Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has spoken publicly for the first time since Georgia’s highest court left in place a decision disqualifying her from prosecuting the state’s 2020 election-interference case involving President Donald Trump and others, saying she was “not surprised” given what she called a broader “culture of fear.” On 16 September, the […]
Second Class Midshipman Kyle Philbert James, 20, who was reported missing on 9 October, was found dead the following day near the U.S. Naval Academy campus, officials said. An investigation into his death is ongoing. The academy notified James’s family on 9 October that he had not attended classes and was considered missing. On the […]
Atlanta Falcons owner and Home Depot co-founder Arthur M. Blank has committed $50 million over ten years to help students at four Atlanta HBCUs,Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College, cross the finish line to graduation. The gifts, administered by the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, will fund “gap scholarships” for […]
Haiti is sliding deeper into humanitarian emergency, with more than half of its 11 million people struggling to eat as armed groups expand control and the economy contracts for a sixth straight year. A new assessment from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) estimates 5.7 million Haitians face severe food insecurity. Nearly 1.9 million […]
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is renewing her push for global girls’ education with a $2.5 million commitment through the Obama Foundation’s Girls Opportunity Alliance, targeting community-based groups that help girls stay in school and build leadership skills in low-income regions. “These groups are changing the way girls see themselves… helping create the leaders we […]
