Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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News|World

A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees' languages more accessible. Will AI help?

Refugees navigating resettlement often face a shared hurdle: poor machine translations and a short supply of interpreters knowledgeable in their less-serviced languages

A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees' languages more accessible. Will AI help?
Business|Entertainment|Technology

MrBeast and Amazon sued by competitors from his $5M reality show over alleged 'unsafe' conditions

MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions and misrepresenting contestants’ odds at winning his new Amazon reality show’s $5 million grand prize

MrBeast and Amazon sued by competitors from his $5M reality show over alleged 'unsafe' conditions
Education|Food

Behind the nonprofit helping a diverse new generation of culinary professionals heat up New York

The Food Education Fund seeks to diversify the culinary world and better mentor its next generation through hands-on experiences for low-income students of color at ten high schools

Behind the nonprofit helping a diverse new generation of culinary professionals heat up New York
Business|Lifestyle|Sports

In New Orleans, nonprofits see new money and new inclusive approach from the NBA Foundation

The National Basketball Association formalized its giving over the past four years through a new $300 million grantmaking arm

In New Orleans, nonprofits see new money and new inclusive approach from the NBA Foundation
Arts|Entertainment

Colman Domingo is practicing racial healing on and off the screen -- and wants you to join him

Colman Domingo has implicitly invited audiences to join his journey of racial healing across a Hollywood career spent largely in supporting roles

Colman Domingo is practicing racial healing on and off the screen -- and wants you to join him
Arts|Entertainment|Lifestyle|Technology

Comic Relief US launches new Roblox game to help children build community virtually and in real life

A nonprofit's experiment building a Roblox game to develop charitable habits among children went so well that this year's campaign is expanding

Comic Relief US launches new Roblox game to help children build community virtually and in real life
Celebrity|Entertainment

MrBeast wants 'full assessment' of internal culture amid allegations of impropriety and unsafe sets

A confidential memo shows that MrBeast has ordered a full assessment of the internal culture in his YouTube empire and an investigation into “allegations of inappropriate behavior by people in the company."

MrBeast wants 'full assessment' of internal culture amid allegations of impropriety and unsafe sets
Business|Education

Investigator says 'fraudulent' gift to Florida's only public historically Black university is void

A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida’s only public historically Black university has completely gone up in smoke

Investigator says 'fraudulent' gift to Florida's only public historically Black university is void
Environment|News

In beachy Galveston, locals buckle down without power after Beryl's blow during peak tourist season

Electricity will likely be out another week for hundreds of thousands of people in the Houston after Hurricane Beryl tore down trees and power lines

In beachy Galveston, locals buckle down without power after Beryl's blow during peak tourist season
Environment|Food|Health

Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms

In the wake of Hurricane Beryl, fresh food and cool air are coming from Houston community groups that have honed their disaster services in a city frequently battered by extreme weather

Houston community groups strain to keep feeding and cooling a city battered by repeat storms
Health|News|Political

Planned Parenthood sues to expand South Carolina abortion access under strict new ban

Abortion providers in South Carolina want to lengthen the narrow window when they can legally terminate a pregnancy under a strict new ban

Planned Parenthood sues to expand South Carolina abortion access under strict new ban
Business|Environment|News

Wood pellet producer Enviva files for bankruptcy and plans to restructure

The largest industrial wood pellet supplier in the world has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Business|Education

Here’s what to know about a stalled $237M donation to Florida A&M

It would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university: $237 million — far beyond Florida A&M University’s endowment

Here’s what to know about a stalled $237M donation to Florida A&M
Economy|Education

Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed

It would have been the largest-ever private gift to a historically Black college or university: $237 million — far beyond Florida A&M University's endowment

Florida A&M, a dubious donor and $237M: The transformative HBCU gift that wasn’t what it seemed
Business|Political

Haley tells Trump to 'say it to my face' after he questions her military husband's whereabouts

The race for the Republican nomination got personal Saturday when Donald Trump questioned the absence of Nikki Haley’s husband on the campaign trail

Haley tells Trump to 'say it to my face' after he questions her military husband's whereabouts
Political

Nikki Haley formally enters her home-state primary as she tries to pull closer to Donald Trump

Nikki Haley has formally filed paperwork to enter the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina

Nikki Haley formally enters her home-state primary as she tries to pull closer to Donald Trump
Business|Economy|Technology

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledges to donate most of his wealth

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is joining a high-profile list of more than 240 wealthy philanthropists committed to donating over half their fortunes

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pledges to donate most of his wealth
Education

At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research

Middle and high school students across the United States are taking ownership of their history educations through a nonprofit that encourages young people to rigorously examine the past

At age 50, National History Day keeps pushing students to seek difficult truths through research
Economy|Health|News

Red Nose Day 2024 fights child poverty with the 'whimsy' of a candy castle, monster truck and Legos

Red Nose Day has raised $370 million since 2015 to fund anti-poverty efforts

Red Nose Day 2024 fights child poverty with the 'whimsy' of a candy castle, monster truck and Legos
Business|News

Seeking engagement and purpose, corporate employees turn to workplace volunteering

Employees increasingly find that robust workplace volunteer programs meet their desires for in-person connections, professional growth and altruistically inclined employers — career objectives that might be missing in conventional corporate atmospheres

Seeking engagement and purpose, corporate employees turn to workplace volunteering
Business|News|World

GoFundMe expands into Mexico as part of for-profit crowdfunding platform's international growth

GoFundMe is expanding into Mexico, the company announced Tuesday

GoFundMe expands into Mexico as part of for-profit crowdfunding platform's international growth
News|Political

Deleted texts helped convince jurors man killed trans woman because of gender ID, foreperson says

A member of the jury that convicted a South Carolina man of a hate crime based on gender identity has opened up about the historic case

Deleted texts helped convince jurors man killed trans woman because of gender ID, foreperson says
News|Political|Technology

A love affair unraveled before a Black transgender woman was fatally shot in rural South Carolina

The secretive relationship between a South Carolina man and a Black transgender woman has been the focus of the nation’s first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity

A love affair unraveled before a Black transgender woman was fatally shot in rural South Carolina
News|Political

First federal gender-based hate crime starts in South Carolina over trans woman's killing

The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is set to begin, when a South Carolina man will face charges that he killed a Black transgender woman by shooting her three times in the head

First federal gender-based hate crime starts in South Carolina over trans woman's killing
Business|News

Alex Murdaugh faces uphill battle for new murder trial as judge limits permissible evidence

Alex Murdaugh faces a steep uphill battle in his push for a new murder trial

Alex Murdaugh faces uphill battle for new murder trial as judge limits permissible evidence

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