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HBCU Coach’s Style Lands Her on Essence Festival Panel
HBCU WBB coach Dawn Thornton brings her signature game day looks to Essence Festival’s BeautyCon, empowering women to lead with style and presence.
Man robs gas station, sexually assaults clerk, CA officials say. He’s prison-bound
A man accused of robbing and sexually assaulting a Salinas gas station clerk in 2023 will face 45 years in prison after ...
Woman arrested in shooting death of cookie store owner at The Shops at Redbird
A Tuesday afternoon dispute at a Dallas shopping center turned violent, leaving a business owner dead and a murder suspect in jail, police say ...
CMG Financial’s Courtney Thompson and Susan Walker Named 2025 HousingWire Women of Influence
CMG Financial, one of the nation’s top mortgage lenders, is proud to announce that two of its Executive Vice Presidents, Courtney Thompson and Susan Walker, have been named to HousingWire’s 2025 Women ...
Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders get massive pay raise in wake of Netflix show
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) are perhaps the most well-known and popular cheer group in the NFL, and the group is ...
Man receives kidney transplant, then body becomes riddled with worms, doctors say
The 61-year-old man received a new kidney from a deceased donor after being diagnosed with “nephrosclerosis-related end-stage ...
McDonald’s to debut new breakfast sandwiches for limited time. Here’s when
McDonald’s is putting a spin on a breakfast favorite, but it won’t stick around. Customers can get their first bites of the ...
‘Hey, someone won,’ lottery player says. Then he checks his Mega Millions ticket
“Well, check your ticket,” his girlfriend responded. That’s when Willis discovered he was the person who won $2 million in a recent Mega Millions drawing, the Virginia Lottery wrote June 27 in a news ...
Dad drowned 3-month-old son in bucket of detergent, IN cops say. He’s sentenced
The father attacked his wife with a tool, then took the baby and sealed him in a bucket of detergent in the kitchen, Indiana ...
Sea creature spotted with ‘deep gash’ at Alaska national park, rangers say
On June 27, Janet Neilson, a biologist with the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, saw an adult humpback whale near ...
‘Violent’ sex offender rapes teen in remote area, more victims feared, CA cops say
A “violent sex offender” drove a 16-year-old to a deserted area and raped her, California deputies say. Ardy Vance Thompson, 50, of Victorville was arrested on a rape charge, the San Bernardino County ...
To tackle chronic absenteeism, this high school lets students lead
It was the last Friday before winter break at H.D. Woodson High School in the eastern corner of Washington, D.C. - ...