ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Top police leaders in Rochester are retiring en masse amid criticism of the city’s handling of the the suffocation…
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This week, we (Leah Asmelash and friend-of-the-newsletter, Chandelis Duster) talk about the exploitation of Black and brown labor, recommend…
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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – President Donald Trump is seeking to claim the mantle of environmental steward as he announces an expansion of a ban on…
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WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday the Senate would vote on a trimmed-down Republican coronavirus relief…
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An 8-year-old girl was among at least 53 people shot during a violent holiday weekend in Chicago, according to police officials. Eight people died…
Continue Reading Three-time Olympic volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings is facing a wave of criticism after she said she went to the grocery store without a…
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WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. officials say Israel and the United Arab Emirates will sign their historic deal normalizing relations at a White House…
Continue Reading A new study of the economics of college sports found that affluent White students are profiting off the labor of poor Black students. The study from…
Continue Reading A German warship sunk by a torpedo during World War II has been found on the seabed off Norway, more than eight decades after it was attacked.…
Continue Reading Helicopter crews have rescued at least 35 more people who’d been trapped by the fast-moving Creek Fire in California’s Sierra National…
Continue Reading Bags of mail were dumped in a parking lot in Glendale, California, last week, according to surveillance footage obtained by CNN. The September 3…
Continue Reading The world’s largest digital camera can spot a golf ball from 15 miles away. When the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins observations in 2023, its…
Continue Reading If you have a cat, you may fall in one of five categories ranging from “conscientious caretaker” to “tolerant guardian,”…
Continue Reading A quirky candy maker has launched a nationwide treasure hunt, sending sugar mavens into a frenzy. They’ll need to pay to play for the ultimate…
Continue Reading The nephew of a man who died during the height of the coronavirus pandemic in New Jersey is suing the nursing home where his uncle was a resident,…
Continue Reading It’s a truly humbling moment when your child asks you to help diagram a sentence or solve a grade-level math problem and you, a functioning…
Continue Reading Sam Cornelius knew that something was amiss when his job performance review unexpectedly took a huge hit one year. It was 2013, and Cornelius had…
Continue Reading As Demetria Hester walked to a bank of microphones — wearing a red “Know Your Rights” t-shirt, a fist raised high over head —…
Continue Reading AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – The U.N. refugee agency has confirmed two coronavirus cases in the Azraq camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan. The camp is…
Continue Reading TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran’s state TV says British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces a new charge. The Tuesday report…
Continue Reading A small town in eastern Washington is in ruins after a fast-moving wildfire swept through Monday, and teams are still working to account for all…
Continue Reading China and India have accused each other’s troops of firing warning shots during a confrontation Monday on their disputed border in the…
Continue Reading If you live in Denver, your last-minute summer plans were just canceled. Residents of the Mile High City will go from experiencing record heat to…
Continue Reading George Floyd died while in police custody on Memorial Day. This Labor Day weekend, as the summer fades nearly 100 days later, his death and the…
Continue Reading Two people were arrested following violent clashes between President Trump supporters and counter-protesters in Salem, the Oregon State Police said…
Continue Reading A United States Marine convicted of killing a transgender woman in the Philippines in 2014 has been granted an “absolute pardon” by…
Continue Reading Police in Hong Kong have come under heavy criticism after a widely-circulated video showed officers tackling a 12-year-old girl to the ground during…
Continue Reading The woman best known for popularizing gender reveal parties has a message for the world: Please stop. This week, as more than 7,000 acres in…
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