For years Jefferson Kelley watched hate bloom in his treasured online spaces. When Kelley, a Reddit moderator, booted hateful users off threads where Black people discussed sensitive personal experiences, racial...
July 10, 2020
For Black professionals who get job offers on Wall Street, there's pay and benefits to consider. But also isolation, bias and racism. As big U.S. banks and asset managers vow...
July 10, 2020
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail, goes the old saying. But when all you have is nails, well – it sure is good to...
July 10, 2020
Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, was not all that optimistic in advance of the online meeting that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO...
July 10, 2020
Missing jobs data and disputed loan amounts cloud government records on $660B small-business bailout
Michael Schulson was thrown a lifeline by the federal government's bailout for small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. It helped him get almost half of his 178 employees back to...
July 10, 2020
A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination complaint against Target Corp. after she said a Starbucks barista at the Midway Target store in St. Paul wrote "ISIS" on her cup...
July 10, 2020
Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly says the Dallas-based carrier plans to be flying to all of its international destinations by early 2021. In a video posted to Twitter, Kelly said...
July 10, 2020
The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses...
July 10, 2020
With an unprecedented new surge in coronavirus cases battering Israel's economy, one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest confidants was dispatched to a TV studio recently to calm the nerves...
July 10, 2020
After more than 20 years of shoehorning young adults into time-wasting and inappropriate degree courses, the 50% target has been binned and Tony Blair's dream of colleges churning out liberal...
July 10, 2020
When the coronavirus pandemic caused a broad economic downturn and Depression-era unemployment rates, Washington responded with trillions of dollars in federal relief. One centerpiece was the $659 billion Paycheck Protection...
July 10, 2020
The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed coronavirus aid, with many millions going to dioceses...
July 10, 2020
GOLF DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — The PGA Tour returned five weeks ago with some of its strongest fields. Now it gets its biggest star. Tiger Woods announced Thursday on Twitter...
July 10, 2020
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Friday on worries economic recoveries might fade as coronavirus cases increase in the United States and some other countries. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo,...
July 10, 2020
NEW DELHI — India's is reporting another record one-day spike in coronavirus cases, prompting some states to reimpose lockdowns in high-risk areas. The 26,506 cases reported Friday bring India's total...
July 10, 2020
Yurancy Castillo did not want to leave her family. But as inflation in Venezuela soared, rendering her salary as a social worker nearly worthless, the young woman known for her...
July 10, 2020
The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by...
July 10, 2020
At a bus stop in Yuba City, Ron Starkey sat on a concrete wall watching videos on his phone, a white face mask tightly folded in his right hand. He...
July 10, 2020
Environmental groups have sued the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over what they say is the agency's failure to adhere to federal reporting requirements for a coal mine reclamation...
July 10, 2020
Australia's Victoria state on Friday reported the new daily record of 288 coronavirus cases, which also reflects a record number of tests exceeding 37,500. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said...
July 10, 2020
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: The California Community College Athletic Association is moving all sports, even football, to the spring. The...
July 10, 2020
The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in a Southern California city park last month was ruled a suicide Thursday following a police investigation prompted by...
July 10, 2020
Los Angeles prosecutors accuse a nursing home of illegally “dumping” old and disabled residents onto the street and into homes that are not equipped to care for them in order...
July 10, 2020
Miami-Dade is preparing to accept a flood of applications from people unable to pay their rent during the coronavirus crisis as the county launches a $10 million relief program. The...
July 9, 2020
Leaders of a rural Nevada church are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to suspend the state's 50-person cap on religious gatherings while an appellate court considers their claim that COVID-19...
July 9, 2020
Nikola Vucevic had to raise his voice a bit to answer a question. He had just walked off the court after the first Orlando Magic practice of the restart, and...
July 9, 2020
As California enters wildfire season, the state is scrambling to find sufficient firefighters amid a coronavirus outbreak that has depleted the ranks of inmates who usually handle some of the...
July 9, 2020
An Alabama lumber and flooring company has been fined $218,000 in the death of a worker hit by wood while trying to clear a jammed machine on Jan. 14. Miller...
July 9, 2020
Worsening coronavirus trends in Texas again set another grim milestone Thursday as the state reported more than 100 deaths in a single day for the first time, making this the...
July 9, 2020
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected a request by Idaho to put on hold a court order forcing the state to count online signatures for an initiative backers hope...
July 9, 2020
Kentuckians will be required to wear face masks or coverings in public places beginning Friday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Thursday. The mandate comes after two of the highest days...
July 9, 2020
The eight historically black colleges and universities in South Carolina are getting more than $2 million for technology upgrades, part of emergency relief parceled out from a federal funding package...
July 9, 2020
After a U.S. energy boom and strong backing from President Donald Trump propelled a major expansion of the nation's sprawling oil and gas pipeline network, mounting political pressures and legal...
July 9, 2020
With 2020 shaping to be an especially violent year in one of the nation's most violent cities, St. Louis leaders are considering a new tool to fight crime — surveillance...
July 9, 2020
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that could identify whoever is responsible for scrawling a racial slur across a mural meant to celebrate diversity in South Carolina's capital...
July 9, 2020
South Carolina has now recorded more than 50,000 cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, state health officials reported Thursday. The state reported 1,723 new confirmed cases and...
July 9, 2020
Banks helped drag stocks lower on Wall Street Thursday amid worries that recent improvements in the economy may be set to stall as coronavirus cases continue to climb. The S&P...
July 9, 2020
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that creates an advisory commission tasked with improving Hispanic Americans' access to economic and educational opportunities, a push that comes as the...
July 9, 2020
Idaho's 300,000 schoolkids in grades K-12 can return to schools this fall but with flexible learning strategies to protect them and their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Brad Little...
July 9, 2020
NBC News leader Cesar Conde, in one of his first public acts in the job, has committed to building a workforce at the news organizations he supervises where at least...
