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Siblings die of Covid-19 just one week apart
Adelita Cruz Trevino, 39, and Nicolas Trevino, 35, were not only siblings, they were best friends. Both died of Covid-19 just one week apart. They…
Continue Reading Man sentenced to life without parole in racially motivated killings at Kentucky grocery store
The families of two people murdered in a racially motivated killing at a suburban grocery store in Kentucky have finally seen justice. Gregory Bush…
Continue Reading ‘We are getting crushed.’ What’s behind the alarming rise in California’s Covid-19 cases
Since the Thanksgiving holiday, California has faced a surge of Covid-19 infections unparalleled across the United States, leading to continued daily…
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FDA approves Moderna vaccine, 2nd virus shot to be available
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. added a second Covid-19 vaccine to its arsenal Friday, boosting efforts to beat back an outbreak so dire that the nation…
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Congress averts gov’t shutdown, but fight continues over pandemic aid
WASHINGTON, DC — Congress has passed a two-day stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend. It’s part of an effort…
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‘NorCal’ rapist Roy Waller sentenced to 897 years
Roy Charles Waller, a serial rapist who terrorized northern California for at least 15 years, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Known as…
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House OKs 2-day funding bill to avert shutdown as leaders still wrangle over virus relief
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House has passed a two-day stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend. It’s part of an…
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TikTok is giving 10 colleges $10 million to boost minorities in health care
If nothing else, 2020 has shown just how important health care workers and public health experts are. So, in an effort to show their support, TikTok…
Continue Reading 21 charged in drug operation on 3 university campuses in North Carolina
Twenty-one people have been charged with dealing drugs on and around college campuses after federal officials uncovered a massive drug ring involving…
Continue Reading The year a computer bug threatened to bring down modern civilization
Two decades ago an existential threat brought the world together— the Y2K bug. In the late 1990s, computers were rapidly transforming how the world…
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A nurse’s home burned down while she was caring for a critical Covid-19 patient
After caring for Covid-19 patients all day, what Tina Irwin looked forward to the most was walking through the doors of a house she worked hard to…
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Two facing kidnapping charges in the case of toddler abandoned at Goodwill store
Two people are facing federal charges in the case of a 2-year-old boy who was abandoned at a Mississippi Goodwill store earlier this week. Jeremy…
Continue Reading Michigan governor moves state reopening forward, citing encouraging Covid-19 indicators
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday announced the lifting of some restrictions designed to curb the spread of coronavirus. In-person classes can…
Continue Reading How the fight over Biden’s EPA pick highlights a seismic crack in the Democrats’ climate coalition
Under President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency became an oxymoron, run by people who’d spent their careers suing or lobbying…
Continue Reading The year of reckoning: How 2020 revealed the fault lines in American policing
Every morning, Victor Wahl walks into his office with a sense of dread. Months of intense protests and heightened scrutiny have left the acting…
Continue Reading Eight nuns died of Covid-19 at a Wisconsin facility within a week
Within a week, eight nuns living in the Notre Dame of Elm Grove in Wisconsin died from Covid-19, all of whom, in their own ways, were mentors in the…
Continue Reading Med schools are seeing historic high applications. Whether or not it’s a ‘Fauci effect,’ it’s much needed
Dr. Anthony Fauci has arguably become one of the most recognizable faces of 2020. And the director of the National Institute of Allergy and…
Continue Reading With evictions ban expiring soon, new housing crisis could threaten minorities most
A federal ban on evictions expires at the end of the year, and it’s sparking fears of a housing crisis that could disproportionately send…
Continue Reading A homeless man sentenced to life in prison for a $20 marijuana sale is freed after 12 years
In 2008, Fate Winslow was approached by a plain-clothed undercover police officer in Shreveport, Louisiana, looking for some marijuana. Winslow,…
Continue Reading NYC officials announce changes to admissions to improve fairness
New York City officials announced changes to middle and high school admissions to improve fairness and balance inequities across the system.…
Continue Reading NYPD mistakes ‘likely escalated tensions’ at George Floyd protests, city report says
New York Police Department officials did not anticipate the large number of protesters or violence that came at them during the George Floyd…
Continue Reading Cops discover an illegal winery operating out of an Alabama town’s sewage plant
Authorities say they’ve busted a large illegal winery operating out of a wastewater treatment plant in a small Alabama town. It happened in the…
Continue Reading He was sentenced to life in prison while a teenager. 18 years later, Myon Burrell walks free
A Minnesota man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager when Amy Klobuchar was the county attorney has been released, after years of claiming…
Continue Reading This ‘crazy beast’ was a weird early mammal that lived among dinosaurs
Researchers have uncovered the fossil of an early mammal named the “crazy beast” that lived 66 million years ago alongside dinosaurs and…
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Supreme Court puts off ruling on Trump census case to exclude undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump’s plan to exclude people living in the…
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With evictions ban expiring soon, new housing crisis could threaten minorities most
A federal ban on evictions expires at the end of the year, and it’s sparking fears of a housing crisis that could disproportionately send…
Continue Reading A festive poem to celebrate National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
The pandemic may have paused your traditional in-person holiday parties and white elephant gift exchanges, but it doesn’t mean you can’t…
Continue Reading Morehouse dean takes vaccine on TV to remove the stigma as some Black Americans remain hesitant to get the shot
Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice wants to turn vaccine hesitancy into acceptance in the Black community. The dean at the Morehouse School of Medicine took…
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Five stark measures show rising American suffering as Congress stalls on aid
Millions of Americans expect to lose wages in the next four weeks. Millions of Americans don’t have enough to eat, are falling behind on…
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