CVS has agreed to pay $315 million to settle federal claims over how its pharmacies filled opioid prescriptions. The CVS opioid settlement, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice on Oct. 13, covers more than 12 years of controlled substance prescriptions. Prosecutors said some of […]
*Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is sounding a stark warning about artificial intelligence and the damage people could cause by weaponizing it. He says the technology already has enough power to contribute to catastrophic loss of life. During NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Gates told host Kristen […]
*As a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus spreads in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on May 17, 2026, that it is transferring “a small number of Americans” who were in Congo and who were exposed to […]
For the first time in years, borrowers who have stopped paying their student loans may have their wages garnished to repay their debts. The return of wage garnishment for student borrowers comes as the Trump administration continues to more aggressively enforce student debt collection, a policy that […]
You’d have to be living completely off the grid not to know how crazy things are right now. Civil rights rollbacks, a struggling economy and a democracy that could be teetering on the edge of collapse are just a few of the things that keep us […]
Despite the GOP and President Donald Trump saying otherwise, the American economy ain’t doing so hot. Sadly, the adage that when white America catches a cold, Black people catch the flu is proving true, as Black women are disproportionately unemployed compared to the national average. […]
Recent Comments