A high-ranking Florida A&M official resigned Wednesday as fallout from the university’s recent announcement of a dubious donation continues. Shawnta Friday-Stroud resigned as the Tallahassee school’s vice president for university advancement and executive director of the FAMU Foundation, said the university President Larry Robinson during Thursday’s board of trustees meeting. Friday-Stroud, who will remain with […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROPUD) — We took our cameras to the intersections of Highland Road and Terrace Street after getting a complaint about traffic safety in the area. What we found were dozens of vehicles every day making illegal left-hand turns. One business and some Baton Rouge residents are blaming the Louisiana Department of Transportation […]
The MTA, facing a backlash over state-backed discounts for New York City commuters, has come up with a plan to appease Lower Hudson Valley residents who need to cross the Hudson River to catch trains into New York City. For the first time, Metro-North Railroad will offer weekend service on the Haverstraw-Ossining ferry, which links […]
[Source] Malaysia’s plan to gift orangutans to buyers of its palm oil — an industry that destroys the great apes’ habitats — is drawing criticism from conservationists. Key points: Malaysia is considering gifting orangutans to foreign countries that buy its palm oil, a strategy dubbed as “orangutan diplomacy.” The plan mirrors China’s world-famous “panda diplomacy,” […]
Apple has apologised for “missing the mark” after a backlash over its latest iPad advert that showed creative tools, including musical instruments and books, being crushed by a hydraulic press. The video was meant to demonstrate the wide range of creative tools that have been compressed into the latest iPad. However, the destruction shown in […]
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. A Chinese tech executive has ignited outrage in China with her fiery endorsement of toxic workplace culture, which eventually caused her to lose her own job. Qu Jing, Baidu’s former […]
HONG KONG (AP) — A top public relations executive from Chinese technology firm Baidu apologized Thursday after she made comments in a series of videos that critics said glorified a culture of overwork. Baidu’s head of communications Qu Jing sparked a public outcry in China after she implied in the videos that she was not […]
A county Republican group in Colorado said that it was cancelling a fundraiser featuring South Dakota governor and potential Republican vice presidential contender Kristi Noem after she reportedly described killing her young dog in her forthcoming book. Jefferson County Republican Party Chair Nancy Pallozzi said in a statement Friday that the group’s fundraising dinner, which […]
The state of Missouri will defend three state senators who each face federal lawsuits for sharing social media posts falsely accusing a man of being a shooter in the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade shooting. Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office is representing Republican Sens. Rick Brattin of Harrisonville, Denny Hoskins of Warrensburg, and […]
‘That is deranged’: Yellen ignites internet backlash after saying Americans ‘generally are better off’ Inflation impacts everyone by eroding the purchasing power of money. However, despite rising price levels in the U.S., Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen maintains that Americans are not worse off. During a recent House Ways and Means Committee hearing, Yellen stated, “People […]
A Los Angeles-based restaurant announced a move sparking heated discussion on plant-based eating. On April 22, Mollie Engelhart, chef and owner of LA eatery Sage Vegan Bistro, posted a video announcement on Instagram: Her plant-based restaurant would soon become Sage Regenerative Kitchen & Brewery, placing meat and dairy from farms using regenerative agricultural practices onto […]
New York City police, dressed in riot gear, descending on Columbia University, breaking up protests and arresting college students. It’s hard not to have flashbacks to 1968. And if you’re part of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, it should feel like political PTSD. Most media retrospectives of the 1960s celebrate the marchers, the protests, the peace […]