By Julia Ainsley, Daniella Silva, Ryan J. Reilly and Michael Kosnar At least three prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Minnesota have resigned over their concerns with the direction of the investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, a person familiar with the resignations told NBC News on Tuesday. The
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has recently announced the availability of $10 million in funding to support housing and community development research projects at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, Tribal colleges and universities, and Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian-serving institutions. “These research opportunities will ensure that we are supporting inclusive communities
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On January 10th, UNCF announced the official launch of registration for UNITE 2026, its flagship national convening focused on advancing leadership, innovation, and long-term capacity across historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Hosted by UNCF’s Institute for Capacity Building, the UNITE Summit brings together presidents, chancellors, faculty, staff, policymakers, philanthropic leaders, students and strategic partners around five guiding pillars—Institutional
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When Howard University named Ted White its head coach, it made a clear statement about identity and direction of its program. The program chose continuity and credibility at a time when HBCU football is demanding both. “I’m home.” Ted White opened his introductory press conference with those first words, and they immediately defined the moment.. This
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By Steve Kopack and Brian Cheung Verizon said Wednesday night that its wireless service was back online after having suffered an outage affecting cellular data and voice services for much of the day. A spokesperson for the company said shortly after 10 p.m. ET that the outage was resolved. “If customers are still having an issue, we encourage
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For years, the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball transfer portal has operated less like a window and more like a trap door. Specifically, it opened at the worst possible time for the sport’s most successful programs. As a result, winning often created unintended consequences. On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, however, NCAA Governance moved decisively to correct
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By Raquel Coronell Uribe and Rebecca Shabad The House Oversight Committee will seek to hold former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress after she did not appear for a scheduled deposition as part of the Republican-led panel’s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, Chairman James Comer announced Wednesday. The move comes a day after Comer said the
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By Michael Kosnar and Corky Siemaszko The FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday as part of an investigation into a government contractor who has been accused of illegally retaining classified materials, the newspaper confirmed. The reporter, Hannah Natanson, was at her home in Virginia when the FBI arrived, the newspaper reported. It seized her phone,
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By Josh Cradduck and Reuters The company that owns the iconic luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday. The move comes after Saks Global struggled with debt it took on to buy rival Neiman Marcus, lagging department store sales and a rising online market. It’s one of the largest retail collapses since the Covid-19 pandemic, and casts
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By Javacia Harris Bower | Alabama News Center This month, Jacqueline Allen Trimble – an award-winning poet and professor of English and chair of the Department of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University – will be commissioned by Gov. Kay Ivey as the new poet laureate for the state of Alabama. Trimble was selected for the role by the Alabama Writers’ Cooperative in
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