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Farai Chideya runs through the day's headlines of news affecting black life and culture. Friday's headlines include a rise in subprime loan foreclosures and Oprah Winfrey topping a new Forbes magazine celebrity power list.

Michigan's Lake Superior State University issued its annual list of annoying expressions to banish. The list includes: trending, bucket list, kick the can down the road and spoiler alert. The top one to ban: fiscal cliff.

It will run between Las Vegas and Southern California, reaching a top speed of 200 miles per hour. The company behind the project plans for it to be ready by 2028.

The Monopoly game hitting store shelves contains a sleek kitty, which will join the classic Scottie dog and top hat. Fans adopted the cat in an online vote earlier this year. The company shelved the iron after a 78 year run.

Black coaches are more likely to be fired and have fewer, narrower paths to the top.

Follow along as we publish WVIA's 2024 Year in Review, a week-long series recounting the top stories, favorite photos and most viewed videos of the past year in Education, Government and Politics, Environment, Entertainment, Public Safety, Transportation, Healthcare, Rural Issues and Community Engagement.

Police say a man in Boise, Idaho, went running naked through a park. Police gave chase. When they caught up to him, the naked man had become entangled in the barbed wire on top of a fence.

The poll finds 60% of respondents blamed the GOP for the recent government shutdown, while 57% say President Trump's top priority needs to be lowering prices.

The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine regulator wrote in an email to staff on Friday that the COVID-19 vaccine led to at least 10 deaths in children. But experts say they are skeptical of the findings because they were presented with very little evidence.

Someone just spent a record-setting $2.7 million for a bottle of Macallan at an auction. It was bottled in 1986 after 60 years of aging — it was a small batch for top customers.