After President Donald Trump announced a fresh wave of tariffs on April 2, the U.S. stock market experienced its worst crash since the COVID-19 pandemic. When the stock market closed on Friday, April 4, the S&P 500 lost 6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 5.5%. Since February, however, the S&P is down 12% and Nasdaq…
Shaquille O’Neal has once again found himself at the center of social media buzz, this time for an unexpected marriage proposal to sports content creator Jenna Bandy. The 15-time All-Star surprised fans during the 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend when he transformed what appeared to be a simple autographed basketball into an impromptu proposal, and now…
Source: creative services / iOne Stress affects everyone differently; however, Black individuals are particularly vulnerable due to factors like racism, prejudice, institutional inequities, income inequality, and unfair treatment in areas like education, healthcare, and the workplace. These ongoing stressors can have serious health consequences. According to VeryWell Health, chronic stress can lead to an increase in…
Florida guard Walter Clayton Jr. and center Micah Handlogten celebrates after their win against the Houston in the national championship at the Final Four of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Monday, April 7, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) The Gators and Clayton somehow overcame Houston’s lockdown intensity, along with a 12-point deficit. Florida’s…
On Oct. 7, Bethelhem Getu Hundie and Getahun Birhanu brought their 2-year-old daughter Maya to Piedmont Eastside Medical Center’s emergency room after she was bitten by fire ants. While fire ant bites aren’t usually lethal they can, in rare cases, cause severe allergic reactions. Maya, it turns out, was one of the unlucky ones. Bethelhem Getu…
Prince Harry waves as he arrives at the High Court in London, England, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) A government lawyer said Harry’s argument in the lower court was accurately found to have been based on an “inappropriate, formalist interpretation.” Prince Harry was treated unfairly when he was stripped of his British security detail,…
This image released by PBS shows actor Laurence Fishburne, left, with Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., host of the series “Finding Your Roots.” (PBS via AP) The Harvard scholar learns a long-buried puzzle about his great-great-grandmother sprouting a new branch on the family tree from Ireland. For 11 seasons, Henry Louis Gates Jr. has sat across from…
Students walk on the Stanford University campus, March 14, 2019, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) More schools are seeing visas stripped from students with no known connection to protests. Colleges around the country are reporting some of their international students’ visas are being revoked unexpectedly, expressing alarm over what appears to be a…
Source: Mark Wilson / Getty America is on the brink of a recession, the stock market is trash, the federal government barely exists, and the president of people who have enough money that they don’t have to care about any of this is planning a military parade birthday party. Talk about tone deaf. According to…
A Texas man recorded a now-viral video showing his wife, who is Black, being stopped and ticketed by police for walking on the wrong side of the road. Now, the couple is demanding an apology, alleging police turned a minor incident into an “excessive show of power.” Brad Townes filmed the moments two police officers…
