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4 hours agoBiden repudiates white supremacy, calls for racial justiceAfter taking the oath of office, President Joe Biden issued a strong repudiation of white supremacy and domestic terrorism seen on the rise under Donald Trump.
7 hours ago‘Our democracy has survived’ -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow reflects on unique, historic inaugurationSen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) had a front-row seat to Wednesday’s inauguration festivities on the Capitol steps.
6 hours agoFor a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuityThe inauguration of Joe Biden in the United States showed how important continuity can be in American life, even these days.
4 hours agoBiden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge President Joe Biden’s administration has announced plans for a temporary moratorium on oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
25 minutes agoWorld hopes for renewed cooperation with US under BidenWorld leaders welcomed into their ranks the new U.S. President Joe Biden, noting their most pressing problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, require...
6 hours agoInauguration fashion: Purple, pearls, American designers Joe Biden and Kamala Harris showcased American designers at their inauguration Wednesday.
11 hours agoRape charges denied by lawyer for '70s Show' actor MastersonAn attorney for “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has pleaded not guilty on his behalf in a Los Angeles court to the rapes of three women in the early 2000s.
16 hours agoDetroit Mayor Duggan on Kwame Kilpatrick’s commutation: ‘This is a decision President Trump got right’
1 day agoReports: Seattle police violated policies at summer protestsReports from an independent agency say a Seattle police officer who threw a tear gas canister that hit a reporter, and other officers who threw blast balls that hit indiv...
1 day agoMonarch butterfly population moves closer to extinctionResearchers say the number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer ...
1 day agoPoster artist helped connect candidates, voters in GeorgiaIt's fair to say Brandon Litman was one of the more colorful campaign volunteers during Georgia's U.S. Senate runoffs.
1 day agoSales of US Constitution topped 1 million during Trump yearsAlong with dystopian novels and White House tell-alls, the U.S. Constitution has been a best-seller during Donald Trump's presidency.
1 day ago'Shameful': US virus deaths top 400K as Trump leaves officeThe U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has surpassed 400,000, providing a grim coda to Donald Trump's presidency.
1 day agoUS coronavirus death toll tops 400,000 in Trump’s final hours US death toll from the coronavirus tops 400,000, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
1 day agoUS virus death toll tops 400,000 in Trump's final hoursThe U.S. death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 400,000 in the waning hours in office for President Donald Trump, whose handling of the crisis has been judged by pu...
1 day agoMan charged with 5 new felonies in Iowa Trump rally shootingProsecutors have added five felony weapons and assault counts against a white man already charged with attempted murder for shooting into a car carrying four Black girls ...
1 day agoPepperoni Hot Pockets recalled after reports of consumers finding glass, hard plastic inside
1 day agoReport: MyPillow CEO says Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s will stop selling his company’s products
1 day agoExhausted hospital chaplains bring solace to lonely, dyingJust like doctors, nurses and other medical-care providers, hospital chaplains have become part of the line of first responders when it comes to treating people with COVI...
2 days agoIn open letter to Dr. King, Stevie Wonder calls for equalityStevie Wonder, whose advocacy helped make the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday a national holiday, is urging the incoming Biden administration to form a national co...
2 days agoProminent anti-abortion activist Joe Scheidler dies at 93The founder of the Pro-Life Action League has died at the age of 93 in his Chicago home.
2 days agoCensus Bureau director to resign amid criticism over dataU.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham is planning to resign with the change in presidential administrations.
2 days agoCalifornia becomes first state to top 3 million virus casesCalifornia has become the first state to record more than 3 million known coronavirus infections.
2 days agoKing Day service calls for nonviolence amid turbulent timesSpeakers during the annual celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in his hometown of Atlanta are calling for renewed dedication to nonviolence following a turb...
2 days agoCoronavirus deaths rising in 30 US states amid winter surgeCoronavirus deaths are rising in nearly two-thirds of American states as a winter surge pushes the overall toll toward 400,000 amid warnings that a new, highly contagious...
2 days agoMan allegedly hid 3 months at Chicago airport due to virusA California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare Inter...
2 days agoInaugural event to celebrate resiliency of Black AmericansThe resiliency, culture and heroism of Black Americans and the African diaspora will be the central theme of a virtual event Tuesday evening that will celebrate the natio...
2 days agoSchool choice lawsuit surge pushes possible high court fightVermont is facing at least its second lawsuit in four months over a voucher program that allows students in communities that don’t have schools or are not part of supervi...
2 days agoAnonymous $40 million gift funding 50 civil rights lawyersThe NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund is launching a scholarship program to create a new generation of civil rights lawyers.
