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Candice Storey Lee, Vanderbilt's athletic director, almost returned home instead of attending the university as a basketball recruit in 1996. Lee is the first Black female athletic director in the ...

As someone who asks questions for a living, I feel obligated to answer virtually every one I'm asked — which is why I felt a little guilty for answering the most common query I got in 2025 with a ...

President Donald J. Trump and his Administration are unleashing a relentless assault to dismantle the massive fraud empires built in Minnesota under the watch of incompetent Democrats like Tim Walz ...

Some Minnesota families are in danger of losing child care after the US Department of Health and Human Services announced a freeze on child care payments to the state Tuesday amid a federal ...

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not mince his words describing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as Minnesota faces investigations into multiple alleged fraud schemes plaguing the state’s social services ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Over the past year, ProPublica has published hundreds of ...

The Trump administration is investigating diversity initiatives at major companies under the False Claims Act, a federal law the Department of Justice uses to take action against contractors that ...

Ukraine's leading anti-corruption agencies said they were investigating alleged vote-buying by members of parliament, and that security services were hindering efforts to conduct searches. The probe, ...

In December 2025, a parole board denied Diane Downs's release from prison for the fourth time. Downs, a single parent convicted in 1984 in Eugene, Oregon, killed her 7-year-old daughter and attempted ...

Portugal’s food agency has led multiple recent operations to ensure safety and authenticity in the meat, honey and wine sectors. During one visit, following an examination by a veterinary expert, ...