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A decorated former police officer and ex-Baltimore Orioles minor league player tragically died while rescuing swimmers from a rip current off the coast of South Carolina. Chase Childers, 38, is being called a hero after he drowned while trying to help several swimmers in distress near Pawleys Island in South Carolina on July 13. The…
The National Urban League is sounding the alarm, asserting that there is a “state of emergency” in the country. The organization’s “State of Black America” report for 2025 titled “State of Emergency: Democracy, Civil Rights, and Progress Under Attack,” takes aim at the Trump administration. “Almost daily, since January 20, 2025, the federal government, at…
Sarah Spain, a sports media personality, took issue with Shane Gillis cracking jokes about female athletes during the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night. Gillis’ jokes included a crack about Caitlin Clark working at a Waffle House when she retires from the WNBA to continue “fist-fighting Black women,” needling former U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe…
FIRST ON FOX: Some House fiscal hawks are cautiously readying to accept the $9 billion spending cuts package passed by the Senate overnight. The House of Representatives must pass the bill, called a rescissions package, by Friday. Rescissions packages are spending cuts requested by the White House of funds that Congress already appropriated for that…
Slack is using AI to help business users quickly understand confusing company language and concentrate on their most important tasks. The communication platform announced that it will “soon” be adding a feature that explains workplace jargon, and an AI writing assistant for Slack canvases that automates repetitive writing tasks like summarizing conversations and note-taking. The…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the agency is evaluating changes to its liquid restrictions rule for airline carry-ons — a potential major shift in the Transportation and Security Administration’s (TSA) policy that’s been in place since 2006 and a symbol of post-9/11 travel. Noem, who last week ended the shoe-off requirement at TSA security…
A new think tank analysis finds that public corruption is a significant problem in the U.S., and is most prevalent in state and local governments that have larger bureaucracies and higher regulations. The libertarian Cato Institute said it analyzed Department of Justice data on public corruption convictions in the nation’s 94 federal judicial districts and…
Suni Lee was oh so close to not competing in the Paris Olympics last year. In April 2023, Lee announced that she was going to end her Auburn career due to a kidney issue, and Auburn doctors would not clear her. Lee gained 45 pounds, her eyes were “swollen shut,” and she “couldn’t do a…
Bruce Pearl’s name was floated as a possible candidate to replace Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his U.S. Senate seat as the lawmaker announced his intention to run for Alabama governor. The Auburn Tigers men’s basketball head coach even received the support of Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, despite Pearl’s fervent support for President…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia to serve as the Sunshine State’s chief financial officer. The governor described Ingoglia as “the most conservative senator in the state of Florida,” while delivering remarks on Wednesday. Ingoglia pledged to work on property tax relief. A TALE OF TWO FLORIDAS: REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY TORN…