Day: March 28, 2018

By Ed Adamczyk and Danielle Haynes March 26 (UPI) — The Federal Trade Commission confirmed Monday it’s investigating Facebook’s data protection policies. Earlier this month, it was revealed that data company Cambridge Analytica accessed the information of about 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge. Cambridge Analytica has ties to President Donald Trump’s election campaign….

By Ed Adamczyk  |  Updated March 26, 2018 at 9:49 AM March 26 (UPI) — Sixty Russian agents will be expelled from diplomatic missions in the United States in response to the poisoning of a former Kremlin spy this month, the White House said Monday. Senior administration officials announced the action in a conference call…

By Jill Levy-Fisch This year, over 200,000 Americans will order genetic tests to see if they’re at risk for more than 2,000 hereditary diseases, including cancer. Patients and their doctors can choose tests from over 500 different laboratories. Most people don’t think twice about their choice of lab. They figure all labs’ tests are of…

By Francis Pina Does being me give me an advantage in my inner-city classroom? I often reflect on this question because every school year I learn from a handful of students that I am their very first Black male teacher. If we got 100 teachers in a room, statistically I would be one of just…

The  Koch  Foundation  is  often  praised  for  its  higher-ed funding,  but  the  money  is  going  to  some  radical   professors. By Alex Kotch Billionaire industrialist and conservative political mega-donor Charles Koch first entered the political world through the John Birch Society, a secretive anti-Communist outfit that campaigned against the civil-rights movement. Since then, he and…

By Charlene Crowell March 22, 2018 Although golden anniversaries are often considered milestone moments accompanied by festive celebrations, two such observances in April 2018 are bittersweet memories for much of Black America. One took the life of an unparalleled preacher, orator, author, activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The other marks the enactment of what…

By Jamin Brahmbhatt, MD Men’s Health Network In general, guys do not think about their testicles on a day-to-day basis. Unless we have some pain or feel an abnormality, we let them go on with their day. The testicles actually are very important to the male body.  The testicles serve as a factory for sperm…

Scammers are now going to the federal Social Security website and setting up a “my Social Security” account  of citizens that are of retirement age. They hijack  their   accounts by  setting  up the accounts before the Social Security number owner does, and then they apply for funds. The scammers request a lump sum payout…

May 1, 2018 at Ontario Convention Center  SB County News Ontario, California – (March 23, 2018) The Greater Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce and host the San Bernardino County Forecast Conference at Ontario Convention Center on May 1, 2018.  The community is invited to attend this event starting at 7:30am with…

Mimi’s Café has delicious dine-in and takeaway options for the holiday this weekend. Beginning at 11:00 a.m. April 1, Mimi’s will offer a dine-in, three-course menu (starting at $18.99 for adults and $8.99 for kids), featuring a choice of a soup or salad, entrée choice of Hickory Smoked Ham or Slow-Roasted Turkey, and finish with…

Michael Schuenemeyer Executive for Health and Wholeness Advocacy Laws that criminalize HIV are a barrier to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States. That may be surprising to some, because in the thirty plus states and two territories that have such laws, they were intended to be a deterrent to HIV transmission. The results…