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Chevrolet Bolt EV and Chevrolet Sonic vehicles are assembled Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at the General Motors Orion plant in Orion Township, Michigan. (Photo by …
Published on March 22, 2019
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Bronx Students Protesting for Change Declare Victory After Three-Day Lockout
According to bronx.news12.com, after days of students protesting for change at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Bronx, NY, their lockout of administration has ended in victory.
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Mother Gives Birth to Sextuplets in Houston
A woman gave birth to six babies at the Woman's Hospital of Texas the hospital announced in a statement. Two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls were born between 4:50 a.m. and 4:59 a.m., according to the hospital.
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Will Self-Driving Cars Help or Harm Our Communities?
In cities like Washington, D.C., the arrival of self-driving vehicles has the potential to profoundly change how we get around. But whether those changes are for the better or the worse depends on the choices we make today, before these vehicles become widely available.
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Five takeaways from Elizabeth Warren's CNN town hall
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has a plan -- for just about everything.
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Cyclone survivors clinging to rooftops in Mozambique as they await rescue, aid officials say
People in cyclone-hit areas of Mozambique are clinging desperately to rooftops in areas virtually submerged by flood water, awaiting aid and rescue, the charity Save the Children has said.
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Elizabeth Warren just had her best moment of the 2020 campaign
It's been a bit of a rough start for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.
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Historic floods that killed 4 and displaced hundreds force 74 Nebraska cities to issue emergency declarations
The major flooding that left at least four dead in Nebraska and Iowa over the past week is slowly receding in some areas, but rivers likely will be flooded for days more, and additional rain and melting snow are expected to make flooding worse in other parts of the Plains and Midwest.
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Trump declared an (unpopular) national emergency -- and lost no public support
CNN's latest poll shows President Donald Trump's approval rating hitting 43% with voters and 42% with all adults. That's not great, but it matches other recent polling that illustrates the President's approval rating is clearly up after crevassing during the government shutdown in January.
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Save a Dollar and Drop a Pound Or Two
How would you like to save some money AND lose a few pounds at the same time? Just as change can add up to $20, $30 and $50 dollars, eating in between meals can add up to calories that add up to 10, 20 or 30 pounds!
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HBCUs Spotlight: Huston-Tillotson University and Wiley College
HBCUs in Texas contribute $1.3 billion to Texas’ economy according to uncf.org. That alone lets one know how vital they are to our society. This week we look into the history of Huston-Tillotson University and Wiley College for HBCU Awareness Month.
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Coca-Cola promised to help fix recycling. Here's how it plans to deliver
Early last year, Coca-Cola set an ambitious goal for itself: Collect and recycle the equivalent of every bottle or can it sells by 2030.
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UT Men’s Head Tennis Coach On Administrative Leave After Bribery Allegations
The University of Texas at Austin has placed Michael Center, its head coach for men’s tennis, on administrative leave after FBI documents revealed that he allegedly took a $100,000 bribe in 2015 to help a student gain admission to UT-Austin by adding him as a recruit to the tennis team.
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What We Know So Far in the College Admissions Cheating Scandal
The massive college admissions scam, thought to be the biggest ever prosecuted in the United States, is a harsh reminder that wealthy families can cheat their way to even greater privilege. And some say this scandal is just the tip of the iceberg. Here's what we know so far in this developing case:
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Michael Buble Leans in with Love and Laughter
Michael Buble’s first order of business when we began our conversation was to immediately put me at ease around his enormous celebrity. The multi-Grammy and multi-Juno Award (Canada’s answer to the Grammy awards) winning singer who sells out the world’s largest stadiums, has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, and singlehandedly made us re-visit our love affair with the great American songbook, set out to calm my excitable sensibilities with his seamless charm and wit.
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Democrats go to war with big everything
An emerging sub theme of the 2020 primary so far is that Democrats want to take a wrecking ball to some institutions of the US economy.
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No link between diet and dementia? Not so fast
When it comes to diet and dementia, the research can seem like a mixed bag. Certain diets, like the Mediterranean diet, have sometimes been associated with better cognitive outcomes, but some studies have found no link between what people eat and their risk of dementia -- like one published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA.
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A winemaker, a test proctor and a CEO -- These are the people involved in the alleged scam
Dozens of parents, including famous actresses, college coaches and a winemaker were charged in an alleged conspiracy to get students into top colleges, according to a federal criminal complaint.
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Favorite TV moms embroiled in alleged college admissions scandal
Two top actresses who rose to fame playing popular TV moms now find themselves at the center of an alleged college admissions scam that reads like a Hollywood plot.
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Cheat. Bribe. Lie. Here's how the college admissions scam allegedly worked
The college admissions scheme revealed Tuesday is the largest of its kind ever prosecuted, federal prosecutors said, and features 50 defendants across six states, millions of dollars in illegally funneled funds and a handful of the country's most selective universities.
