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(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education launched a first-of-its-kind website, “EndDEI.Ed.Gov,” just hours before a deadline warning institutions to end discrimination or they will be subject to federal funding consequences. The new online portal went live on Thursday for the community to submit discrimination-focused complaints. “The Department of Education will utilize community submissions to identify […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice released files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Thursday evening. The material released contained previously published pilot logs from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The records include redactions performed by prosecutors on the case to protect the identities of potential victims. Also published is Epstein’s so-called “black book” that […]
Natalya Maisheva via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Before there was a vaccine in 1963, measles infected millions and killed hundreds of people in the U.S. every year. Now, with the first measles death occurring in over a decade, doctors warn that declining vaccination rates are bringing the disease back, putting more people — especially […]
(DES MOINES, IOWA) — Iowa lawmakers voted Thursday to strike gender identity from state civil rights protections. The state’s civil rights law currently protects against discrimination in the workplace, school, accommodations, housing and more based on someone’s “age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability.” The recent legislation on […]
(WASHINGTON) — Economists say the uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and mass layoffs of government workers are starting to have a “chilling” effect on the U.S. economy. “It’s a very difficult business environment, because they can’t plan for what their cost structure is going to be,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow […]
(CALIFORNIA) — A cousin of the Menendez brothers said she’s “thrilled” that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is addressing the brothers’ request for clemency and ordering the parole board to investigate further. “I certainly gasped in relief,” cousin Anamaria Baralt, one of at least 20 relatives in support of the brothers’ release, told ABC News at a virtual […]
New police footage shows the moment a sheriff’s deputy rescued a baby from a burning apartment in Winder, Georgia. At approximately 1:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Winder police and fire units reached out to the Barrow County Sheriff’s Department for assistance in a residential fire, according to the sheriff’s department. While on the way to the […]
(WASHINGTON) — Several U.S. Agency for International Development staffers cleared out their offices at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Thursday, saying they were disheartened after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency laid them off or placed them on leave. “The more I talk about it, the more I want to cry,” said Amanda, who worked in science and […]
Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Live Nation PartyNextDoor is walking back comments he made about Tory Lanez in a diss track he previously previewed in an Instagram Live session. In the song, he was heard rapping, “I’m not y’all n***** friends. Stop saying my name.” “F*** what Tory Lanez say/ I did everything he did he’s […]
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONCeltics 97, Pistons 117Raptors 91, Pacers 11176ers 105, Knicks 110Trail Blazers 129, Wizards 121Thunder 129, Nets 121Hawks 109, Heat 131Clippers 122, Bulls 117Kings 118, Jazz 101Spurs 106, Rockets 118 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEJets 4, Senators 1Devils 1, Avalanche 5Canucks 3, Kings 2 Copyright […]
