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Gold And Silver Circle Inductees And Scholarship Recipients Announced For the 47th Annual Sports and News & Documentary EMMY® Awards 

New York (May 5, 2026) – The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the Gold & Silver Circle Honor Society inductees and NATAS Foundation scholarship recipients who will be celebrated at the  47th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards and the 47th Annual News & Documentary Emmy® Awards taking place May 26-28 in New York City. NATAS has again partnered with Coca-Cola to reward three winning student entries with the Coca-Cola HBCU Sports Production Grant at the 47th Annual Sports Emmy® Awards.  The NATAS Foundation, in partnership with Coca-Cola, is proud to announce the three winning entries for

Supreme Court sharply limits use of race in redistricting in a win for Republicans

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court further weakened the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, ruling that a congressional map in Louisiana was a racial gerrymander even though it was drawn to comply with the landmark law aimed at protecting minority voters. The justices, split 6-3 with the court’s conservatives in the majority, told states they can almost never consider race when they draw maps to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which was enacted to protect minority voters who long faced discrimination in elections. Conservative Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority, said that while there may be extreme

Republicans propose $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to secure Trump ballroom

By Peter Nicholas, Frank Thorp V and Gary Grumbach WASHINGTON — For months, President Donald Trump portrayed the big new ballroom that he’s building on White House grounds as a gift to the nation, courtesy of patriotic private donors. “And by the way, no government funds,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last November. “These are all private individuals that put up a lot of money to build the ballroom,” he added. “Not one penny is being used from the federal government.” But the gleaming 90,000-square-foot space that he repeatedly said would cost the public nothing may ultimately leave taxpayers on the hook

Trump pauses ‘Project Freedom’ in Strait of Hormuz, citing progress on an Iran deal

By Yuliya Talmazan and Rebecca Shabad The ceasefire in the Middle East was in peril Tuesday after the U.S. and Iran traded fire and threats over President Donald Trump’s new mission to force open the Strait of Hormuz. But Trump announced Tuesday evening that the effort to force the strait open, called “Project Freedom,” was being put on hold. “Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have

Justices Jackson and Alito spar over Supreme Court decision to expedite Louisiana redistricting ruling

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday, in granting an unusual request made by Louisiana Republicans, allowed last week’s major voting rights ruling to go into effect immediately. The decision, which prompted an angry written exchange between liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and conservative Justice Samuel Alito, means the state doesn’t have to wait the usual 32 days before a Supreme Court ruling is certified and sent back to a lower court. Louisiana has sought to suspend its ongoing primary election so it can redraw congressional districts to take advantage of the ruling, which effectively greenlit states’ removing majority-Black districts that were drawn to

Illinois commission recommends investigating federal immigration agents for misconduct and criminal charges

By Daniella Silva and Selina Guevara An Illinois commission tasked with investigating the Trump administration’s mass deportation operation in the state last year said it had identified multiple incidents in which federal agents should be investigated for misconduct and potential criminal charges. Members of the Illinois Accountability Commission, an independent board of nine members that includes a former federal judge and attorneys appointed by Gov. JB Pritzker, recommended in a final report Thursday that law enforcement agencies and prosecutors investigate the conduct of federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz, the immigration deportation operation the Trump administration launched last year in Chicago. “Our communities and our people

Spirit Airlines collapse strands travelers: What to know about refunds, rebooking and fares

By Kathy Park, Mirna Alsharif, Francie Ebert and Carmen Gonzalez FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Passengers arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport this weekend were still being dropped off for flights that no longer existed — learning only at curbside that Spirit Airlines had shut down overnight. “I just found out,” Ricardo Tejeda said Saturday after stepping off a shuttle. Within hours, thousands of flights had been canceled, leaving travelers stranded midtrip or scrambling to rebook as the airline halted operations with little notice. Check-in counters sat empty, customer service lines were unavailable and many passengers said they had received no warning before arriving at the airport.

Trump says U.S. will begin guiding ships through Strait of Hormuz

By Raquel Coronell Uribe President Donald Trump said Sunday that the U.S. will guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz, as he has offered little optimism that he will accept a recent proposal from Tehran to end the war. Trump said the U.S. will begin guiding the ships Monday, and said that it was a response to other countries — which he did not name, but said were not involved in the conflict — asking the U.S. to help free up ships locked in the passage. “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these Countries that

Gas prices went up more than 30 cents a gallon last week. How high could they go?

By Chandelis Duster Gas prices in the U.S. have gone up more than 30 cents a gallon in the last week and are slated to continue rising as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed amid the Iran war. The cost for regular gas as of Sunday is an average $4.446 — a week ago it was $4.099, according to AAA’s fuel site. U.S. gas prices were an average $2.98 on Feb. 26 — two days before the war in Iran began — and a year ago, the average price of gas was $3.171, according to data from AAA. Gas prices in the U.S. are the

Record-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown ends

By Scott Wong, Melanie Zanona and Kyle Stewart WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill that would fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, ending the record 75-day shutdown of the sprawling federal agency. President Donald Trump, who had urged lawmakers to pass the bill, signed the measure into law Thursday afternoon, funding DHS agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration and the Secret Service through the end of September. The bill does not provide new funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Border Patrol, however, as Democrats demand changes to immigration

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