Caleb Hanna was a child when Barack Obama won the White House and, like many African-Americans, he recalled his excitement at seeing “someone who looks like me become president.”22 Aug 2024
Caleb Hanna was a child when Barack Obama won the White House and, like many African-Americans, he recalled his excitement at seeing “someone who looks like me become president.”22 Aug 2024
The newly installed official who oversees elections in the critical swing state of Florida resigned Thursday after a newspaper obtained photos of him dressed in blackface at a 2005 Halloween party.22 Aug 2024
While Democrats have heralded the arrival of the first two Muslim women in Congress, Republicans in the third most-populous county in Texas have girded themselves for a contentious vote over whether a Muslim, who is a Republican, should remain in a leadership position he was appointed to only six months ago. The vote is over whether his religion disqualifies him from the post.22 Aug 2024
While Democrats have heralded the arrival of the first two Muslim women in Congress, Republicans in the third most-populous county in Texas have girded themselves for a contentious vote over whether a Muslim, who is a Republican, should remain in a leadership position he was appointed to only six months ago. The vote is over whether his religion disqualifies him from the post.14 Aug 2024
Seven British citizens said they were vacationing in Canada when they had to swerve to avoid an animal, not an uncommon occurrence in rural British Columbia. But doing that proved dangerous in its own way.
In one of the most closely watched lawsuits concerning affirmative action and higher education, a federal judge Tuesday ruled that Harvard could continue considering race in its admissions process in pursuit of a diverse class.
March for Our Lives, a group led by student survivors of last year’s mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, unveiled an ambitious gun control platform on Wednesday that would ban assault-style weapons, raise the minimum age for buying firearms, create a national gun registry and require gun owners to pay for new licenses each year.
March for Our Lives, a group led by student survivors of last year’s mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, unveiled an ambitious gun control platform on Wednesday that would ban assault-style weapons, raise the minimum age for buying firearms, create a national gun registry and require gun owners to pay for new licenses each year.
To the strains of the hymn “If We Just Talk of Thoughts and Prayers,” the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States ordained The Rev. Deanna Hollas as its first minister of gun violence prevention this month.
To the strains of the hymn “If We Just Talk of Thoughts and Prayers,” the largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States ordained The Rev. Deanna Hollas as its first minister of gun violence prevention this month.
Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló of Puerto Rico announced his resignation on Wednesday, after an uprising and looming impeachment proceedings had derailed his administration.13 Aug 2024
A murderer with a long history of violence against women — but who had been freed from prison and deemed unlikely to hurt anyone again because of his advancing age — was convicted by a jury in Maine this week in the stabbing death of a mother of twin boys.13 Aug 2024
A murderer with a long history of violence against women — but who had been freed from prison and deemed unlikely to hurt anyone again because of his advancing age — was convicted by a jury in Maine this week in the stabbing death of a mother of twin boys.12 Aug 2024
Questions have surrounded the death of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black activist, since she was found hanged in a Texas police cell in July 2015 after she was arrested during a traffic stop.12 Aug 2024
A white supremacist who deliberately plowed his Jeep into a black teenager was sentenced last week to at least 28 years in prison for what is believed to be Oregon’s first hate crime murder conviction in more than three decades. He could have faced as much as 20 additional years in prison if not for an unusual quirk in Oregon law, which imposes softer penalties on anyone who commits a hate crime alone rather than with an accomplice.11 Aug 2024
With guns drawn, the police officers broke down the door of the suburban Phoenix home in the early hours of a February morning. “Come out with your hands up!” an officer yelled, with the dark front porch and foyer inside suddenly flooded with light from the officers’ flashlights.11 Aug 2024
With guns drawn, the police officers broke down the door of the suburban Phoenix home in the early hours of a February morning. “Come out with your hands up!” an officer yelled, with the dark front porch and foyer inside suddenly flooded with light from the officers’ flashlights.11 Aug 2024
A historic snowy winter is turning into record spring flooding across a wide area in the middle of the United States, as major rivers spill over their banks, break levees and inundate towns and farms. The governors of Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin have declared emergencies, and Iowa’s governor has issued a disaster proclamation. At least two people in Nebraska have died in the floodwaters, and two others are missing.
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