Powerball jackpot soars to $1.3 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers in Labor Day drawing
The Powerball jackpot jumped to a staggering $1.3 billion after there were no big winners in Monday night’s drawing – the fifth-largest prize in game history.
This new tech could save old languages from dying out
Like many of the young people in her Indigenous Anishinaabe community in the upper peninsula of Michigan, Danielle Boyer grew up speaking only a little of her people’s native language, Anishinaabemowin.
Parental controls are coming to ChatGPT ‘within the next month,’ OpenAI says
ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, says it plans to launch parental controls for its popular AI assistant “within the next month” following allegations that it and other chatbots have contributed to self-harm or suicide among teens.
Lawrence Allen Jr. Launches Campaign to Continue Family Legacy in Texas House District 131
In the heart of Houston’s Sunnyside, Hiram Clarke, Fondren, and Alief communities, a new chapter in a century-long story of service to public education and civic leadership is unfolding. On a momentous day, Lawrence Allen Jr. officially launched his campaign …
Claude Cummings Jr. to Receive NNPA 2025 National Leadership Award in D.C
Claude Cummings Jr., President of the Communications Workers of America, has been unanimously selected to receive the NNPA 2025 National Leadership Award for his extraordinary leadership and dedication to advancing workers’ rights and justice.
Some parents are conducting drills at home to teach their children what to do during a mass shooting
Gunfire crackles and screams echo through Eeka McLeod’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. McLeod is issuing rapid instructions to her 7-year-old daughter Ella, who is sprawled on her back on a bedroom floor.
Social Security says agents answer the toll-free phone line in 8 minutes, on average. Here’s why that’s misleading
As Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano tells it, callers only had to wait an average of 8 minutes to speak to an agent on the phone in July.
Gas hasn’t been this cheap on Labor Day since 2020
Americans soaking up the end of summer this holiday weekend will catch a break at the gas pump. Labor Day gas prices are expected to average $3.15 per gallon this year— the cheapest since 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, according …
Caption: Kilmar Abrego Garcia is seen at prayer vigil in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 25. Mandatory Credit: Robyn Stevens Brody/Sipa/AP via CNN Newsource
Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garica, the man wrongly deported to El Salvador earlier this year, are yet again asking the federal judge overseeing his human smuggling criminal case to order Trump administration officials to stop making negative comments about him …
Trump cancels Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order
President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN.
Exclusive: Trump administration plans to send hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody back to home country
The Trump administration is moving to repatriate hundreds of Guatemalan children in government custody who arrived in the United States alone, according to multiple sources familiar with the planning who described the scope of the effort as unprecedented.
Mortgage rates largely unchanged from last week despite pressure on Fed independence
The housing market this week largely shrugged off the turmoil at the Federal Reserve. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.56% for the week ending August 28, just slightly lower than last week’s 10-month low of 6.58%, according to data …
Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country is facing backlash over US migrant deal
Uganda’s decision to approve the Trump administration’s offer to take in migrants unwanted by the United States has sparked criticism in the East African nation that already houses the continent’s largest refugee population.
Selena Gomez celebrates ‘bestie’ Taylor Swift’s engagement
Welcome to the club, Taylor Swift! Selena Gomez, who got engaged last year to record producer Benny Blanco, shared her joy on social media about Swift’s recent engagement to NFL player Travis Kelce.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop printing newspapers on December 31
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced on Thursday that it will print its final physical newspaper edition on December 31, making it the latest storied newspaper to discontinue offering its news in print.

