Mannika Hopkins talks with her fourth graders on the first day of school at Greenville Elementary in Greenville, Fla. on Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Kate Payne) Declining enrollment in public schools in Florida is forcing districts to find ways to manage budgets and costs MADISON, Fla. (AP) — Tens of thousands of students have left…
Bombshell allegations surfaced against a California hospital after a 31-year-old woman thought to be alive and “missing” turned up in an off-site cold storage facility. Jessie Peterson’s forgotten remains had been sitting on shelf number “Red 22 A” for 361 days, and the family claims they were never notified of her death. Now, Mercy San…
Former Golden State Warriors head coach Al Attles is shown during the first half of Game 2 of basketball’s NBA Finals between the Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Attles’ 64-year stint with the Warriors is the longest with a single franchise for one…
Former Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Barry Bonds acknowledges the crowd during a ceremony for players that are part of the team’s 2024 Hall of Fame class before a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger) Bonds joined the Pittsburgh Pirates at the age of 21 and was the…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, on June 17, 2021, waits for then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to arrive for a bill enrollment signing ceremony for the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act on June 17, 2021 on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) Erica Lee Carter files to appear on Nov. 5 special election ballot…
Before Donald Trump became the nation’s 45th president, was impeached, and ran for president again, he was almost on the receiving end of what could’ve been a life-threatening knockout punch from heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson. A 2005 biography titled “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald” provided some details about an alleged confrontation between…
Almost four months after Ne-Yo opened up once more about being in a polyamorous relationship, an interview of Ne-yo’s ex-wife Crystal Renay Smith has resurfaced where she shares that she never would’ve married the singer-songwriting artist had she known about his polyamorous lifestyle. In January 2023 Smith and Ne-Yo’s divorce was finalized, and 15 months…
In an installment of the “Counsel Culture” show, Iyanla Vanzant and host Nick Cannon explore the nuanced conversation about Black men, especially famous Black men, and their ability to heal in the public eye. On Aug. 11, Cannon shared an unreleased clip from the February 2024 sit-down, titled “Healing In Public,” in which the two…
When 91-year-old Sandra Bonilla died in June, her family had to manage all the logistics that come with the passing of a loved one — planning the funeral, dividing her belongings, and settling debts. Not on that list? Paying a lump sum to Bonilla’s landlord. In what the family described as a “heartless” move, the…
Since 2018, Donald Trump has been proposing a policy of instituting the death penalty for drug dealers and gang members, lumping them into the same mix as child predators, sex traffickers, and police killers in a plan he says will not only make America great again but safe again. While speaking to his supporters in…
