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[caption id="attachment_11551" align="alignnone" width="1440"] (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)[/caption] WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown against China is unsustainable and he expects a "de-escalation" in the trade war between the world's two largest economies. But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Bessent also cautioned that talks between the United States and China had yet to formally start. U.S. President Donald Trump placed import taxes

The Hill - As the precipitous rise in housing costs over the past decade has put buying a traditional home out of reach for many Americans, a growing number are turning to nontraditional alternatives. Some are repurposing old commercial buildings or buying land and prefabricated homes, while others are choosing to share homes with strangers to cut down on costs. Here are three nontraditional ways Americans are housing themselves: Tiny

NEW YORK (AP) - Starting next month, the Education Department says student loans that are in default will be referred for collections. Roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans and soon could be subject to having their wages garnished. Referrals for collection had been put on hold since March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the U.S. government also paused federal student loan payments and interest accrual

NEW YORK (AP) - Fears of a "generosity crisis" have dogged nonprofit fundraisers for much of this century as they experienced precipitous drops in U.S. household donations. The results of a new poll suggest most Americans gave at least a little to some charities in the past year but offer mixed signals for those hoping to improve giving trends. The survey, released Tuesday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, found

By Ms Jheri Worldwide  Staff Writer There's a particular resonance that strikes when a book speaks directly to our area, using the very language we live and breathe. James "Monte" Montague Jr.'s "Hood-Minted" achieves just that, a refreshing and insightful read that seamlessly blends scripture, rap lyrics, hip-hop culture, and true powerful motivating stories. This is a book written for the South Side of Raleigh and for every underdog striving

RABAT, Morocco (AP) - American artist Kehinde Wiley unveiled a series of large-format portraits of African leaders in Morocco on Tuesday, building on his now famous 2018 portrait of former U.S. President Barack Obama sitting casually amid a wild cascade of leaves and flowers. His exhibition, entitled "A Maze of Power," opened at the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat, Morocco's capital, after previously showing in Paris and Dakar, Senegal.

[caption id="attachment_11494" align="alignnone" width="2560"]  [/caption] BY ALEJANDRA O'CONNELL-DOMENECH The Hill - As the precipitous rise in housing costs over the past decade has put buying a traditional home out of reach for many Americans, a growing number are turning to nontraditional alternatives. Some are repurposing old commercial buildings or buying land and prefabricated homes, while others are choosing to share homes with strangers to cut down on costs. Here are three

[caption id="attachment_11476" align="alignnone" width="2560"]  [/caption] An onslaught of executive orders from President Donald Trump aim to restrict how and what educators can teach America's children. Since taking office in January 2025, Trump has attempted to bar teachers from discussing racism and sexism in K-12 schools and order all schools that receive federal funding to recognize only two gender identities - male and female - potentially barring teachers from acknowledging the existence of nonbinary, gender queer and

NC Newsline - The North Carolina House Education Committee approved a bill aimed at barring books and other media with sexual content from school libraries, opening up schools that do not comply with the requirements to lawsuits. The proposal, House Bill 636, drew concerns from Democratic representatives over the subjectivity of which books are "harmful to minors" or "pervasively vulgar," the standard for removal set by the bill, as well as

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The 2025 Annual Conference of the African American Mayors Association (AAMA) kicked off last Wednesday and lasted to Friday at the iconic Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington D.C.. The conference brought together hundreds of mayors and civic leaders from across the country under the banner of "The Power of Now". One of the most celebrated moments of the conference was the swearing-in of Savannah, Georgia