The University of Wisconsin-Madison says it has directed nine off-campus sororities and fraternities to quarantine for 14 days. The university said…
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Civil rights activists are calling on an African American horse owner participating in the 146th Kentucky Derby to pull out of the race to protest…
Continue Reading The University of Maryland has honored Harriet Tubman by renaming an academic department after her. “It is my honor to announce a major…
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The 146th running of the Kentucky Derby, typically the first leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing, takes place this Saturday, September 5.…
Continue Reading The search for the crew of a cargo ship that went missing during Typhoon Maysak was suspended Saturday due to bad weather, according to Japan’s…
Continue Reading The oldest living American to serve in World War II is turning 111 years old, and you can join the celebration. Lawrence Brooks served as a support…
Continue Reading In the American South, in the tiny town of Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina, the hills are alive with sound of some good ol’ timey…
Continue Reading A family member of the George Washington University professor who revealed that she had been lying about being Black for years says they’re…
Continue Reading Prosecutors have accused a man of stealing a firearm from a Seattle Police vehicle during protests in May. Jacob Little, 24, of Everett, Washington,…
Continue Reading After the pandemic left him jobless, catering chef Barney Corrigan quickly recognized the effect Covid-19 was having in his community in Westville,…
Continue Reading College football is back, but this year could be a little less exciting if your FBS conference or team isn’t playing. So, instead of sidelining…
Continue Reading The moon is getting rusty. Scientists had the same reaction you probably did when they reached this conclusion. It shouldn’t be possible…
Continue Reading Sunshine Mills has issued a voluntary recall of three dog food products due to high levels of aflatoxin, according to the Food and Drug…
Continue Reading A Portland man who was killed Thursday night while authorities attempted to apprehend him on a murder warrant appeared to admit he was responsible…
Continue Reading Wearing a blue dress shirt and a yellow tie, Jacob Blake, paralyzed after being shot in the back by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer, made a…
Continue Reading A police officer was killed in the line of duty in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday night. The FBI has identified him as Detective James Skernivitz and…
Continue Reading Prosecutors in Mississippi are dismissing the case against Curtis Flowers, a Black man who was tried six times in a murder case by a White prosecutor…
Continue Reading Dijon Kizzee, the 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies two days ago, was running away from…
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico leads the world in coronavirus deaths among its health care workers, Amnesty International said in a new report this…
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NEW YORK, NY — A former high-ranking official within the National Rifle Association is breaking ranks with the powerful gun lobby, publishing a book…
Continue Reading In the hours leading up to Daniel Prude‘s fatal encounter with police in Rochester, New York, the 41-year-old was making suicidal statements…
Continue Reading A third man has been found floating in a life raft in the waters off Japan after a cargo ship with 43 people and almost 6,000 cows aboard went…
Continue Reading Jessica Krug, the professor at George Washington University who revealed she had been lying about being Black for years, will no longer teach classes…
Continue Reading About 93% of racial justice protests in the US since the death of George Floyd have been peaceful and nondestructive, according to a new report. The…
Continue Reading On Thursday, presidential candidate Joe Biden claimed that a Black man had invented the light bulb, not “a White guy named Edison.” Biden…
Continue Reading 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.…
Continue Reading 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 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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WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency on Friday, delivering an…
Continue Reading 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,…
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