A California Bay Area business issued an apology after a prominent Black sports journalist took to social media with claims that some of its employees racially profiled him while he visited with a group of friends on Saturday. “My friends and I, all African-American, were racially profiled at a store […]

A New Year’s Eve party in San Francisco turned deadly for one person after a fireworks mishap during celebrations on Treasure Island, according to the San Francisco Fire Department.  Just after midnight, fire crews arrived to find someone hurt after a fireworks’ explosion. First responders provided medical assistance, but the […]

Email stinks. OK, it’s not that bad, but I’d much rather get things done in person, in a video meeting or over chat. My rule of thumb: If we get into an email back and forth, I’m calling you instead. That said, email has its place and you might as […]

The Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings on “Sunday Night Football,” giving the Packers control of their playoff destiny with one week remaining in the regular season.  Green Bay running back Aaron Jones rushed for 120 yards, and quarterback Jordan Love threw for three touchdowns in a 33-10 victory.  […]

The Florida State Seminoles may have been snubbed by the College Football Playoff committee, but they landed their quarterback for 2024 on Monday.  DJ Uiagalelei told ESPN he committed to Florida State from Oregon State, the third team for Uiagalelei in his college career.  “That’s where I wanted to go the […]

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed on social media Monday to have killed a Hamas commander who took part in the terrorist group’s invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, in which they overran the border and massacred 1,200 people. In a post on X, the IDF said it eliminated Adil Mismah, […]

A series of major earthquakes rocked Japan on Monday, killing at least four people and trapping others under collapsed houses, according to local reports.  Kyodo News reported on the four deaths, citing the Ishikawa prefectural government. Later Monday, the government downgraded its highest-level tsunami alert but warned residents not to […]

The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2023 fell by more than a third from the previous year, marking the first decline since current record-keeping began, the British government said. The 30,000 crossings recorded in preliminary figures made up 36% fewer than the more than 45,000 in 2022. […]

With a wary eye over the future of the federal courts, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned Sunday of the perils of artificial intelligence (AI) when deciding cases and other important legal matters. His remarks came in the annual year-end report issued by the head of the federal judiciary, […]

Social media users tore into Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson after he complained about Gov. Greg Abbott flying illegal immigrants into his city without warning him.  Johnson took to the X platform on Sunday to lament the fact that a plane from San Antonio had brought in hundreds of U.S. Southern […]