Self-care for parents in a pandemic: Finding the time when you don’t have it
Parents know the drill: Put on your own oxygen mask before helping your children put on theirs. It’s so true, and yet it’s become a…
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Minnesota pardons Max Mason in rape case that led to lynchings of three black men
An African-American man convicted of alleged rape was granted a posthumous pardon Friday, nearly 100 years after angry mobs lynched three others…
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Australian sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
An Australian national has been sentenced to death in China after a court convicted him on charges of drug smuggling. The man, who was not…
Continue Reading Summer camps try ‘pods’ to keep campers together while limiting the spread of coronavirus
As the summer sun rises high in the sky, kids who have been out of school and stuck at home are itching for an escape from the pandemic-induced…
Continue Reading Bubba Wallace says there’s more good than bad in fan reaction to NASCAR’s Confederate flag ban
Bubba Wallace is excited about the change he’s seen in NASCAR this week. Wallace, the only full-time African American driver in NASCAR’s…
Continue Reading Confusion reigns as countries loosen coronavirus lockdowns and cases rise
“Can’t hug my nan but I can go on Nemesis Inferno with her,” wrote one Twitter user regarding his grandmother and a popular UK…
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Dave Chappelle drops hard-hitting ‘8:46’ special
Dave Chappelle dropped a surprise special Thursday night in which he searingly addresses the death of George Floyd and the aftermath. The 27-minute…
Continue Reading Another person who attended Lake of the Ozarks on Memorial Day weekend tests positive for coronavirus
Another person has tested positive for coronavirus after visiting the Lake of the Ozarks over Memorial Day weekend in Missouri, health officials said…
Continue Reading Minneapolis police officers pen open letter condemning former officer Derek Chauvin
Members of the Minneapolis Police Department spoke out on Friday out against former police officer Derek Chauvin in an open letter addressed to…
Continue Reading URGENT – Trump reschedules Tulsa rally ‘out of respect’ for Juneteenth
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced late Friday night that he is rescheduling a rally that was to be held on June 19 — Juneteenth,…
Continue Reading Firefighters grapple with triple-digit heat against wildfire
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of Arizona residents under an evacuation notice were allowed to return home Friday but were told to remain ready to…
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Before going to the beach or attending a cookout, the CDC wants you to consider these guidelines
This isn’t going to be an ordinary summer even with states loosening restrictions on life during the coronavirus pandemic. “I know that…
Continue Reading CDC predicts 130,000 US coronavirus deaths by July 4, with more new cases as states reopen
The US could suffer 130,000 coronavirus deaths by July 4, according to a projection released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading Tiffany Haddish weighs in on George Floyd protests: ‘You shouldn’t be scared to be in America’
Actress Tiffany Haddish can’t even drive through Beverly Hills without getting stopped, she told CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux in an emotional…
Continue Reading ABC casts first black ‘Bachelor’ following outcry for diversity
Following a petition urging ABC to address a lack of diversity on its enormously popular reality dating franchise, ABC has cast the first black…
Continue Reading San Francisco mayor unveils plan for police reform
San Francisco has unveiled a new police reform plan with the hope of addressing structural inequities and fundamentally change the nature of policing…
Continue Reading Mother of African American man killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, files wrongful death lawsuit
The mother of an African American man who was shot and killed by a white police officer in Charlotte, North Carolina, last year has filed a federal…
Continue Reading New Jersey police officer charged with assault after allegedly deploying pepper spray ‘without provocation’
A New Jersey police officer was charged with two counts of assault on Wednesday after allegedly deploying pepper spray on two people “without…
Continue Reading Cuomo, de Blasio don’t want to see Christopher Columbus statue removed or NYC’s Columbus Circle renamed
As municipalities across the United States revisit the naming and display of monuments honoring people with histories of racism and violence toward…
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Restaurant gets backlash after officer told not to wear uniform inside
Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (WDAF ) — A controversial conversation at a River Market…
Continue Reading Mutation could make coronavirus more infectious, study suggests
Researchers in Florida say they believe they have shown that the new coronavirus has mutated in a way that makes it more easily infect human cells.…
Continue Reading Tariq Mir, Jammu and Kashmir’s Tyrion Lannister lookalike, dreams of Bollywood stardom
In the winter of 2018, actor Tariq Ahmad Mir was performing in a comedy skit to welcome visitors to the picturesque hill town of Pahalgam in the…
Continue Reading Videos raise question about in-custody death deemed an ‘accident’ by Tennessee officials
Within hours of his call to 911 outside a convenience store, Sterling Higgins lay dead, after video shows him being forcibly restrained on the floor…
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3 hurt, including child, as car crashes into semi-truck along Border Highway
EL PASO, Texas — Three people were hurt, including a child, after a car crashed into a semi-truck Friday evening along the Border Highway in El…
Continue Reading Antonio Brown gets probation after changing his plea in battery case
NFL free agent Antonio Brown was sentenced to two years of probation Friday after he pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an incident in which…
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s son arrested for allegedly stabbing neighbor
The son of NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar faces an assault with a deadly weapon charge after a stabbing incident in California. Deputies from the…
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Cathedral High School suspends athletics after football player working out gets virus
EL PASO, Texas — A student football player who worked out at Cathedral High School’s training facility this week has been diagnosed with the…
Continue Reading Ga. Department of Public Health accused or excluding Black employees in COVID-19 response
Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WGCL ) — The Georgia Department of Public Health is being accused of…
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