Sade Robinson was reported missing on April 2. (From Erika Brown via CNN Newsource) By Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — Blood evidence found in the home of Maxwell Anderson, the man accused of killing and mutilating 19-year-old Sade Robinson in Wisconsin, does not appear to match the college student’s DNA, according to an amended complaint obtained by CNN affiliate WDJT. Robinson was reported missing on April 2 when she didn’t show up for work following a first date with Anderson, according to the original criminal complaint filed last week. Her car was found on fire ..read more

Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on June 27, 2022. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Surveying her new surroundings in a Russian penal colony, the enormity of her prison confinement suddenly dawned on Brittney Griner, the WNBA star has told ABC. Speaking to ABC anchor Robin Roberts, the 33-year-old Griner said it was at that moment she “felt just less than a human.” The two-time Olympic gold-medalist spent nearly 300 days in Russian custody after being detained in February 2022 and sente ..read more

Seattle City Council’s land use committee has voted against a bill proposed by Councilmember Tammy Morales, effectively rejecting a pilot program aimed at promoting affordable housing development. The program, known as the Connected Communities Pilot, would have provided incentives for the construction of mixed-use buildings in partnership with community organizations. Under the pilot program, private or nonprofit developers would have been allowed to build taller or wider buildings, bypass design review processes, and be exempt from certain development fees. In return, they would have been r ..read more

Black students owe an average of 188% more student loan debt than white students — and consolidation could lead to total cancellation. (Photo by adrian vieriu: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-money-11624821/) by Renata Sago After decades of what it calls “historical failures in administering student loans,” the U.S. Department of Education is providing relief to college graduates navigating the volatile economy.  Borrowers with multiple federal student loans, such as Perkins Loans, Parent Plus Loans, and Federal Family Education Loans, have until April 30 to ..read more

Flavor Flav at the Grammy Awards in February. (Lionel Hahn/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Flavor Flav is moving through life these days like he’s got no time to waste. In recent months, he’s been spotted backstage at a Bruce Springsteen concert, opening for U2, speaking at Harvard, gushing over Cher and Donny Osmond, and trading friendship bracelets with the Swifties at an “Eras Tour” show. The ultimate hype man, however, is no stranger to fame himself. Flav’s own career kicked off in 1985, when he co ..read more

Medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout from a cyberattack on a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The February breach halted payments to doctors and disrupted patients’ access to their electronic health records. (KRIS TRIPPLAAR/SIPA VIA GETTY IMAGES) By Samantha Liss Two months after a cyberattack on a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary halted payments to some doctors, medical providers say they’re still grappling with the fallout, even though UnitedHealth told shareholders on Tuesday that business is largely back to normal. “We ar ..read more

The Baltimore Rites of Passage Initiative has been hard at work raising up a cohort of 16 men who will, in turn, mentor Black male youth ages 11-13. (Credit: Courtesy Mentor Maryland) by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware It’s no secret that America has long promoted a narrative of inferiority about Black boys and men. It’s a steady drip of poison that parents, caregivers, and community members have to counteract vigilantly. And that’s where rites of passage programs — rituals that transition a person from an old way of being and thinking to a new, more mature, and advanced state  — make ..read more

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 16: Former president Donald Trump stands with local politicians and bodega workers as he visits a bodega store in upper Manhattan where a worker was assaulted by a man in 2022 and ended up killing him in an ensuing fight on April 16, 2024 in New York City. The worker, Jose Alba, was arrested before the Manhattan District Attorney decided to drop charges for lack of evidence. Trump visited the bodega after spending a second day in court where he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first of his criminal cases to go to trial. (Photo by Spencer P ..read more

OLYMPIA — The Office of the Secretary of State is now accepting nominations for Washington’s Medals of Merit and Valor. Nominations for both awards can be made until September 20. The Medal of Merit recognizes people who perform outstanding services for Washington and its residents. The Medal of Valor is awarded to anyone who has saved, or attempted to save, the life of another at the risk of their own safety and is not acting in the course of duty as a Washington police officer, firefighter, or other government-employed first responder. “The Medals of Merit and Valor are the highest civilian ..read more

A Grants Pass police officer checks on a homeless person after relatives asked for a welfare check at Fruitdale Park on March 23. (Jenny Kane/AP/File via CNN Newsource) By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — When Helen Cruz pitched her tent in a city park a few years ago and made it her home, she chose the location for one reason: She wanted to be close to the houses she cleans for a living but could never afford for herself. “People see the irony of it,” said Cruz, 49. “I never looked at it like that.” What Cruz didn’t realize then was that living in a park in Grants Pass, Oregon, would place her i ..read more