Trevor Reed speaks out on Russia’s detention of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As American basketball star Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia, Trevor Reed said he knows her grim reality all too well.
“They do not like Americans and they don’t try to hide that,” Reed, 30…
US job growth stronger than expected as economy adds 372,000 jobs
JLGutierrez/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. saw stronger than expected job growth in June, as the economy added 372,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.
The d…
Privacy fears emerge over corporate policies covering travel for abortion
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) — Days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a slew of major U.S. companies said they will cover travel costs for employees who cannot access an abortion where they live.
High-profile brands like A…
Traffic Advisory: Closures on two freeways this weekend
photo courtesy of WSDOT (SEATTLE) Not only is the big “Revive I-5” project back this weekend, but there’s a second project that will completely close another local freeway. Two significant closures on the same weekend? “This is
Monkeypox cases up 77% in one week: WHO
Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases around the world have increased 77% in seven days, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
There have been 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in 59 countries as o…
Sandra Douglass Morgan speaks on being first Black woman to serve as NFL team president
Ethan Miller/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — The Las Vegas Raiders recently announced Sandra Douglass Morgan as the team’s newest president, making her the first Black female team president in the National Football League’s history.
“It’s really a dream co…
Police determined Highland Park shooting suspect posed ‘clear and present danger’ after past threat
ANTONIO PEREZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Highland Park Police Department three years ago determined that the alleged Fourth of July massacre suspect posed “clear and present danger” after a family member claimed he was threatenin…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dies at 67 after assassination
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a gunman during a campaign speech Friday in Nara, Japan.
Abe was in the middle of a speech on the street when he was shot…
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gunned down while giving speech
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images(NARA, Japan) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech in western Japan on Friday, hospital officials said.
Abe, 67, was just minutes into his speech on a street in N…
Arrest warrant in Emmett Till case found in Mississippi court basement after 67 years
Chicago Tribune file photo/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(LEFLORE COUNTY, Miss.) — Advocates and some relatives of Emmett Till are pushing for the arrest of Carolyn Bryant Donham after finding an unserved arrest warrant for kidnapping, an attac…