Amazon Launching Black Friday Deals As Shoppers Trim Holiday Budgets
As more Americans plan to cut back on holiday spending in 2025, Amazon is launching one of its longest discount events yet.
Amazon will begin its Black Friday Week and Cyber Monday deals on Thursday, Nov. 20. The 12 days of discounts will continue through Monday, Dec. 1.
The online retail giant said its 2025 event will feature millions of deals across popular categories, with new price drops every day. Shoppers can expect up to 50% off artificial Christmas trees, seasonal décor, and some Amazon devices, including the Echo Dot Max, Fire TV Stick 4K Select, Kindles, a…
Famed College Football Coach Featured In Hit Netflix Series Dies After Campus Shooting
John Beam, a legendary college football coach, athletic director, role model, and father figure who gained national fame through Netflix’s hit series "Last Chance U," has died after being shot on campus.
Beam was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after the incident at Laney College in Oakland, California, on Thursday, Nov. 13, before succumbing to his injuries Friday afternoon, Nov. 14. He was 66 years old.
The shooting occurred on the Laney College campus, leaving the East Bay community in shock.
Oakland police confirmed a suspect, 27-year-old Sedric Irvin Jr., has been a…
100-Year-Old Philly Woman Shares Secrets To Long Life
Mary Brown has lived a century — and she still starts each morning with puzzles, paints watercolor birthday cards for friends, and does her own taxes. The 100-year-old Philadelphia woman says her longevity isn’t complicated:
“I’m not a saint. I believe in prayer, in staying active, and in living one day at a time.”
A Legacy Of Longevity
Born on March 7, 1925, in Union, South Carolina, Brown is the daughter of Jeanette Garnett, who lived to 106. “I’m a survivor,” she told Daily Voice in an exclusive interview. “My mother lived to 106, so I figure I have some good years left.”
She marri…
MA Named Best State For Research, Development In New Ranking: Here's Why
Many Northeast states are among the most innovative in the US, according to a new study.
SmileHub released its 2025 list of Best States for Research and Development on Tuesday, Sept. 16. All 50 states were ranked across 17 metrics, including researchers per capita, research and development (R&D) spending, patents, research facilities, and STEM education.
R&D funding in the US more than doubled over the past 15 years, climbing from $407 billion in 2010 to almost $940 billion in 2023, according to data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics. That inv…
Wave Of Teacher Firings, Suspensions Sweeps US Over Charlie Kirk Comments
A growing number of teachers across the US are facing suspension or termination after posting controversial comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
The fallout from the killing of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old Turning Point USA founder who was shot during a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10, has reached classrooms nationwide.
In the days since, educators in a dozen states have been fired or placed on leave, according to Education Week. Those states are: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, California, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, …
Kamala Harris Claims Biden’s Inner Circle Helped Drive Media Attacks Against Her
Kamala Harris isn't holding back in a new memoir that gives her take on the 2024 presidential election.
Excerpts from the book, "107 Days," were published Wednesday, Sept. 10 in The Atlantic.
In them, Harris describes how conservative media fixated on her style and personal life while the White House, she says, too often stood aside. Worse, she alleges that aides to former President Joe Biden helped fuel negative media attacks against her.
She writes: “When Fox News attacked me on everything from my laugh, to my tone of voice, to whom I’d dated in my 20s, or claimed I was a ‘DEI hire…
