A Canadian court rules a mom can send her son to school despite his dad’s Covid-19 fears
A judge in Canada sided with a mother who wants her son to attend school in person this year, despite the father’s concerns about Covid-19.…
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A Black man shot in the back, a teenage shooting suspect, a city in flames: The week that shook Kenosha and the country
It took less than five minutes from a 911 call being placed reporting a domestic disturbance to a White officer firing seven times into Jacob…
Continue Reading Rapper Silentó, best known for ‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),’ charged with hatchet assault
Silentó, a rapper known for his hit “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),” is facing two felony assault charges after allegedly threatening two…
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Biden slams Trump as ‘unfit’ over alleged comments mocking U.S. war dead; President denies claims
WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency on Friday, delivering an…
Continue Reading 52% of young adults in the US are living with their parents. That’s the highest share since the Great Depression
The number of American young adults living with their parents is at or near an all-time high, and the coronavirus pandemic is likely the reason,…
Continue Reading Two weeks into college, students must quarantine in dorms after 25 test positive for Covid-19
As a first-generation college student, Jennifer Monje worked hard not only to get into school, but she’s working hard to stay and be a role…
Continue Reading NYPD investigating car that plowed into a group of BLM protesters in Times Square
The New York Police Department is investigating an incident in which a car plowed into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters blocking the street…
Continue Reading Jacob Blake’s sister says she isn’t sad. She’s angry and she wants change
Jacob Blake’s sister told reporters that even as he fights for his life with seven gunshot wounds from police officers, she isn’t sorry…
Continue Reading Jacob Blake attorneys deny police union allegations of fight with officers before shooting
As Jacob Blake was freed from handcuffs in the hospital, the Kenosha police union said Friday that Blake put an officer in a headlock moments before…
Continue Reading Jacob Blake’s shooting shows America has a long way to go in its journey toward a racial reckoning
Three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police spurred national unrest and widespread reforms, America’s racial reckoning…
Continue Reading Massive mystery holes appear in Siberian tundra — and could be linked to climate change
A Russian TV crew flying over the Siberian tundra this summer spotted a massive crater 30 meters (100 feet) deep and 20 meters wide — striking…
Continue Reading A White professor says she has been pretending to be Black for her entire professional career
A professor of African and Latin American studies who portrayed herself as Black has now revealed she has been lying. Jessica A. Krug, an associate…
Continue Reading One dead as firefighters battle blaze aboard oil tanker off Sri Lanka
Firefighting crews from Sri Lanka and India are working to put out a large blaze aboard an oil tanker that has been burning since Thursday, off the…
Continue Reading Daniel Prude’s daughter says her dad was not the animal officers treated him like before he died
Daniel Prude was treated like an animal and murdered by officers who should have protected him, said four relatives of the Black man who died after…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for September 4: Covid-19, election, protests, economy, Hong Kong
You’ve almost made it to a long Labor Day weekend! Enjoy yourself, protect your health and stay cool: More than 50 million people will be under…
Continue Reading R. Kelly’s attorneys appeal for release, saying he hasn’t been able to prepare for trial in nearly six months
R. Kelly’s attorneys will ask for his release from federal custody before an appeals court on Friday, arguing that the singer has been unable…
Continue Reading 7 Rochester police officers suspended over Daniel Prude’s death, mayor says
Seven police officers in Rochester, New York, involved in the March arrest of a Black man who was pinned to the ground and later died have been…
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Washington Football Team facing new allegations of sexual harassment within the organization
The NFL’s Washington Football Team is facing new allegations of sexual harassment in the workplace from four women who spoke to ESPN’s…
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Suspect in Portland death of right-wing supporter is killed by investigators in scuffle
LACEY, Washington — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week was killed Thursday as…
Continue Reading Coronavirus cases tied to a Maine wedding reception more than double in a week
The number of Covid-19 cases linked to an August wedding reception in Maine more than doubled in the past week to 144, a state CDC spokesman said…
Continue Reading Black Americans, hit hardest by the pandemic, feel they’re hurt by both the virus and inequities tied to race
Keith Gambrell feels minorities are getting blamed for dying from coronavirus. “They say, ‘Oh, it’s because of the way you guys…
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ICE recovers 19th century painting stolen from Italian monastery in Texas
DALLAS, Texas — Stolen almost two decades ago from an ancient abbey in northeastern Italy, a trafficked 19th century art piece is making its…
Continue Reading As Hong Kong’s academic year begins, it’s unclear what can legally be said in a classroom — and whether student activism is a thing of the past
In the heart of the leafy, mountain-top campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong stands a replica of a giant statue erected by protesting…
Continue Reading Dr. Anthony Fauci says designating quarantine spaces for students who test positive for Covid-19 is key to safely opening colleges
As schools across the country open to mixed results amid the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci laid out how colleges and universities should…
Continue Reading Why Latinos in California are being hit hard by Covid-19
Every step for Jenny Ruelas is a challenge. The 31-year-old has to pause to catch her breath, carries a can of oxygen with her wherever she goes, and…
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Biden meets with Blake family in Wisconsin, has community meeting
KENOSHA, Wisconsin — Former Vice President Joe Biden made one of his most aggressive campaign trips in months, visiting with the family of Jacob…
Continue Reading David Graeber, author and activist known for popularizing the phrase ‘We are the 99%,’ dies
David Graeber, an anthropologist and a leading figure of the Occupy Wall Street movement, has died, his wife told CNN. He was 59. Graeber was a…
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Stock market bloodbath: Dow and Nasdaq plummet in the worst day since June
NEW YORK, NY — It was a wild day on Wall Street. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled nearly 5% and the Dow fell more than 800 points, as investors made a…
Continue Reading A house fire killed a firefighter’s family while he was away battling a blaze
A firefighter battling a wildfire in Washington state near the Canadian border lost his wife and three children in an early-morning blaze that…
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Russia is ‘amplifying’ claims of mail-in voter fraud, warns intelligence bulletin obtained by ABC News
WASHINGTON, DC — Russia has sought to “amplify” concerns over the integrity of U.S. elections by promoting allegations that mail-in voting will…
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