1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (668+ words) WEATHER ALERT: Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected across the D.C. region through Sunday night August 16, 2026, 7:58 AM D.C. native Bishop Kwabena Albert “Rainey” Cheeks, a taekwondo champion, minister and longtime HIV/AIDS activist, died Aug. 11. He was 74. Cheeks died at…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1799+ words) Donald Trump matters a lot to Mzansi and the rest of the world right now. Trump is changing the way America works – and how the world’s most powerful country deals with the rest of the world. We’ll track what he…...

12+ hour ago   (83+ words) Yahoo According to documented requests, the Department of Homeland Security is looking to purchase new equipment for Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the country: taser gloves. The documents show the department expects to spend between 10 and 20 million to equip…...

9+ hour, 53+ min ago   (515+ words) After Joan Crawford’s death, when actress Bette Davis was asked to say something kind about her longtime rival, Davis reportedly replied, "You should never say bad things about the dead, only good. Joan Crawford is dead. Good." That story illustrates…...

19+ hour, 47+ min ago   (630+ words) “My dream is that one day soon I will find a way to stop just celebrating the dream and start living it,” attendees at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP’s annual service celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day said. About 100 guests gathered…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (350+ words) American Civil Liberties Union ACLU Commemorates Samuel Paz, Former Board Member NEW YORK – The American Civil Liberties Union celebrates the legacy and memory of Richard Samuel Paz, known as Sam Paz, a former ACLU board member, following his passing on…...

22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (194+ words) We have received text from S. 5355: Ballots by Election Day Act. This bill was received on 2026-08-06, and currently has 1 cosponsor. This bill would change federal election rules for absentee and mail-in ballots in elections for federal office. Here are some bills…...

22+ hour, 48+ min ago   (488+ words) The public school system in North Carolina is crumbling in every sense: physically, organizationally and economically. A poorly educated population is one that is immensely easier to control. The Trump administration knows this, and they’re pouncing on the opportunity to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (239+ words) Colin Kaepernick and Know Your Rights Camp Renew $1 Million Community Pledge The Source Magazine Ten years after Colin Kaepernick began his national anthem protest, Know Your Rights Camp is renewing its Million Dollar Pledge with a commitment to invest $1 million…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (791+ words) Srinagar: For more than three decades, August 15 offered Kashmir an unusual annual measure of the conflict: how much of ordinary life had to stop for the Independence Day ceremony to take place? In the early 1990s, the answer was almost everything....