Mayor Ginther unveiled nearly $3M to expand eviction prevention, tenant legal aid and mediation through the Resilient Housing Initiative.

Laundromat staff on Dickerson Pike rescued a toddler found running naked early Wednesday; police and child-welfare investigators are looking into the case.

Pakou Yang was named president of Normandale Community College on April 22, 2026, a historic first for Hmong representation in U.S. higher education. She has led the campus since summer 2025.

SMU has tapped Klyde Warren Park chief Kit Sawers to run a new Dallas Office that will connect the university with business and nonprofit partners. She starts Aug. 3, 2026.

Duke has frozen its SJP chapter after an Instagram flyer using a 1970s Emory Douglas cartoon drew complaints and outside condemnation. The move is an interim step while the university reviews the matter.

A southeast San Diego Drop Center warns it may close after Mayor Todd Gloria's draft budget left out the group's city funding. The omission threatens diversion and job programs for teens.

A Detroit man in his 60s says TikTok videos convinced him to buy a $5 scratch-off — and he won $500,000.

Photos from OPD show dozens of guns surrendered at the April 18 Guns to Gardens buyback. Organizers handed out gift cards and forged some weapons into garden tools.

On Earth Day MPS unveiled a five‑year Sustainability Action Plan that bundles schoolyard, energy and curriculum work and is backed by more than $39M in grants.

Parents say Vista Peak Prep’s varsity cheer program unraveled after a nationals trip, alleging racist treatment by a coach who later resigned while APS reviews complaints.

Rising Ground will eliminate 257 positions across nine sites in New York City and Yonkers, the group's WARN filing shows. The layoffs are scheduled to begin May 21, 2026.

The Urban League launched "King Rising" on MLK Drive to hand out Narcan, meals and health screenings while linking people to longer-term recovery.

A county-backed plaque at Reedy Creek Park now memorializes Willie McDaniel and names racial terror in Mecklenburg County.