A Texas terrorist demanded the release of al-Qaeda months after a similar call from Anjem Choudary
Golden State Warriors co-owner comes under fire for comments about Uyghur Muslims
Chamath Palihapitiya, 10% minority owner of the Golden State Warriors, said on his "All-in" podcast that he doesn't care about the genocide against…
Mum who couldn’t afford to feed herself pays off £9,000 debt and forgave home loan
Exclusive: Tracy Prees, 47, was £10,000 in debt at her worst two years ago after taking out overdrafts, credit cards and loans – but she has since turned her life aroundTracy Prees shared her debt journey (Image: Tracy Prees)A single mum!-->…
Olympic favorite Kamila Valiyeva wins European figure skating title
Russian Kamila Valieva won the two toughest competitions ahead of the Olympics by record margins, capped by the European Championships on Saturday, proving she is the heavy favorite heading into the Beijing Winter Games.Valiyeva, a…
Black mortgage applicants are denied 84% more often than white applicants
Photo: firecrackers (Shutterstock)The mortgage rejection rate for black applicants is 84% higher than for white applicants, according to data from Zillow in 2020, the largest year for which data was available. This is an increase from!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Scott White pleads guilty to the murder of an American mathematician
An Australian man charged with the unsolved murder of an American mathematician who died after diving from a cliff in the Sydney area more than three decades ago was convicted of the murder of the American this week.…
State Regulators Trade Group Drops Figure Banking Charter Lawsuit
State regulators have dropped a lawsuit challenging Figure Technologies' banking charter application after the San Francisco fintech dropped a controversial element of its plan.Figure, which offers mortgage refinance loans and home equity…
Cap on payday loan rates is bad news for those who need it
Kent Kaiser
| The Detroit NewsLate last year, the so-called "Michiganders for Fair Lending" launched a ballot initiative that would do anything but make lending fairer in Michigan. They named this monstrosity the “Michigan Payday Loan…
‘Friend. Mentor. Confidant. Example. Father figure. Gentleman. Boyfriend.’
Denzel Washington struggled with the popular sentiment that he was "the next Sidney Poitier". In a way, the insinuation that black actors could only be compared to other black actors was inherently biased. Again, that's a damn flattering…
Saving MLK: An Ancient Author Recounts the King’s Perilous Days | Today
By John DiConsiglio
In October 1960, 31-year-old Martin Luther King Jr., yet to be the civil rights icon who would inspire a nation, agreed to join a student sit-in at an Atlanta department store. King, who had never spent a night in jail…
Goldfish are damn good conductors, research finds
Israeli scientists have trained six goldfish to operate a wheeled aquarium.If the fish approaches a wall of their aquarium, the Fish Operated Vehicle (FOV) will move in that direction. Goldfish can aim the FOV at pink targets on the lab…