in the Salmon River Central School District–comprising 1,300 students, 60% […]

The conservative anti-DEI organization America First Legal is urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate alleged “unlawful hiring and promotion practices” at publishing giant Penguin Random House. On Dec. 16, the group released an open letter calling out the diversity, equity, and inclusion policies on Penguin Random House’s website, which America First Legal […]

New York Attorney General Letitia James and several other state attorneys have sued the Trump administration over its efforts to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Twenty other state and district attorneys joined James in the lawsuit, specifically against the Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, filed Dec. 22. Since the beginning […]

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has warned Tesla that it must revise its advertising for the Autopilot feature or face a 30-day sales ban. On Dec. 16, California regulators warned Tesla of a potential 30-day suspension of its state sales over marketing of its self-driving features, NBC Bay Area reports. A judge found that […]

Will.i.am is a Grammy-winning recording artist, music producer, and entrepreneur who recently shared in a Fortune interview that his approach to success centers on what he calls a “dream-reality” balance. Rather than subscribing to the traditional idea of work-life balance, he believes in putting in focused effort beyond the 9-to-5 to align daily work with […]

The shakeup continues with the Trump Administration, as President Donald Trump recalled close to 30 ambassadors from around the world from their posts to advance the America First agenda, Fox News reported.  A senior State Department official said the ambassadors weren’t fired but reassigned, calling it “a standard process in any administration.” “An ambassador is a personal […]

A Chicago mother has received a Christmas miracle, getting a note-free car through a giveaway by a millionaire influencer. Kenneth Smith has gone viral this holiday season for his toy drives and car giveaways across the country. In his latest iteration, a mother in Chicago has a new car to make the season extra bright. […]

Jackée Harry is calling out an AI-generated cover image created for a reboot of the hit ’90s sitcom “Sister, Sister,” which she starred in alongside Tia and Tamera Mowry. Taking to Instagram on Dec. 22, the actress and comedian reshared an AI-generated photo and video teasing a reboot of the series. The images depicted the […]

Retirement planning is evolving, with longer life expectancies pushing the typical retirement age from 65 to 67. For those born in 1960 or later, the Social Security Full Retirement Age (FRA) is 67, the age at which individuals receive 100% of their earned benefits. Benefits can be claimed as early as 62 at a reduced […]

Haitian photojournalist Dieu-Nalio Chery, whose work has documented decades of political unrest, social struggle, and human rights issues in Haiti, has shared a first-person account of his career and the risks he faced covering his homeland’s turmoil, including being shot while on assignment. Chery, now based in Michigan and a staff photographer at the University […]

I was going to launch a campaign for President Tinubu to sack the minister of petroleum until I remembered that the petroleum portfolio is firmly under the belt of the selfsame Excellency to whom I was going to direct my appeal.   There had been too much opaqueness, too many befuddling— obviously unpatriotic— decisions taken […]

Nigeria is a country deeply rooted in tradition, culture and communal life. One enduring feature of our national life is the annual movement of people from urban centres back to their ancestral homes and villages during festive periods, particularly Christmas and the New Year. This seasonal migration is more than leisure travel; it is a […]