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Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Florida Board of Governors voted Wednesday to prohibit state funding to be used toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including “political or social activism” activities on campus in a 15-2 vote. The regulation prohibits state universities from using state or federal funds to promote, support or maintain […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While highlighting new and ongoing infrastructure investments across the country, President Joe Biden on Thursday continued to praise the recent GDP report that found the nation’s economy grew at a 3.3% annual pace — much more rapid than expected — and he gave credit to Americans for an economy that […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Communities in the South are grappling with dangerous flooding from heavy rainfall, while dense fog envelops a swath of the U.S. Major flash flooding struck Wednesday from Louisiana to Mississippi, where rainfall totals ranged from 5 to 9 inches. Over the past few days, heavy rain also hit parts of […]
Philadelphia Police Department (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia police are on a manhunt for a teenage murder suspect who escaped from a hospital Wednesday and is “considered dangerous,” the department announced. Authorities identified the escaped prisoner as 17-year-old Shane Pryor, who was being held on murder charges, Deputy Commissioner of Investigations Frank Vanore said in a news […]
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Oscar nominee Colman Domingo has some very interesting projects coming up. Variety reports Colman will star in and direct an upcoming biopic about legendary singer Nat King Cole. The actor revealed his involvement in the project during an appearance on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, sharing, “I’ve been working on it quietly for a few years. It’s something I’m looking forward to […]
simon2579/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Iraq will begin formal talks in coming days that officials say could lead to the eventual withdrawal of American troops in the country, a major milestone in the years-long effort by the two countries to fight the Islamic State. The decision to move forward with the discussions, known […]
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf (NEW YORK) — A 25-year-old woman died from an allergic reaction after eating a cookie sold by the grocery chain Stew Leonard’s that was not properly labeled as containing peanuts, officials and her attorneys said. Stew Leonard’s issued a recall this week for its vanilla Florentine […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her allegations of sexual abuse. Last year, in a separate trial, […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — CIA Director Bill Burns will soon travel to Europe to meet with Middle Eastern officials as part of an ambitious push to lock down an agreement that would free all of the hostages kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel that are still being held inside of Gaza in […]
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western North America has experienced an unprecedented “hot drought” over the last century, according to new research that shows the amplification of heat in the region over recent decades. “Hot drought,” a climate phenomenon that occurs amid concurrent heat and drought conditions, has […]
