photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock President Donald Trump’s new federal budget is said to supposedly balance our country out in the next 15 years by cutting non-defense spending. The White House is proposing to cut $2.7 trillion in education, health and environmental protection, but he wants to increase the spending in defense and military by $750…… read more »
photo credit: Philip Pilosian // Shutterstock An Ethiopian Airlines flight, crashed just minutes after taking off over the weekend, killing all 157 people on board. The flight was heading to Nairobi, Kenya when it reported technical problems and crashed minutes later. This is the second time in 5 months that a new Boeing aircraft crashed just minutes into…… read more »
photo credit: Aneese // Shutterstock On International Women’s day, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer team is suing the U.S. Soccer Federation due to unequal pay. All 28 players have filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the league, just month before they fight for their Women’s World Cup title. Complaints about pay discrimination were made by 5 players to…… read more »
photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock After getting put back in jail for unpaid child support, R. Kelly is now trying to get his monthly payments to ex-wife Drea Kelly lowered. Kelly has two plans. File the motion to get the payments lowered, which is no guarantee, or come up with the $161,000. If he…… read more »
photo credit: Kristi Blokhin // Shutterstock Last month, Charlotte Russe announced that it would be closing 94 of its stores across the country, but now they have announced all stores will be closing over the next two months. After filing for bankruptcy a month ago, they planned to get rid of debt and sell to a…… read more »
photo credit: Jamie Lamor Thompson // Shutterstock This story just keeps getting crazier. On Wednesday, R. Kelly had an emotional talk with Gayle King about the current allegations against him. On Thursday, Joycelyn Savage and Azriel Curry, two of the women he has been accused of holding hostage, sat down with Gayle to give their side of…… read more »
photo credit: Kathy Hutchins // Shutterstock During Wednesday night’s Laker game against the Denver Nuggets, LeBron surpassed Michael Jordan on the NBA’s all-time points list. LeBron is now #4 on the list with 32,311 points in his career. Even though the Lakers lost 115-99, the night was a celebratory one. “Of all the stuff I’ve done in…… read more »
photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock Democratic lawmaker, Rashida Tlaib plans to soon file an impeachment resolution against President Trump. She made the announcement during a news conference on Wednesday, saying that later this month her and others will file and start the impeachment process. Earlier this week, the House Judiciary Committee started an investigation against…… read more »
photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock Gov. Roy Cooper has his budget together for the next 2 years. Cooper is asking for $2 billion for public school and $500 million each for community colleges and Universities in the NC system. Other funds will go to our water system, zoo and museums. The budget will also have the…… read more »
photo credit: Evan El-Amin // Shutterstock The Democrats seemed to have started the process to get Trump out of the White House. The investigations have began as the House Judiciary Committee is asking for documents from 81 people and entities in Trump’s circle. They’re looking into his campaign, businesses, transition and administration. The House Judiciary Chairman Jerry…… read more »