Source: Boston Globe / Getty On Oct. 27, the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) announced that November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits would be suspended due to the ongoing federal government shutdown and lack of USDA funding. Nearly 750,000 Alabamians, including tens of thousands of children, depend on these monthly food benefits to meet…
Nicole Kidman set social media ablaze after appearing on the Jumbotron during a concert in Nashville — and the crowd couldn’t get enough. The Oscar winner traded the red carpet for the concert floor, sharing an unexpected moment with a pop star that instantly went viral. Now fans are divided as some think Nicole was…
Source: FatCamera / Getty There was a time when “going to work” meant stepping into a lifelong covenant. You got up, packed your lunch, and lent your labor to an institution that would, in return, take care of you and your family. For Baby Boomers, their job wasn’t just a paycheck; it was a pillar…
Claressa Shields attends The Fire Inside – Flint Community Screening at Cinemark Flint West on November 10, 2024 in Flint, Michigan. (Photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images for The Fire Inside) Claressa Shields announces historic $8 million two-year fighting contract with Salita Promotions and Wynn Records. Claressa Shields is not only the undisputed heavyweight champion of…
It’s been weeks since an Atlanta police officer killed a 44-year-old Black man named Linton Blackwell by shooting him 17 times in the back outside a bar, and police have released very little details to the family of the slain rapper known as B Green. “It wasn’t just an execution but a new form of…
Jermaine Dupri is calling out the double standards of the rise of artificial intelligence artists decades after Gayle King’s viral interview. For years, the So So Def label owner and producer has been vocal about his disdain for AI-generated singers replacing real talent. But this week, AI artist Xania Monet made history as the first of…
(Photo: Getty Images) The Trump administration appealed a federal order to fully fund SNAP benefits for the month of November. President Donald Trump defended his administration’s decision to only partially disburse SNAP to more than 42 million Americans, before ultimately appealing a federal judge’s order to fully fund the food assistance program. “We have to…
If anyone failed to read the room, it was White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. Her attempt to gush over President Donald Trump’s latest renovation project — a lavish marble bathroom in the Lincoln Bedroom — quickly turned into one of the most tone-deaf posts of the shutdown and unleashed a metaphorical political lashing from…
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty Last month, we reported on the story of 64-year-old Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, a Pennsylvania man who spent 43 years in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned and he was set free — only to be immediately detained by ICE agents and set up to be deported to…
Trump, 79, and first lady Melania, 55, married in January 2005, a decade before he launched his political career. He and the former Slovenian-American model first entered the White House in 2017 and made their return in 2025. But his reputation for ironclad deals didn’t end with business — it carried into his marriages as…
