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Students and administrator recall the day Ethan Crumbley shot up their Michigan school

A 17-year-old girl testified Friday she “just prayed” and covered her head during Ethan Crumbley’s mass shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School, which left four students dead and seven others wounded in 2021.

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Demolition of Prohibition-era Wall Reveals Centuries-old Wine Collection

Museum workers in New Jersey broke through a Prohibition-era wall and a locked wooden cage to discover over 50 bottles and 42 demijohns of rare Madeira wine dating back as early as 1769.

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“Superfandom: How Our Obsessions Are Changing What We Buy and Who We"

Collect them all. Those three words put a smile on every marketer’s face and fear in every parent’s heart. “Collect them all,” as you may remember, was kid-code for “bug your parents until they buy stuff,” making you the envy of everyone in third grade. Your goal now: to capture that buyer’s obsession at the level you’ll see in “Superfandom” by Zoe Fraade-Blanar & Aaron M. Glazer. Star Wars is just a movie.

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Building Homes, Inspiring Hope for Mexico's Working Poor

Many families in Mexico migrate to the country's Baja region on the West Coast seeking jobs and a better lives. Though they find employment, they often join the ranks of Mexico's "working poor," barely earning the equivalent of $100 a week.

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uBreakiFix Brings Professional Tech Repair to Nebraska Furniture Mart

Industry-Leading Tech Repair Brand Opens Doors within NFM’s Dallas-Fort Worth Location

Leading tech repair brand uBreakiFix has partnered with North America’s largest home furnishing and appliance retailer, Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), to bring high quality electronics support to NFM’s Dallas-Fort Worth location. uBreakiFix allows NFM customers the convenience of professional, same-day device repair on site while they shop.

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It's time for Tesla to call in a grown-up to keep Elon Musk in check

Quick! Name the chief operating officer of Tesla. You can't. Because that was a trick question. Tesla has no COO. And some financial experts think that's a big problem, especially since there are so many questions about the company's future.

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Bank VP says that employees knew Manafort lied on loan applications

A bank that gave former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort $16 million loans knew that he lied about his financial situation before the loan was approved by the bank's chairman, a bank official testified Monday.

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The 2020 Census, Stand Up and Be Counted

A new report should raise alarms about the upcoming 2020 census. According to the Pew Research Center, the good news is that the overwhelming majority of Americans are aware of the census, and over eight in 10 say they are likely to participate. The bad news is that nearly one in four blacks, young people, and lower income people and one in five Hispanics are uncertain or reluctant to participate. If not changed, that could have truly negative impact on the most vulnerable.

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Kwanzaa: What You Didn’t Know

We have decked the halls, jingled the bells, and sung the carols but there is still more holiday celebration. After Christmas comes the season of Kwanzaa. Founded in 1966 by Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is a holiday based on African principles and is celebrated from December 26 to January 1. Most are familiar with the seven principles but may not be knowledgeable about other aspects of the holiday. Continue reading to find out what you don’t know about Kwanzaa.

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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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Beyond the Rhetoric: The Obama Years – Scandal and Corruption, Final

The Obama Administration was taking form. Our new Attorney General Eric Holder was instantly mired in scandal with the Fast and Furious debacle. Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State seemed rather tame but that was just the quiet before the storm. One afternoon Minyon Moore from the Dewey Square Group (one of the Podesta companies) brought me two complimentary tickets to the kickoff of the new Clinton Global Initiative.

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Two African American Entrepreneur Sisters Launch Online Platform That Makes Healthcare Less Complicated and Easier to Understand

The Valmon sisters’ exceptional venture of combining healthcare information with an online social media platform enables a diverse population to access medical information, and connect with the right

Connecting millions of people globally to come together and improve the way they learn and share information related to health and medicine, Healthguv.com is driving better health decisions through technology. A brainchild of Gabrielle and Camille Valmon, and their cousin Joseph Creadle, the Healthguv website has revolutionized the way people gain understanding of numerous health-related subjects. The Valmon sisters want to change the gender gap when it comes to women in tech, especially women of color. Although women make up a substantial part of the overall workplace in organizations today, they still represent a small percentage in the tech industry.

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China hits Alibaba with record $2.8 billion fine for behaving like a monopoly

China has ordered Alibaba to pay a record fine of 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) after antitrust regulators concluded that the online shopping giant had been behaving like a monopoly.

Amane Advisors Merges with A. Vaccani & Partners AG, Combining Leading Expert Advisors in Water, Resource Recovery and the Circular Exonomy

Amane Advisors, the premier global strategic advisory firm focused on the water industry, has announced that it has merged with A. Vaccani & Partners AG (AVP), a leading consultancy firm providing expertise and dedicated research in the areas of sustainability and resource & energy recovery. Based in Zurich, Switzerland, AVP has specialized in providing services in strategy consulting, M&A advisory, strategic partnering, and industry research to a range of clients across the cleantech, environmental and energy sectors since 1992, with a focus on Europe, Asia and North America.

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D.C.'s Famous Capital City® Mambo Sauce Is Coming To KFC® Restaurants In Select Cities

The iconic D.C. sauce is available for a limited time at select KFC restaurants in the D.C. area, Dallas and Atlanta beginning December 6

D.C.'s famous Sweet Hot Capital City® mambo sauce is coming to select KFC restaurants in the Washington,D.C. area, Dallas and Atlanta for a limited time only beginning December 6. Known for its unique sweet, spicy and tangy flavor profile, Sweet Hot Capital City® mambo sauce perfectly complements KFC's world-famous fried chicken and your favorite sides!

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Father creates 'Scan Me Home' products inspired by his nonverbal son

Jaxon Behnke means everything to his dad, Justin. "He's taught me more about life than life itself and I learn something new every day, you know, being his dad," said Justin Behnke.

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PVAMU remembers legendary Track and Field Coach Barbara Jean Jacket

“We mourn the loss of our beloved Coach Jacket. She was an icon in the Track and Field community with a legacy of producing student-athletes who performed at the top of their game. Her groundbreaking achievements and stellar record as a coach will continue to serve as an inspiration to all. The Prairie View A&M University family offers our deepest sympathy to coach Jacket’s family and friends.” -Donald R. Reed, Ph.D., director of PVAMU Athletics.

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Florida teacher says she is under investigation after showing 5th grade class Disney movie with gay character

A fifth-grade teacher said she is being investigated by the Florida Department of Education after she showed her students "Strange World," a 2022 animated Disney movie featuring a character who is biracial and gay.

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Our Democracy Depends On a Free and Fair Vote

In North Carolina, the State Board of Elections has thrown out the election results in its 9th congressional district for fraudulent activity -- probably the first time in U.S. history this has happened. The fraud was committed by a campaign, not by voters, and by a Republican, not a Democrat. For years, Republicans have campaigned for voting restrictions claiming, as Donald Trump has repeatedly, that voter fraud is widespread. In fact, it's not ineligible voters distorted election results, but rather the fraudulent efforts of an embattled Republican Party to rig the rules that has led to election irregularities.

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Former National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes Running for U.S. Congress

In some cases, courage is contagious. That was the case for Jahana Hayes, a longtime teacher who decided to make her first foray into professional politics. Hayes told ABC News that the wave of new candidates running for office across the country without formal political experience “gave me the courage to say, ‘You know what, maybe I will say yes this time.’”