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FDA Posts Proposed Rule on GRAS: What We Know So Far

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

The FDA has posted an outline of a proposed rule to require the mandatory submission of Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) notices. If finalized, the

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Historically Black colleges issue lockdown orders, cancel classes after receiving threats

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A series of reported threats toward historically Black colleges and universities across the U.S. on Thursday led to lockdown orders,

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Suspect in Charlie Kirk Assassination Identified as White Utah Man with Police Ties

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old white man from Salt Lake City, is the suspect in the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, and the weapon used

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Love, loss and the toll of caregiving

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

By Tashi McQueenAFRO Staff Writertmcqueen@afro.com

Keith Brown, 56, knows firsthand the emotional and physical toll of being a caregiver. Since his mother, Gertrude Jordan, was diagnosed

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Multiple historically Black institutions targeted with threats of violence

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

By D. Kevin McNeirSpecial to the AFROkmcneir@afro.com

The list of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to receive threats after the death of conservative commentator Charlie

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Sinclair Broadcast Group to pay $100k in race discrimination settlement

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

By Victoria Mejicanos AFRO Staff Writer

Sinclair Broadcast Group will hand over $100,000 dollars in back pay and compensatory and punitive damages to settle a race discrimination

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Education Dept. moves to cut key minority-serving institution grants, citing “Racial Quotas”

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

In a decision sending shockwaves through Black higher education, the U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday it will end $350 million in discretionary funding for

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Exciting Fire Emblem game sparks Nintendo Switch 2 buzz

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

Nintendo has officially unveiled Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, the highly anticipated next installment in their legendary tactical role-playing game series, exclusively designed for the upcoming

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Vile subway behavior sparks outrage online

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

A disturbing video from New York City’s subway system has captured the attention of social media users nationwide after showing a woman engaging in extremely

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Devastating Amtrak outage strands travelers nationwide

  • By Clark X
  • Sep-12-2025

A widespread Amtrak system failure has left thousands of passengers stranded across the United States as the national rail service struggles with a major technological

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