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  Virginia State University Shooting Leaves 5 Wounded — 19-Year-Old Arrested as Campus Prepares for Fall Semester

  August 16, 2026

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  Democrats Overhaul 2028 Primary Calendar — Iowa and New Hampshire Lose First-in-the-Nation Status

  August 16, 2026

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  Today in Tech History: August 16 — The Day Microsoft Changed the Internet Forever

  August 16, 2026

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  Trump Vows to Declare Strait of Hormuz “U.S. Territory” — and Urges Americans to Accept Higher Gas Prices

  August 15, 2026

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  30-Year Treasury Yield Hits 5.216% — Highest Since 2001 — as Markets Digest Weak Retail Sales and Middle East Tensions

  August 15, 2026

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  Hennessy Cypher 2026 Unites African Hip-Hop Voices — As Ice Cube’s BIG3 Brings Texas Hip-Hop to Dallas

  August 15, 2026

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  Iran War Priority Shifts to Lower Gas Prices as U.S. Military Stockpiles Dwindle — and Midterm Anxiety Grips GOP

  August 14, 2026

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  From the Block to the Boardroom: Black Women Entrepreneurs Are Building the Future — Despite the Odds

  August 14, 2026

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  Voting Rights Under Siege: Supreme Court’s Callais Ruling Continues to Reshape the South

  August 14, 2026

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  Trump Demands Iran Reparations as Strait of Hormuz Remains Closed — War Enters Sixth Month

  August 13, 2026