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As the $4 billion school shooting security industry continues to grow, some school districts are turning to a controversial new technology to protect students: remotely piloted drones.

The ICABA Network is rapidly emerging as a transformative force for Black entrepreneurs and professionals. In this insightful piece by Hazel Trice Edney, discover why this powerful platform is viewed as a game changer for Black-owned businesses, providing the vital connections, resources, and visibility needed for long-term economic growth.

Nolan Wells would have turned 19 Wednesday. Instead, loved ones penned an emotional letter and gathered for a vigil as Mississippi authorities continue investigating his death.

While the federal government has paused work to build border security infrastructure in Texas’ Big Bend National Park, people opposing such construction in the broader region attended a state commission meeting Wednesday, offering often emotional pleas, hoping to persuade the panel to stop it on state land.

Former Census Bureau leaders, statisticians and voting-rights advocates are raising alarms about an unusual, unsigned new report posted on the agency’s website that claims tens of thousands of noncitizens voted in the 2020 presidential election.

An experienced pilot who also was an emergency room doctor was killed and two state troopers were injured after a state police helicopter and a small plane collided at a central Pennsylvania airport Wednesday evening, officials said.

A federal judge on Tuesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to end deportation protections for about 5,000 Ethiopians who had been living in the United States under a form of humanitarian relief.

OpenAI is rolling out a new “ChatGPT for Teens” experience that it says will provide additional safety protections for teen users. The move comes as OpenAI faces a string of lawsuits alleging that inappropriate conversations with ChatGPT contributed to the harm or deaths of young people.

Opening arguments kicked off Tuesday in what could be Meta’s most consequential legal fight yet over youth safety and addiction. If Meta loses the case, it could fundamentally change how the company’s social media platforms operate.

The death of Jason Arday, the youngest Black professor in the University of Cambridge's history, has ignited a fierce debate over the role of the media and the implications of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.