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NEW YORK (AP) - In her first large staff meeting, the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised Wednesday to advocate for the agency while acknowledging that congressionally funded programs lacked staff and employees were feeling burned out. Dr. Erica Schwartz also said she wouldn't hesitate to disagree with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if necessary - but said she wouldn't do so publicly.

By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer Shared renter households in Raleigh grew nearly 50% over the past decade, well ahead of Charlotte's 29% growth over the same period, tracking closely with the wave of young professionals the Triangle's job market has pulled in, according to a new study from StorageCafe. The study found Raleigh's shared renter households now total nearly 19,000, a larger share of the local rental market than Charlotte.

PHOENIX (AP) - The CEO and founder of Frederick Flips is a busy man. So busy it's easy to wonder sometimes how interested Fred Richard is in keeping the main thing the main thing. The underlying tone of the social media content the 22-year-old gymnast and the rest of his five-man business team produce for Richard's growing legion of followers gives off the vibe of someone who doesn't take himself

By  Sara Weissman Inside Higher Ed Tuskegee University recently ignited an online firestorm after the historically Black university in Alabama announced new dress code guidelines for students, banning bonnets, du-rags and slippers in classrooms and the cafeteria. Tuskegee leaders, and other advocates of the policy, say the new dress code prepares students for the professional world post-college. Critics argue the standards are overly restrictive and target clothing associated with Black

THE GUARDIAN - Target, the US retail corporation, said it pulled a controversial Halloween costume off its shelves after criticism across social media that it resembled a racist caricature. The ad image for the costume, sold as the "Kids' Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume," depicted a Black child in a bright orange and black top with solid black gloves and a mask with a wide, toothy smile. Both

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds won the Republican nomination for Florida governor and former Rep. David Jolly picked up the Democratic nod in Tuesday's primaries, setting the stage for a fall campaign to replace outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis and decide the state's future political direction. November's election will test President Donald Trump's grip on his adopted state and Democrats' ability to resurrect Florida as a national political

(AP)-An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a Black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year's killing of Charlie Kirk. The ruling last Thursday said the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to terminate Karen Attiah, who at the time was the last Black full-time member of the Post's opinion desk. The arbitrator, Sarah Miller Espinosa, also ordered the Post to

Early Motown songwriter Janie Bradford Hobbs, who helped pen hits including "Money (That's What I Want)" and "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby," has died following an extended illness at a Los Angeles hospital, her family said Saturday. She was 87. Bradford Hobbs was born in Charleston, Missouri, and later moved to Detroit. She was introduced in the late 1950s to Motown founder Berry Gordy by neighbor and singer Jackie

THE GUARDIAN - The Trump administration has been accused of delivering a "slap in the face" to US military veterans after reports that a navy aircraft carrier set to honor a Black war hero may, instead, be named after Donald Trump. The US navy had previously announced that the carrier under construction would be called the USS Doris Miller, in tribute to a sailor celebrated for his heroism during the attack on

There are moments in history when an individual becomes the name attached to a movement. For Black farmers in America, one of those names is Timothy Pigford. Long before his name became synonymous with one of the largest civil rights cases involving the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Pigford was simply a North Carolina farmer trying to do what generations of Black farmers had done before him: work the land, make