National News

By Olivia Sanchez NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s almost 4 p.m. at the Nashville branch of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, and the students in the auto collision repair night class are just starting their school […]

By Leada Gore  Millions of Facebook users could be in line for money as part of an agreement between the social media giant’s parent company Meta and lawyers representing plaintiffs in multiple class action lawsuits. Meta […]

By Ben Flanagan  Don Lemon is out at CNN, he announced via Twitter on Monday morning. Lemon tweeted an image of a statement announcing the he had been “terminated” by the network. “I was informed this morning by my […]

By Barrington M. Salmon NNPA Newswire Food security advocates, policymakers, and others had been warning of the dire consequences to those most in need if Congress chose to halt the extra allotments of SNAP benefits. […]

By Ivana Hrynkiw The U.S. Department of Justice is urging states in an open letter to stop aggressively issuing fines and fees – “strongly encourag(ing) you to consider alternative ways to obtain resources.” The DOJ issued […]

By Leada Gore The U.S. Post Office is set to raise the price of Forever stamps, the second increase in a year. USPS filed a notice Monday with the Postal Regulatory Commission outlining plans to raise […]

By Howard Koplowitz President Biden awarded Bryan Stevenson, attorney and founder of the Montgomery-based Equal Justice Initiative, with a National Humanities Medal “for his moral call to redeem the soul of our nation.” The EJI […]

By Ruth Serven Smith The Biden administration has again updated key deadlines and the overall timeline for borrowers hoping to receive student loan forgiveness under a one-time IDR account adjustment. An Income Driven Repayment plan adjustment […]

SOURCE: National Newspaper Publisher’ Association (NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE — A survey taken in 2019 shows that Americans collectively owe around $195 billion in medical debt and that number will only continue to rise. The US […]

By Leada Gore  New legislation would set the minimum pay for teachers at $60,000 a year, a move that comes after President Biden called for educator raises in his State of the Union address. The bill […]