Federal regulators on Tuesday enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from changing jobs within their industries. The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take […]
Several Illinois schools earned top spots in a new ranking of the country’s best high schools for 2024. The list, from U.S. News and World Report, titled “2024 Best High School Rankings,” reviewed more than 24,000 public high schools in all 50 states, editors said. Editors then categorized schools based on several factors including college […]
Following a seven-day trial, a U.S. Navy Sailor based in Japan was found guilty of attempted espionage for providing classified material to a foreign government and other related charges, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) said. Bryce Pedicini, a chief petty officer fire controlman, is accused of passing documents to an employee of a foreign government […]
An Oklahoma woman was reunited Tuesday with her young children after being detained for almost two weeks in Turks and Caicos Islands for allegedly violating their strict guns and ammunition law. Her husband is still being held in the British Overseas Territory near the Bahamas. Ryan and Valerie Watson, who live in Oklahoma, left for […]
In Robin D.G. Kelley’s Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, he details a history of Black feminist movements that interrogate what is “normal”, while also envisioning new ways of living and interacting that constitute a total transformation of our society, indicating a notion of “freedom dreams” stemming from feminism and queer movements. Similar approaches such […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a press conference call to push for the passage of his Fentanyl Eradication and Narcotics Deterrence (FEND) Off Fentanyl Act, which the U.S. Senate has begun voting on. Brown was joined on the call by Wood County Sheriff Mark Wasylyshyn. Brown’s FEND Off Fentanyl Act […]
Controversial host Jason Whitlock has a theory on why fans are infatuated with Caitlin Clark, the NCAA’s all-time scoring leader who has captivated the sports world and recently became the No. 1 pick of the Indiana Fever. And it has little to do with her skills on the court or her personality. It . . […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News 13 minutes ago Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Hundreds of women accused former US national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of abuse. The US justice department will pay $138.7m (£110m) to victims of disgraced national gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. In a 2022 lawsuit . . .
The theme for this year’s Black British Business Awards is #NEXT, ushering in a new decade of impact and elevating the next generation of business leaders Nominations are open for this year’s Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards). The annual event, now in its 11th year, honours the exceptional performance and outstanding achievements of Black professionals […]
No date has been set yet for trial of reporter whose detention was extended in March by three months to June 30. A Moscow court has rejected the latest appeal by American journalist Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention in an espionage case that he and United States authorities have rejected as false. Gershkovich, 32, […]