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Friday, September 25, 2026

The Dangerous Behaviors Of Teens Who Use Fake Weed

By Susan Scutti CNN (CNN) -- The synthetic cannabinoids often called "fake weed" are a mix of chemicals sprinkled on what looks like incense and...

AARP: Older People Would Pay More Under New Health Care Bill

By Jen Christensen CNN (CNN) -- One of the nation's most influential domestic policy groups said Thursday that the health care bill making its way through...

Cheesemaker Sargento Cuts Supplier After Product Recall

By Kevin Conlon, Euan McKirdy and Johanzynn Gatewood CNN (CNN) -- Sargento Foods Inc. has ended its relationship with a supplier over potential listeria contamination of...

Video: Fitness Goals: Bodybuilding at 80

Ernestine Shepherd defies nearly every physical stereotype for an 80-year-old woman. She’s a record-holding bodybuilder who spends over 30 hours each week exercising. Now...

Clinton Rolls Out Mental Health Plan

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributor Hillary Clinton said she’s alarmed by the statistics. Approximately one in five adults in the United States – or 43.8 million...

New Research Looks At Reducing HIV In Young Women

By Tomika Anderson BAI Contributing Writer DURBAN — Whether they're in Durban or Detroit, in cities around the world Black women and girls grapple with disproportionately...

Transgender People, ‘The Most Heavily Burdened’ HIV Population, No Longer Invisible

By Hilary Beard Black AIDS Institute, via George Curry Media   DURBAN, South Africa - With all the talk about HIV-related health disparities, no group can make...

Religious Community Still Struggling With The Gospel Of HIV

By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief, Emerge News Online DURBAN, South Africa - Rev. Edwin C. Sanders, II, sized up his audience at the 21st International AIDS Conference...

Show Me The Money: Global HIV/AIDS Funding On The Decline

By Linda Villarosa BAI Contributor Throughout AIDS 2016, whispers that global funds to fight HIV/AIDS have begun to dry up have turned to shouts. In the...

Phill Wilson: We Must Stay In The Game Until We End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

A conversation with the Black AIDS Institute’s president and chief executive officer. By Tamara Holmes BAI Contributing Writer  BAI Daily: Where are we in the HIV/AIDS epidemic...

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Nolan Wells’ Case Is Closed. His Family Still Demands Answers

A Mississippi grand jury declined to charge anyone in the drowning death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, despite unexplained injuries noted in autopsy reports. His family, joined by attorney Ben Crump, disputes the ruling and is demanding a federal investigation, while a rapper-led campaign now offers a $1 million reward for credible evidence in the unresolved case.