When much of the world was staying at home to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, Elbin Sales Perez continued to rise at 4:30 a.m. to report to his...
June 12, 2020
Davontae Harris used to feel like his voice wasn't important enough to make a true difference. Then, after years of hard work, the Wichita South graduate achieved his goal of...
June 12, 2020
A federal judge in the nation's capital has denied a request from a Native American tribe in Kansas to halt further distribution of coronavirus relief funds for tribal nations. The...
June 12, 2020
A federal judge in the nation's capital has denied a request from a Native American tribe in Kansas to halt further distribution of coronavirus relief funds for tribal nations. The...
June 12, 2020
At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president's campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies. And he is back to spending summer weekends...
June 12, 2020
At the White House, aides now routinely flout internal rules requiring face masks. The president's campaign is again scheduling mass arena rallies. And he is back to spending summer weekends...
June 12, 2020
More than a dozen Chicago police officers and supervisors were captured on video “lounging” inside a burglarized congressional campaign office and even appeared to be making popcorn and brewing coffee...
June 12, 2020
More than a dozen Chicago police officers and supervisors were captured on video “lounging” inside a burglarized congressional campaign office and even appeared to be making popcorn and brewing coffee...
June 12, 2020
A judge has ordered a labor lawyer jailed pending trial on charges that prosecutors say stem from a protest this year and not from her leadership of strikes last year...
June 12, 2020
There will be no packed double-decker safari buses with tour guides rolling through the San Diego Zoo, nor animal shows that draw crowds — nor breakfast buffets at hotels. Instead,...
June 12, 2020
San Francisco officers will stop responding to non-criminal activities such as disputes between neighbors, reports about homeless people and school discipline interventions as part of a police reform plan the...
June 11, 2020
When Patrick Kane and the Chicago Blackhawks left the ice after their last game, they had little chance of making the playoffs. Whenever they play their next game, it sure...
June 11, 2020
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is lifting more health-related restrictions that stemmed from COVID-19, allowing spectator sports and live performance venues to reopen and conventions to resume on July 1, subject...
June 11, 2020
The start was even more quiet than usual for a Thursday morning on the PGA Tour, only the silence never left over the next 12 hours as golf was back...
June 11, 2020
Drugstore chains Walgreens and CVS Health say they will stop locking up beauty and hair care products aimed at black women and other women of color, joining Walmart in ending...
June 11, 2020
Fearing a surge of coronavirus cases that could force a second statewide shutdown in the fall, the California Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would guarantee all registered voters...
June 11, 2020
The NFL is committing $250 million over 10 years to social justice initiatives, targeting what it calls “systemic racism” and supporting “the battle against the ongoing and historic injustices faced...
June 11, 2020
Michael Jordan helped build the Chicago Bulls into a winner as a player. He's desperate to do the same thing in Charlotte as the owner of the Hornets. Charlotte players...
June 11, 2020
Senate Republicans would offer North Carolina public school teachers one-time bonuses above and beyond their usual experience-based raises in legislation advancing through the chamber. The bill, which cleared another Senate...
June 11, 2020
Oscar-winning Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárritu joined actress Salma Hayek to set up a fund to help support movie industry workers out of work due to...
June 11, 2020
Despite the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic and vandalism and looting after the George Floyd protests, Bayside Marketplace is open and ready for business … Click to Continue »
June 11, 2020
Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel has seen all he needed from his Titans during this very unique and virtual offseason. That's why Vrabel and the Titans wrapped up their offseason program...
June 11, 2020
A former public affairs officer for the Drug Enforcement Administration pleaded guilty Thursday to pretending to be an undercover CIA operative to persuade companies seeking business with the agency to...
June 11, 2020
California counties can reopen a broad range of businesses starting Friday under new state guidance that marks the broadest relaxation of the state's stay-at-home order yet. Across the board, businesses...
June 11, 2020
The field of economics is facing an upheaval, with African American scholars decrying bias in the profession and presenting evidence that leading journals have failed to publish sufficient research that...
June 11, 2020
Stocks closed with broad losses on Wall Street Thursday as coronavirus cases in the U.S. increased again, deflating recent optimism that the economy could recover quickly from its worst crisis...
June 11, 2020
Eric Kendricks woke up distressed shortly after George Floyd was killed just a few miles from the stadium where the Minnesota Vikings play. Kendricks, the All-Pro inside linebacker who has...
June 11, 2020
Right-wing members of Congress have issued a report calling for the US to move to defend itself against a reimagined global threat. But it ignores the fact that, after George...
June 11, 2020
Had the Harry Potter author opened up about her experience of historical sex abuse and domestic violence before, she'd surely have won widespread support. Does the silence she's received now...
June 11, 2020
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is ‘absolutely convinced' that the military would be on his side if President Donald Trump tries to ‘steal the election' or refuses to leave the...
June 11, 2020
The state of Washington is calling in the National Guard to help process unemployment benefit claims as officials grapple with a backlog caused in part by a fraud ring that...
June 11, 2020
A dictionary publisher is redefining “racism” and related words after a black college grad complained the existing definition didn't fit her experience. But sacrificing shared understanding to performative virtue helps...
June 11, 2020
Two more Florida theme parks, SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, opened Thursday after being closed since mid-March because of the coronavirus. Both reopened their gates with new restrictions...
June 11, 2020
Kansas farmers are forecast to harvest a smaller winter wheat crop this year, a government report released Thursday shows. The latest forecast, based on crop conditions on June 1, estimates...
June 11, 2020
When anti-Beijing protests gripped Hong Kong last year, the organizers of the movement were hailed by Western media as progressive heroes. Why then, has one of its lead figures condemned...
June 11, 2020
After a successful pilot run at 16 stores, Sam's Clubs says it will begin offering curbside pickup at all locations nationwide. The service will be available by the end of...
June 11, 2020
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday advanced a federal appeals court nominee from Mississippi, despite Democratic objections over derisive comments he made about former President Barack Obama and his signature...
June 11, 2020
1. “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo (Beacon Press) 2. “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic) 3. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (One...
June 11, 2020
Comcast settled a long-running a long-running racial discrimination dispute with black media mogul Byron Allen, agreeing to add three of Allen's channels to its cable packages. Allen sued Comcast for...
June 11, 2020
Joe Biden has released an eight-point plan to reopen the U.S. economy in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is promising to dramatically expand testing...
