Tesla CEO Elon Musk zinged Dallas Mavericks minority team owner Mark Cuban Thursday as the two debated diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) in business. Musk responded to Cuban after the billionaire gave his opinions on diversity, equality and inclusion.  “If you don’t think there is a need for DEI and […]

A Tennessee man accused of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a schoolteacher will have his fate decided by a Memphis-area jury when he goes to trial in the sexual assault case, a judge has ruled. Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee on Wednesday […]

Colorado voters seeking to remove former President Trump from their state’s GOP primary ballot responded Thursday to the former president’s appeal, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to disqualify him from appearing on the ballot for another term. “The Court should decline Trump’s invitation to second-guess the Colorado Supreme Court’s interpretation […]

A professor wrote a scathing rebuke of those defending former Harvard President Claudine Gay this week after she resigned in disgrace following mounting allegations of plagiarism and controversial comments on antisemitism. In his op-ed for The Atlantic on Wednesday, Bates College assistant professor Tyler Austin Harper criticized liberals in academia […]

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday that once he leaves office next week he will join a New Orleans-based law firm where he will focus on renewable energy litigation. During Edwards’ past two terms as governor, which has spanned eight years, the Democrat has prioritized developing and expanding Louisiana’s […]

Former Ambassador Nikki Haley is facing criticism from her GOP opponents and some Iowans on the ground over a comment she made to a New Hampshire audience suggesting Iowa “starts” the election process and New Hampshire will “correct it.” Campaigning in Milford, New Hampshire, Wednesday, Haley told the large crowd […]

Derrick Henry continued to show this season why he remains one of the top running backs in football.  Henry surpassed the 1,000-yard mark in rushing for the fifth time in his prolific career.  He has spent all eight years of his professional football career with the Tennessee Titans.  The franchise […]

Claiborne “Buddy” McDonald IV, a judge who served on a circuit court in south-central Mississippi and was a longtime prosecutor in the area, has died. He was 75. McDonald died Monday at Forrest General Hospital after an undisclosed illness, said Beverly Kraft, a spokesperson for the Mississippi Judiciary. Known as […]

A top federal transportation safety official on Thursday harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment that caused hundreds of new Metro railcars to be pulled from service. A final National Transportation Safety Board report on the incident concluded that the […]

The Brooklyn Nets became the first team to be disciplined by the NBA for violating the league’s player participation policy Thursday and were fined $100,000 for sitting four players for the team’s Dec. 27 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.  The league issued a press release announcing the fine after an […]