5 things to know for February 12: Impeachment, Covid-19, White House, police, China
It’s going to be a bone-chillingly cold Valentine’s Day weekend — the perfect time to snuggle up with your sweetheart (or your…
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Black History Month: Fannie Lou Hamer
Most of the civil rights movement’s leaders were Black male preachers with impressive degrees and big churches. Fannie Lou Hamer was a poor,…
Continue Reading San Francisco files emergency court order to reopen the city’s public schools
The city of San Francisco filed an emergency court order Thursday in an effort to force its public schools to open their doors for in-person…
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Covid-19 vaccines could be available to the general public in April in the United States, Fauci says
The United States could start letting the general public have access to Covid-19 vaccines in April, and the country may be able to inoculate most…
Continue Reading From sermons to WhatsApp messages, these Britons are trying to dispel Covid-19 myths in minority communities
Christine Lloyd-Jones was at work when the first call came: One of her friends, Annette, 62, had died of coronavirus. The following day, as she ate…
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Yoshiro Mori resigns as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee
TOKYO, Japan — Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women…
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Colorado police officer fired for excessive use of force in Taser incident
An Aurora, Colorado police officer was fired on Thursday for using excessive force during an arrest last August, according to a press release from…
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A funeral home van with a body inside is stolen in Missouri
Police in St. Louis County, Missouri, are searching for a funeral home van that was stolen Thursday with the body of an adult female inside.…
Continue Reading A California city could be the first in the nation to require pandemic hazard pay for farmworkers
A city in California is including farmworkers among those who must receive hazard pay for the risks they are undertaking during the Covid-19…
Continue Reading Family of Dijon Kizzee, a Black man killed by LA Sheriff’s deputies, files $35 million claim
The family of Dijon Kizzee, a 29-year-old Black man who was shot 16 times and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies last summer, has…
Continue Reading Study shows New York subways have a pollution problem
In the Big Apple, even mass transit can be a pollution risk. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Health…
Continue Reading At least 9 dead in crashes across Dallas-Fort Worth area due to winter storms
At least nine people have died in car crashes as of Thursday evening due to winter storms across the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, according to a…
Continue Reading Grand jury dismisses felony assault charges against 2 Buffalo police officers who pushed 75-year-old protester to the ground
A grand jury chose not to indict two Buffalo, New York, police officers who pushed a 75-year-old protester to the ground last June, Erie County…
Continue Reading North Carolina man charged with threatening to kill President Biden
A North Carolina man has been charged with making threats to kill President Joe Biden, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed in court…
Continue Reading Utah lawmakers reject a bill that would require teaching consent in sex education classes
A new bill in Utah that would have required students to learn about consent was shot down by lawmakers this week. HB177, introduced earlier this…
Continue Reading At least 6 dead in 70-vehicle wreck due to weather in Fort Worth, Texas, police say
At least six people were killed and at least 36 people taken to hospitals in a pileup involving dozens of vehicles in poor weather on Interstate 35W…
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Over 9,000 virus patients in New York were released from hospitals into nursing homes under state order
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes under a…
Continue Reading She never won a Nobel prize. But today this pioneering physicist is getting her face on a stamp
Chien-Shiung Wu isn’t a household name, but the pioneering physicist’s portrait could be coming soon to a mailbox near you. Her face is…
Continue Reading Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse case denies motions for new arrest warrant, increased bond
Kyle Rittenhouse, the 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August will…
Continue Reading Criminal complaint describes chaotic scene in Buffalo, Minnesota, clinic shooting
When police responded to a shooting at a Buffalo, Minnesota, clinic on Tuesday, they found injured victims “screaming for help” and…
Continue Reading US pharmacies could administer up to 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine a month. Here’s how
Shipments of Covid-19 vaccines will be headed to pharmacies this week under a federal program that aims to get more people vaccinated quickly.…
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Biden decree brings end to Trump ’emergency’ to build border wall
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that President Donald Trump declared in order to take…
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Study finds police officers of color make fewer stops and arrests and use less force than White officers
At a time of national reckoning and outcry over systemic racism, prominent proposals for addressing police brutality call for law enforcement…
Continue Reading At least 5 dead in 70-vehicle wreck due to weather in Fort Worth, Texas, police say
At least five people were killed and at least 36 people taken to hospitals in a pileup involving dozens of vehicles in poor weather on Interstate 35W…
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An Indiana teen is one of the 1st Black female Eagle Scouts
Kendall Jackson went on her first Boy Scout camping trip with her mother and older brother when she was just a toddler, and now the Indiana teen is…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Epstein estate executors are ‘indispensable captains’ of his criminal enterprise, US Virgin Islands AG says
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate coexecutors were “indispensable captains” of his criminal enterprise to traffic girls, according to a…
Continue Reading America’s biggest cities face racial inequities in vaccine distribution
In recent weeks, the United States has seen a stabilization of reported Covid-19 cases, but for Black and brown communities disparities in case and…
Continue Reading Why Rep. James Clyburn is pushing to make ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ the US national hymn
This year, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) is bringing some extra attention to “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and sponsoring a bill that would…
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Five people associated with Proud Boys arrested for Capitol riot on conspiracy charges
The Justice Department unsealed conspiracy charges against five people associated with the Proud Boys on Thursday in the latest and largest move…
Continue Reading The suspect in the Minnesota shooting told a motel owner ‘tomorrow my work will definitely be done’
A 67-year-old man who appeared to have financial problems told a motel owner in Buffalo, Minnesota on Monday not to worry about giving him a discount…
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