Biden admin move to expedite asylum processing gets mixed feedback
Miami Herald / Contributor/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is gradually moving forward with new changes that would increase the speed at which the U.S. government evaluates requests for asylum – a frequent plea from migrants at th…
Prince William describes ‘profound sorrow’ over slavery in Jamaica speech
Samir Hussein – Pool/WireImage(KINGSTON, Jamaica) — Prince William delivered a speech Wednesday in Jamaica expressing his “profound sorrow” over the history of slavery, as he and his wife, Duchess Kate, have faced protests on their Caribbean tour.
“I…
US says it will accept up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
Ukrainians Anatoli Boreiko, 64, and his wife, 59-year-old Natalia, recently arrived in New Jersey to stay with their daughter and son-in-law, Luda Boreiko and Yeugeniy Pakkel. – (WPVI)(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will announce that t…
School cafeterias, already on the brink of collapse, brace for end of COVID-era free meals
Michael Loccisano / Staff / Getty Images(NE WYORK) — For some kids, it was the chocolate chip cookies. For others, the sloppy Joes. For Thresa Thomas, daydreams of lunch centered around coffee cake.
Thomas says she would hustle as soon as the bell ra…
“I want my money! This is not fair!” Wendy Williams takes to Instagram to decry control over her finances
Wendy Williams has posted an Instagram video in which she blasts the people she claims have frozen her access to her own money.
As previously reported, in court documents, Wells Fargo requested a conservatorship for the talk show host because it beli…
Supreme Court endorses pastor’s laying on of hands at moment of inmate’s execution
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, in an 8-1 decision, has endorsed a pastor’s audible prayer and laying of hands on an inmate at the moment of his execution, siding with a Texas death-row prisoner who cha…
Yes, children can be victims of ID theft. Here’s how parents can protect them
It’s estimated that more than 1.25 million American children became the victims of ID theft last year, according to the “2021 Child Identity Fraud Study” by Javelin Strategy & Research. The criminals use stolen Social Security numbers to
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Hearings adjourn
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, completed two full days of questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee: 13 hours on Tuesday and 10.5 hou…
Where anti-critical race theory efforts have reached
GlobalStock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Since 2020, legislation on race education has popped up across the country. A total of 35 states so far have signed into law or proposed legislation banning or restricting the teaching of critical race theory, th…
With oligarchs in the crosshairs, alleged Western ‘enablers’ attract fresh scrutiny
IronHeart/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As governments scramble to seize high-profile assets owned by Russian oligarchs, a quiet effort is gaining momentum in the West to target their alleged “enablers” — the lawyers, lobbyists and money-handlers who crit…